We need more fats to burn more fat, not carbohydrate!
Sign of poor metabolism is when you feel less hungry during the day and more in the latter half of the day. If so, work on your metabolism to reduce belly fat. Check the ways given below.
Poor workout plans like only walking, only crunches will NEVER, EVER will reduce belly fat. Spot reduction is a myth!
Alcohol- A big culprit of high belly fat. It increases the estrogen in men which tends to increase the belly fat.
Refined foods- You all know this one, high sugar, refined flour and trans fat intake.
Genetics/ body type- It totally depends on which body type your belong to. It can be Apple obesity (belly fat is more) or Pear obesity (thighs are heavy).
We must also know this fact that genetic has only 10% effect on your body. 90% is in your hands to control it.
Poor gut health- Indigestion because of allergies like peanut, cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, lentils, dals, refined food intake, refined oils is the biggest culprit of bloating and swollen belly.
Gluten inflammation- Most of us are gluten sensitive. unknowingly, we are bloated because of gluten intake. This is present in wheat.Avoid and see if there is less bloating.
If there is less bloating by avoid it, then you are surely sensitive to wheat.
Read: The complete guide on grains
Lactose inflammation- Lactose in Milk can also cause inflammation in the gut.
EVEN IF YOU LOOK THIN AND HAVE A POT BELLY, YOUR BODY FAT PERCENTAGE IS HIGH. YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES GIVEN BELOW
Solutions to reduce belly fat effectively:
Disciple: The utmost important practice to be learn is being disciplined. Wake up early in the morning, switch off the TV before sleep, and plan your meals in advance. PREPARE yourself for the next day. It’s all about planning!
Stop dieting, and focus on nutrition: See what the deficiencies your body has? what are the metabolic problems you have? Focus only on fitness and fat loss will come as the by product.
The minute your focus shifts from losing belly fat to working on fitness, you’ll start seeing changes.
i. Avoid refined foods, sugar, fruits juices, packed and ready to eat foods, biscuits, breads and all sorts of FAST FOODS. Cut down carbohydrates as much as possible. Replace them with FATS instead. Why? Because Fat burns stubborn fat.
ii. Include Coconut (your best friends to lose stubborn fat). Your body loves coconut because it’s easy to digest (MCT) and super food to reduce stubborn fat. This is the most effective way to reduce belly fat.
iii. Include fats in every possible meal- unprocessed cheese, white butter, fresh cream, avocado (if at all available in your area), cottage cheese (paneer), whole eggs, and fish.
iv. Start your day with healthy proteins and fats like nuts, protein shake with cream, butter coffee or ghee chai or whole eggs.
v. In case you feel hungry, opt for foods like coconut, nuts, whey, avocado, unprocessed cheese, full cream milk, greek yogurt, whole eggs, paneer cubes instead of carbohydrates like bhel, khakra, biscuits, breads or extra serving or chappati or rice. This step will make a huge difference.
vi. COMPLETELY ELIMINATE LOW FAT FOODS. They are loaded with carbohydrates. You brain, hormones are made up of fats, and avoiding them brings a troll on functioning of the body.
vii. Avoid too much caffeine. It’s suppresses appetite and lowers your metabolism. Not more than 2 cups in a day is recommended.
viii- Avoid wheat and replace it with rice or sweet potato.
ix- Avoid milk and stick to nut milk like almond milk, coconut milk.
x- Include healthy gut bacteria supplement: Probiotics
Right Workout Plan: 100 crunches, doing planks won’t ever give you a flat belly. It’s a myth! Of course, it does help you to develop the core muscles, but doesn’t lose the belly fat.
Read: Exercises to reduce Belly Fat
Here’s how:
When you crunch, it’s one of the small muscles of your body and it’s the muscle that is crunching and not the fat. Fat is just swinging with crunches.
The larger and more number of muscles you burn, the more you will burn fat- from any part of your body and not from the specific area.
If you have more belly fat, then it will go slower as compared to the rest of the body part and will be the last thing to reduce completely.
i. Weight training is the only way to increase muscle mass/ Burn fat. It’s called EPOC. You burn fat for 48hours, as compared to cardio which is only 20mins of fat loss (if you workout for at least 40mins).
ii. Focus more on compound structural moments which burns more fat- squats, lunges, calve raises, bend over rows, lat pull down, dead lifts, good morning.
These are the exercises which includes larger and more number of muscles in the same exercise. This would big time lose body fat percentage.
iii. You should, do cardio and abs exercise too but to only improve your core muscles and be able to list better in the compound structural exercises mentioned above. Cardio and crunches have indirect effect on losing fat.
Sleep well: Rest reduces stress and we all need that.
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Can we add brown bread in our diet?
No. It’s not really beneficial. Instead eat a gluten free bread like rye bread