One of the most common questions asked every dietician is how to lose belly fat. Belly fat is actually the most dangerous type of fat- besides aesthetics, large waist lines are indicators of diseases! Belly fat is usually estimated by measuring the circumference around your waist. This can easily be done at home with a simple tape measure. If you have a lot of excess fat around your waistline, even if you’re not very heavy, then you should take some steps to get rid of it. Here are the best ways to lose belly fat faster:
AVOID SUGAR
Sugar is half glucose, half fructose and fructose can only be metabolized by the liver in any significant amount. When you eat a lot of refined sugar, the liver gets flooded with fructose, and is forced to turn it all into fat. Numerous studies have shown that excess sugar, mostly due to the large amounts of fructose, can lead to increased accumulation of fat in the belly. Make a decision to minimize the amount of sugar in your diet, and consider completely eliminating sugary drinks.
EXERCISE BLIND
When you’re using the elliptical trainer, try letting go of the handles and closing your eyes. (Be careful!) Without the visual feedback, your core muscles will have to work harder to keep you balanced, burning more calories.
VITAMIN C
When you’re under extreme stress, you secrete more cortisol hormone. Vitamin C helps balance the cortisol spikes that happen to you under this stress. Besides being a good way to counteract a cold, Vitamin C is also essential for making carnitine, a compound used by the body to turn fat into fuel, making this vitamin your fat burning friend. If you’re going through an emotional crisis, stress from work, or a bad eating splurge, increase your vitamin C; it’ll help counteract the negative side effects. READ MORE : Best home remedies to lose belly fat >>
SLEEP
If you want to work late at night, think again. When your biorhythms are off, you end up eating more. When you’re tired you produce more ghrelin, which triggers cravings for sugar and other fat-building foods. Losing sleep can also alter your hormone production, affecting your cortisol levels that cause insulin sensitivity, prime reasons for belly fat! Getting about 7 hours of sleep a night is one of the best things you can do for your body!
HAVE OATMEAL
Cook up some oatmeal! Try making overnight oats, if you’re short on time in the morning and top it with some fruit. What’s so magical about this combination? Each provides insoluble fibre that helps reduce blood cholesterol and feeds the healthy bacteria in your gut. By doing so, you trigger your gut to produce butyrate, a fatty acid that reduces fat-causing inflammation throughout your body.
DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF
Starving yourself will not help you burn belly fat. Cut calories, by all means, especially the empty calories, but to be healthy and lose belly fat, you need to eat well. Starving yourself is dangerous, terribly unhealthy, and it won’t work anyway! It wrecks your metabolism and leads to many other health problems. Don’t even make the mistake of thinking that skipping breakfast, lunch, or dinner will make you lose weight.
EAT MORE PROTEIN
Protein is the most important macronutrient when it comes to losing weight. If weight loss is your goal, then adding protein to your diet is perhaps the single most effective change you can do. Not only will it help you lose, it can also help you avoid re-gaining weight if you ever decide to abandon your weight loss efforts. Make an effort to increase your intake of unprocessed eggs, fish, seafood, meats, poultry and dairy products. These are the best protein sources in the diet.