Copyright © 2008 David Grisaffi
Food is not only important for our biological growth but
also affects our emotional and social interactions.
Unfortunately, the real meaning of food has got lost in the
present rat-race which we term as 'life'. This super-fast
lifestyle is taking a huge toll on people's health and most
of them do not realize it until it is too late. A vibrant
health is what everyone should have but how many of us
actually possess it?
In this 'instant' age food is the prime casualty. Work,
home, social pressures all combine to make healthy eating
habits seem difficult and that ugly roll of fat around the
stomach is proof of it. Here, we will try and show how poor
food intakes increases belly fat.
Who doesn't want to look good? It's human nature to want to
look attractive. People spend money on gyms, on fad dieting
just so that they can possess an enviable figure... Besides
looking ugly, fat on the abdomen is a sure sign of a host
of diseases which just may attack you making this fat
extremely injurious to health. Nature designed the human
body so that it would store fat as energy reserves but
along with a leap in technology(cutting our work into
half), came increased inactivity and poor dietary habits
and this contributed to fat getting accumulated on the
abdomen.
Poor food intakes increases belly fat because poor quality,
high in calories food stimulates the increase of fat cells
and creates new fat cells. A diet high in sodium and fat
and sugar adds to the abdominal fat. People now are so
pressed for time that they take short-cuts for food and
have now substituted good old home cooking with
ready-to-eat food packages. Fast food is poor food, no
matter what the companies do to advertise their products as
healthy. Junk food contains high levels of fat, sugar and
salt. It is popular because it is easy to buy, needs no
preparation and is convenient to eat and it also increases
your waistline.
Studies have shown how poor food intakes increases belly
fat because eating less fibrous and nutritious food results
in poor elimination which in turn, causes bloating and
distention of the stomach. You will not be able to get rid
of that belly fat without taking a good look at what you
are putting in there. If you treat your stomach as a trash
can and insist on dumping nutrition-deficient food in it,
it will take its toll on you.
People don't realize that no matter how much exercise they
do, poor food intakes increases belly fat and they should
guard against it. Whenever we are too emotionally charged,
we tend to eat more and most of the time; we reach out for
that packet of chips or that chocolate cake. In our
stressed out mentality we don't realize the impact of these
high-fat saturated foods and thus our poor food intakes
increases belly fat. Food high in proteins, carbohydrates,
vitamins and minerals is essential for a balanced diet.
These food groups give the right amount of nutrition needed
by the body.
Many times people make the mistake of dieting very
rigorously in the hope that they will slim down and they
remain hungry for long periods. But, this makes the body go
into the 'starvation' mode, it decreases the metabolism and
fat cells break down less and this is another instance of
how poor food intakes increases belly fat.
Thus, the right kinds of food choices are very important
for radiant health and an enviable figure!
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David Grisaffi is a Sports Conditioning Coach and holds
multiple certifications including three from the
prestigious CHEK Institute. Plus he is also the author of
the popular selling e book, "Firm and Flatten Your Abs,"
which teaches you how to develop a ripped abdominal region.
Lean how to shed body fat and eliminate low back pain and
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