The most stubborn fat to get rid of is your belly fat, better known as your gut. The stomach is a major problem area for both men and women. According to Fred Pescatore, MD, a New York physician specializing in nutrition and the author of Boost Your Health With Bacteria. "The gut plays a huge role in our overall health," he says "the majority of all of our illnesses stem from the gut being unhealthy."(Hepler, 2012) Asthma, allergies, obesity, heart disease, diabetes and inflammatory are all related to a poor gut health. According to Jennifer Cohen, Belly fat is actually the most dangerous type of fat-besides aesthetics, large waist lines are indicators of disease. There is a formula you can do to see if you are at risk of disease, according to Dr. Oz, you take your height in inches and divide that in half. If your waist size is more than half your height, you're at higher risk for developing complications from belly fat. Click here to view a video of Dr. Oz discussing belly fat.
Now that I have discussed about how belly fat can be a major threat, I will share some information about how to get rid of it. A healthy diet and exercise will help you get rid of that belly fat. In more detail of what kind of work out you should be doing is something that is high impact, something that will get your heart rate up. Julian Michaels recommends circuit training because it gets your heart rate up and you work out your entire body. Do not rely on sit ups to get rid of the belly fat because you don't want to build muscle over the fat. According to Julian Michaels both belly bulge and love handles are about excess body fat, not lack of muscle. That's why ab exercises alone are not the solution. Scoring a flat stomach is all about workouts that impact different muscle groups at the same time-so you're strengthening your entire body and burning more calories. Jon Wade from Motely Health encourages exercise for weight loss. He claims that exercising has an immediate effect on weight, in that as you exercise you burn energy, mostly glycogen stored in muscle tissue. The body replaces the lost energy by breaking down sugar reserves in fat cells. This is why we lose weight/fat when we exercise. So get off that couch and exercising.
Jennifer Cohen discusses 6 ways to burn your belly fat, one is sleep. When you're tired you produce more ghrelin, which triggers cravings for sugar and other fat-building foods.(Cohen, 2012) Number 2 on the list is short burst of exercises, once again do not rely on crunches or sit ups to get rid of the belly fat, she suggests planking because it works out your entire body and aims at your core as well burning more calories. Cohen strongly suggest to stay away from sugar and claims that it is your enemy, she is not the first person to say this either, Julian Michaels and many other articles such as Live Strong.com recommend to reduce your sugar and sodium intake in order for you to lose weight. Cohen suggest a great tip, she suggests to sprinkle cinnamon in your coffee or oatmeal because the spice has been shown to help stabilize blood sugar. Cohen suggests to increase your vitamin C intake because when you're under extreme stress, you secret more corisol hormone. Vitamin C helps balance the cortisol spikes that happen to you under this stress. Michaels and Cohen both suggest to eat fat, yes fat, but the good fat. Michaels suggests to eat nuts, according to Michaels, research has found that people who eat nuts twice a week are much less likely to gain weight than those who don't. Cohen advises to eat good fats such as salmon, avocados and walnuts, foods that are rich in Omega 3's.
If your serious about getting rid of the belly fat, you have stay away from happy hour. Michaels implies to stay away from alcohol because alcohol releases estrogen into the bloodstream and when you have excess estrogen, you're more prone to hold onto weight. Julian Michaels insinuates that alcohol also lowers your inhibitions, decreases your willpower, and stimulates your appetite. The result? You in a drive-thru ordering a cheeseburger and fries at 2 a.m. Michaels is so right because many of us have been in this position. Jon Wade encourages to decrease your alcohol consumption. According to Wade, if you drink a lot, you will accumulate fat around your waist. Excess alcohol consumption can really give you a belly.
Having a healthy life-style will help you in so many ways, you will have energy, confidence and a better mine set. Start your healthy life style today and get rid of that belly
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