Saturday, December 20, 2008

How To Burn Belly Fat

By Jose Loni

Exercises to burn belly fat help to increase strength and overall fat burning, but there are two other factors that need to be considered as exercises for belly fat burning as well. Those are our diet, what we eat and how often we eat, and the other is the management of our stress levels.

Belly fat burning exercises are complemented by the quality and quantity of the food we take in. There should be an avoidance of processed foods, cookies, fast food and sodas. Throughout the day, we should increase the frequency of our meals to 5-6 times per day, eating meals that are balanced in all components of the basic food groups. When we control the amount of food we eat, we can optimize our workouts and allow our bodies to utilize and burn fat to achieve that flat stomach.

By increasing our energy expenditure to greater than our food intake level, we can tap into the body's fat burning capabilities to help flatten our stomachs, where the fat is accumulated. When we expend more calories than we take in, our bodies will search for the next available energy source, which will result in increased burning of belly fat.

Our bodies have a way of surviving and maintaining energy supplies when they feel they are in danger. When we have high levels of stress, our bodies produce the Cortisol hormone, which stores fat in our stomach area. Stress causes the body to hold onto the fat, so that it can be used as an energy source for survival.

Stress is also a major component that affects fat storage in the belly. When we are in a stressful situation, our bodies view the stress as an "emergency situation" and will release a hormone called Cortisol, which tells our bodies to hold onto fat and store it in our bellies.

Fat accumulation in the stomach area increases the risk of developing high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Belly fat burning exercises in addition to diet and stress management will definitely help kick start your system and burn the fat from the belly region. In doing so the results will be longer lasting and more permanent.

Burning belly fat is not complicated. It just takes some discipline to commit to making changes in our physical activity, diet and stress management. By doing a little bit every other day, you can achieve the results you want and burn that belly fat permanently. - 15343

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