We all have our own weight loss problem zone, the place we’d really like to trim down. Unsightly belly fat is one of the most common problem areas. Here are some tips that will target your tummy and help you trim down.
Avoid Saturated Fats
People whose diets are high in saturated fats are prone to storing fat in the abdomen, surrounding vital organs such as the liver, pancreas, and intestinal tract. This type of fat is referred to as visceral fat and puts these individuals at risk for developing diabetes, fatty liver, and heart disease. This abdominal or visceral fat is the direct result of eating saturated fats such as fatty meats, deli meats, cheeses, butter, whole milk products, and prepackaged foods made with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils that contain the bad trans fats.
Unfortunately, in some cases, genetics plays a role in developing excess abdominal fat. In these cases you should make an extra effort to limit saturated fat products to no more than 10 percent of your total daily calorie intake. In those individuals who have the genetic trait for developing excessive abdominal fat and also have high levels of blood fats no matter how hard they try to diet, a physician should be consulted regarding the possibility of taking a cholesterol lowering medication.
Avoid Refined Carbs
The refined carbohydrates we eat are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, which causes a sudden spike in insulin production. This excess amount of insulin causes the digested refined carbohydrates to head straight into our fat cells. Because the fat cells in the belly are located close to the digestive tract and because the abdomen contains the most concentrated number of fat cells in the body, most of the fat from refined carbohydrates heads straight to the belly. Once the excess insulin has done its work of dropping the blood sugar and packing fat into your belly fat cells, it results in low blood sugar that causes another round of carbohydrate cravings. It’s a lose/lose combination.
As we age, we crave more carbohydrates, and the more carbs we eat, the more calories are stored as fat in our abdomens. Due to certain hormonal changes that regulate our digestive system, we become less able to burn carbs as fuel, thus making carbs more likely to be stored as fat. This becomes a vicious cycle, because the carbs we store as belly fat actually cause an increase in our craving for more carbohydrates. Stored abdominal fat suppresses the formation of a fat burning hormone called leptin, which helps to keep blood sugar steady. Consequently, the more abdominal fat you store, the easier it becomes to gain more weight, because less leptin is being produced and subsequently less fat is being burned.
If you avoid saturated fats and refined carbs, you will begin to lose abdominal fat. If you can lose abdominal fat, then you will diminish carbohydrate cravings, and subsequently lose more unwanted belly fat.
White Bread and Abdominal Fart
According to a new study from Tufts University in Boston, people who eat too much white bread have larger waistlines than those individuals who eat whole grains. White bread appears to go straight to the abdomen to be stored as belly fat. People who ate the most white bread were also the fattest and had a higher risk of heart disease compared to those who didn’t carry the extra weight around the belly.
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