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Bell says visceral, liver and pancreas fat can change significantly in 12 weeks

ZOE Science & Nutrition · The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers! · August 13, 2026
Bell says visceral, liver and pancreas fat can change significantly in 12 weeks
ZOE Science & Nutrition
ZOE Science & Nutrition
The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers!
"We have done interventional studies where we've shown within 12 weeks you can see a significant change in liver fat, visceral fat, pancreas fat."
Bell says intervention studies he has worked on found measurable reductions in liver, visceral and pancreas fat within 12 weeks. He adds this was not a “crazy crash diet” but involved a significant calorie reduction and improved diet quality, and he links the changes to improved metabolic profiles.
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The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers!

August 13, 2026 · 58m · 5 Egleze moments
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