Healthy women have bigger butts, says science.
“A new review published by researchers at the University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital in the United Kingdom suggests that people who carry their body fat in their thighs and backside aren’t just carrying extra weight, but also some extra protection against diabetes, heart disease and other conditions associated with obesity.”
AND IT GETS BETTER:
“‘If you’re going to have fat, you’re definitely better off if you’ve got some fat in the lower body,’ said Dr. Michael Jensen, director of endocrine research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. ‘If you look at people who have primarily the pear shape, they’re healthy in all the ways that this fat behaves. It’s not just less heart attacks or less diabetes, it’s all these ways we think about fat as an important organ for our health.'”
So what does all this mean?
It means you’re probably going to make and eat the entire Fat Almond Pancake recipe we published last week, and that’s OK, but you need to pray you’re one of the lucky girls who distributes her carbs to her thighs and butt instead of arms and belly. If you want a list of foods that help your brain, too, here you go.
Booty-boggling facts via ABC News
