Although often difficult to find in the marketplace, the leaves of the quinoa plant are edible, with a taste similar to its green-leafed relatives, spinach, chard and beets. Not only is quinoa high in protein, but the protein it supplies is complete protein, meaning that it includes all nine essential amino acids.
Body fat is important for a wide variety of body functions. Having too little body fat may increase your risk for heart disease, gastrointestinal problems and damage to your nervous system, Also, the University of Pennsylvania adds, you incur the risk of organ shrinkage.
Sleeping too little, or too much, can also cause you to gain more visceral fat, according to a 2010 study published in Sleep. Researchers found that after five years of consistently getting less than six hours or more than nine hours per night resulted in greater abdominal fat in people younger than 40.