A greater proportion of the fat lost comes from the abdominal cavity. Not all fat in the body is the same. It’s where that fat is stored that determines how it will affect our health and risk of disease. Most importantly, we have subcutaneous fat under the skin and then we have visceral fat in the abdominal cavity. Visceral fat is fat that tends to lodge around the organs. Having a lot of fat in that area can drive inflammation, insulin resistance and is believed to be a leading driver of the metabolic dysfunction that is so common in Western countries today.Low-carb diets are very effective at reducing the harmful abdominal fat.Not only do they cause more fat loss than low-fat diets, an even greater proportion of that fat is coming from the abdominal cavity .Over time, this should lead to a drastically reduced risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.