Q Does Korean medicine dieting really burn off visceral fat? As a self-employed man in my forties, I honestly wonder if only surface fat comes off briefly and then the weight bounces back.
A Rather than just briefly shrinking your waistline, when you adjust your meals, activity and metabolic flow together, visceral fat tends to respond fairly well and comes off. It only stays off if you keep up the management, though, and suddenly starving yourself invites the weight to bounce back.
Detailed Answer
Visceral fat is metabolically more active than subcutaneous fat, so once your weight starts to drop through better eating and more activity, it often responds and decreases first. In other words, belly fat (visceral fat) is the fat that comes off well. The key is to reduce it gradually while protecting your muscle; extreme fasting lowers both muscle and metabolism and becomes a cause of yo-yo rebound.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
Dongjedang aims not for a diet that "tightens the surface" but for management that "empties the inside and revives metabolism." When you empty the accumulated surplus and restore circulation, weight, abdominal fat and the related numbers (blood sugar, triglycerides) tend to improve together, breaking the cycle where only surface fat drops briefly and then returns.
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