Doesn't stress and vitamin D deficiency cause fat to accumulate in the midsection? With stress it makes sense since a high stress state causes peripheral vasoconstriction. Our hands and feet go cold in order to preserve heat for our organs but it may be that the fat isn't getting delivered to the right places. Vitamin d certainly has a belly fat reducing effect. I have had both negative and positive effects from vitamin d supplementation but one of the positives is reduced bloating.@fractal, yes it’s truly fantastic material indeed! I was able cut my visceral fat in half doing the DDF challenge. I think I’m one of the unfortunate types that stores more fat in my viscera and organs than subcutaneously which explains why my blood markers start trending in the wrong direction if I go above a certain body fat percentage. At least I know and also know what to do about it! I’m glad another person here reads that blog.
Vitamin d is also involved with calming down stress so i'm wondering whether vitamin d status among other nutrients is involved with the amount of fat a person can tolerate. Since vitamin d is fat soluble, would your body be unwilling to burn through fat quickly if someone is vitamin d deficient? If you only had so much in storage, burning through it quickly instead of when it is absolutely needed may be dangerous.