Foods can be your best friends or your worst enemies when you try to reduce belly fat. Analyze your diet closely and try to make adjustments cutting on bad foods and introducing more of the healthy ones.
Many foods widely available on the market contain substances that are detrimental to our health and weight, this is the case with trans fats that get stored in the abdominal area. The hydrogenated oils used in pastries, crackers, cookies and margarines are trans fats. These are the number one killers of all your efforts to reduce belly fat.
Refined carbohydrates and sugars also turn into adipose tissues around the waist. As long as you eat junk food, and constantly consume such substances as part of your daily diet, there is no chance for you to lose weight and get content with your waist size. Try to eliminate the harmful things in your life before trying to improve your physical shape.
Beer and any other form of alcohol are also responsible for abdominal fat. Beer belly is in fact the colloquial name of abdominal obesity. Men with a sedentary lifestyle who consume beer in excess will grow their waistline a lot. The beer belly perfectly matches the description of a couch potato. When you’ve got a really thick waist line, the efforts to reduce belly fat will be much harder.
There is also good food that can efficiently help you reduce belly fat when the diet is supported by plenty of physical activity, good night rest and a healthy lifestyle. Among the foods that provide plenty of nutrients while improving digestion and accelerating metabolism, we can count:
– wholegrain cereals;
– vegetables, preferably with green leaves;
– seeds, almonds and nuts;
– colored fruit (especially lemons, limes, oranges, strawberries, avocado, kiwis, etc);
– plenty of water and fresh juices;
– low fat milk, yogurt and cottage cheese;
– fish, poultry and any other lean meat.
There are some herbs and plants that stimulate the metabolism and have proven efficiency for weight loss treatments. A very conclusive example is green tea. It cleanses the digestive tract due to its mild laxative action, it prevents cellular oxidation and it increases vitality. And green tea is not the only aid you can use.
Mention must be made that people often don’t know what program, diet or plan to follow in order to reduce belly fat. The important thing is to avoid excess of whatever nature, and keep both diet and physical training balanced.