Your buttocks tell the whole truth about your health

Hips don’t lie,” Shakira once sang, buttocks
don’t lie either. Ask Jennifer Lopez or Kim
Kardashian. The buttocks or backside, booty,
butt, bum, derriere, patootie (you can call it what
you want) is traditionally recognised as an
object of sex appeal. The size of one’s backside
actually tells a whole lot of truth about the
overall state of the person’s health than
probably imagined.
It is true that buttocks come in various shapes
and sizes and there is no general rule of the
thumb about which is better. Essentially, what is
good for one person may be bad for the other.
Bigger backsides
Are bigger backsides in higher demand? The
answer is a resounding yes. The desire for more
prominent buttocks has spawned a huge
industry of male and female underwear with
built-in buttock padding. No wonder the number
of buttock lift surgeries has been steadily
increasing. Globally, there was an average 150
per cent increase in buttock lift surgeries over
the past fives.
An array of buttocks…
Why this is so is another poser. People with
bigger backsides tend to have lower levels of
cholesterol and are more likely to produce
hormones to metabolize sugar.
Having big buttocks requires an excess of
Omega-3 fats, which have been proven to
catalyze brain development. So in reality, big
butts are associated with higher Omega-3s. And
Omega-3s are known to promote brain health.
So having bigger than average buttocks is not
necessarily a bad thing, as long as excess fat is
not allowed to accumulate around that area. It’s
all about making the body stronger and
healthier.
Square shape
A square-shaped bottom could mean many
things. Maybe you have a bit of fat around your
behind or maybe you lack strong glutes. Some
simple core exercises or glute exercises are just
the things to reduce excess fat around the waist
and make the glute muscles nice and strong. A
circle shape is good and healthy. It also means
that there may be some fat storages near the
top in the upper part of the glutes. It is easy to
remove any extra fat from the bottom if needed.
Round shape
This is probably the most desirable bottom
shape. This butt is fullest at the bottom and
tapers out at the top near the waist. However,
this bottom shape could also mean extra weight
stored in the upper thighs. This bottom type
also tends to lose fat faster when women age.
With time, it will move to the mid-section.
Getting extra fat out now may be best for future
health.
Heart or pear shape (Figure
This is the bottom that is common with older
women. The fat from the bottom has started to
move to other areas of the body with age and
lack of estrogen. If you have this bottom, it is
important to start removing fat quickly to
protect the heart from northward moving fat.
Just like the shape, the heart-shaped bum is
usually fullest at the bottom and tapers out at
the top. This can mean more fat is stored in the
upper thighs.
While this type of bum is one of the more
coveted ones, as women age and lose estrogen,
the fat that’s stored around the glutes slowly
but surely moves to the mid-section. If you’re
pear-shaped, it’s time to celebrate. With a
“pear” or “hourglass” shape, you have greater
reserves of omega-3, which nourishes your
brain and is essential to fetal brain development
in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Inverted or “V” shape
This is the bottom commonly seen in older
women once they’ve started losing estrogen. As
with the heart shape, the fat storage that used to
be in the derriere has moved to the abdomen or
mid-section. Without hard work, this backside
can be prone to sagging.
Buttocks size and intelligence
It is often argued that those with bigger
backsides may be more intelligent, or that
smaller backsides are healthier. Scientific
evidence not only backs the argument that big
or broad-bottomed girls and women are more
intelligent, but that they bear smarter children.
Essentially, if you happen to have a larger than
average bum you are not only considered
increasingly intelligent but also most likely to be
resistant to chronic illnesses.
However, it is not simply a big bottom that
indicates a high IQ. What matters is the size of
the hips in relation to waist size. To find out
how your body rates in terms of omega-3,
divide your waist size by your hip size; the
lower the ratio, the higher the IQ.
Fat around thighs, hips and buttocks
Fat storages anywhere are not necessarily bad
for the body. Researchers say where the fat is
stored in the body determines a person’s state
of health. Fat storages near the chest or in the
trunk of the body are far more dangerous than
fat stored in the buttocks or the hips.Fat stored
around the buttocks and thighs is high in
omega-3 acids, which promote brain growth,
while fat stored around the middle is loaded
with omega-6 acids, which just makes your
pants too tight.
Fat in the hip keep the fatty acids away from the
heart, the arteries, and the liver to lower risk of
heart disease and other debilitating problems
like diabetes . Since your body is ultimately
programmed to decide whether to store the fat
in the butt region or the stomach region, it is
said that, in women, the hormones that direct
and distribute fat are actually doing this to
protect the heart by building up the buttocks.