HOW TO REDUCE POT BELLY

 

To reduce pot belly means you would have to work on the excess fat around your waistline because that's the reason you've got excess fat. If you the type that stand up right without your toes, then you've got a pot belle. Nowadays, having a pot belle is no longer joy unlike back in the days and that is why you need to do all you can do to get rid of it. Having said that, I'd advise you to this article to the end and work on every proven point we will be sharing with you here. It's on this point I welcome you to my guide on how to reduce and eventually eradicate pot belly totally.
At the end of this article, you should be able to know foods that causes pot belle which you should avoid; and most importantly effective ways to reduce pot belly without wasting money on expensive pills.

Before we get into the business of the day, you must know this five (5) reasons you should eradicate pot belly.

1. It can lead to diabetes - this is due to the presence of visceral fat or the excess fat around your abdomen.

2. Heart disease.

3. Stroke.

4. Dementia which is probably the most common.

5. It disfigured four shapes.

Having said that, let’s get right into the few delicacies that causes pot belly.



FOOD THAT CAUSES POT BELLY YOU SHOULD AVOID


1. Pounded Yam : This delicacy is made with yam and it's very popular amongst the West Africans, especially Nigerians. There's nothing bad in taking pounded yam, but much of it with egusi stew and a few meats contains a lots of calories. According to dailyposy.ng, a big plate of Pounded Yam with the Egusi stew and different add-ons could up 1,000 calories



2. Savoury and Pastries Foods: Examples of these foods are quiet familiar with, which are Chocolate, Chin Chin, Meat Pie, Sausage role, White Bread amongst many others. Researches as proven that majority of these Pastries are very unhealthy and are made with highly refined wheat flour and coarse sugar. They happen to be fattening and when you consume excess of it, you’re likely to add up more weight.


3. Sugary Drinks: they are lot of sugary drinks out there; I wouldn’t want to mention names, but I am sure you are familiar with quiet some few. Now, when you consume sugary drinks this is what happen due to the way human brains operates, it doesn’t register such as normal or real food. So, few minutes after you have consumed such food you become hungry again. Sadly and unknowingly to you an average sugary drink contains 6.8 spoons of sugar couple with loads of calories in your pounded yam and egusi equals excess fat.



Other things that can cause pot belly you should avoid are smoking, poor sleep, too much alcohol, stress, genetics, lack of exercise etc.



Now that you are aware of those things that causes pot belly, let us get right into the different ways you can reduce pot belly.



FIVE WAYS TO REDUCE POT BELLY


EXERCISE

A lot of people do ask how possible it is to get rid of pot belly with exercise; well the sincere answer to this question is that, it is very possible to get rid of pot belly easily with exercise without spending money on expensive pills. Physical exercise helps keep the body in shape, flexible, energetic and is an easy remedy to any fat related disease. There are several physical exercise you can do such as running, jugging, dancing, yoga and other activities that requires physical energy. Furthermore, you can engage in Aerobic and Anaerobic exercise. According to exercise.com, Aerobic exercise can help you burn fat and anaerobic exercise can help you build muscles which in turn help to burn fat.

Aerobic exercise includes walking, swimming etc.


WATCH YOUR FOOD SIZE

The amount of level of food intake affects your belly in two major ways:

Short term: eating until overfull makes your stomach to expand temporarily and stick out. It’s not rocket science to come to the conclusion that simply eating too much food at one time will give you a food baby.

Long term: downsizeme.net further stressed that over eating leads to fat storage. Therefore, your pot belly gradually increases by regular over eating. This means that you need to watch your food size each week and try to listen to your body natural signals for fullness so you know when you’ve had enough. You stand a decent chance to drastically reduce pot belly when you work effectively or manage the amount of food you consume at a time


REDUCE OR STOP ALCHOHOL CONSUMPTION

If you are into alcohol and you are reading this, then it’s good to know that one of the major reason for your pot belly. Truth be said, if you can reduce or stop your alcohol intake then your pot belly will reduce.

Alcohol contains loads of calories. A bottle of wine is nearly a meal’s worth of calories and aside that, alcohol makes you hungry and you might turn to junk foods which naturally add calories to the body. According to research, alcohol contains nothing but empty calories that are usually stored in the stomach area.

CHECK YOUR CARBONHYDRATE INTAKE

Too many refined carbohydrate will lead to the rise of ones insulin and their metabolism will shut down. In essence, the excess sugar the body can’t use will be stored as belly fat. Furthermore, ageing automatically means an increased risk of insulin resistance. What this means is that you should probably consider your carbohydrate intake a little more carefully after the age of 40. To curb this, you must work on getting the right balance of carbs, proteins and fats at each meal.


TAKE MORE FIBRE

Fiber food includes vegetable, corn, oats, beans etc. Fiber is food that cannot be digested by the body. Since they can’t be digested by the body and they stay longer in the stomach than other substance and make the stomach feel full sooner. Most of Fiber food may not contains essential nutrient. Fiber protect the body from many disease and its very efficient in weight loss.