Lose Belly Fat Diet - Low Carbohydrate Or Low Fat
Most people wrongly believe a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Several research has proven a locarb diet is indeed more effective for belly fat loss.
Since the early 70s, US citizens reduced their fat intake from 40% to 34%. Yet, the obesity epidemic has been rising steeply since it began in the early 1980's. Why?
Exaggerated consumption of carbohydrates. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of basically meat, plants, fruits, nuts and seeds. Grain wasn't even part of human diet till rural started about ten thousand years back. The increase in human population and decrease in hunted large game made it mandatory for humans to take on farming.
The evolution of human diet from typically animal sources to grain products ( refined carbs ) has led on to a fall in the quantity and quality of human life. Sicknesses and conditions like diabetes, obesity and heart problems which were once non-existent, are now commonplace.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming tons of refined carbs such as breads, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbs inhibits stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes changed to burning sugar as fuel and forgets the best way to burn fat.
Everyone wants some carbohydrates. In the body, carbs are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. Unused glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Only the glycogen in the liver can be converted back to glucose for use by the brain when obligatory.
The body has limited capacity for storing carbs. Although the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves cannot be broken down when energy is necessary by the brain. Once the glycogen reserves are full, excess carbs are converted into fat.
Eating a high carb meal could cause a spike in glucose levels. This prompts the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream to lower the glucose levels. The bad news is insulin is a fat storage hormone. It tells the body to store excess carbohydrates as fat. Fluctuation in blood sugar levels causes longings for more carbohydrates and thus, more fat storage replying to insulin. - 17269
Since the early 70s, US citizens reduced their fat intake from 40% to 34%. Yet, the obesity epidemic has been rising steeply since it began in the early 1980's. Why?
Exaggerated consumption of carbohydrates. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of basically meat, plants, fruits, nuts and seeds. Grain wasn't even part of human diet till rural started about ten thousand years back. The increase in human population and decrease in hunted large game made it mandatory for humans to take on farming.
The evolution of human diet from typically animal sources to grain products ( refined carbs ) has led on to a fall in the quantity and quality of human life. Sicknesses and conditions like diabetes, obesity and heart problems which were once non-existent, are now commonplace.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming tons of refined carbs such as breads, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbs inhibits stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes changed to burning sugar as fuel and forgets the best way to burn fat.
Everyone wants some carbohydrates. In the body, carbs are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. Unused glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Only the glycogen in the liver can be converted back to glucose for use by the brain when obligatory.
The body has limited capacity for storing carbs. Although the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves cannot be broken down when energy is necessary by the brain. Once the glycogen reserves are full, excess carbs are converted into fat.
Eating a high carb meal could cause a spike in glucose levels. This prompts the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream to lower the glucose levels. The bad news is insulin is a fat storage hormone. It tells the body to store excess carbohydrates as fat. Fluctuation in blood sugar levels causes longings for more carbohydrates and thus, more fat storage replying to insulin. - 17269
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