Opening the Donguibogam library...
Opening the Donguibogam library...
Opening the symptom encyclopedia...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt startled? Your belly keeps expanding, the clinic warns you to watch out for hypertension and hyperglycemia, and while you try to dismiss it as simple middle-age spread, a sudden sense of worry creeps in. Did you know this might not be mere middle-age spread, but a critical danger signal sent from deep within your body? Donguibogam referred to this state as 'accumulation and gathering (jeokchwi)'.

Is your weight constantly increasing, belly fat hard to lose, and your cycle irregular? Many people lose sleep wondering if they might have polycystic ovary syndrome. Let us calmly examine how these conditions are connected.

“Doctor, my belly keeps growing because of age-related fat.” Many people say this, but that belly fat might not be mere age-related fat. It may be a warning signal from a ticking time bomb inside our bodies: visceral fat.