Lose Belly Fat Diet – LoW Carb Or Low Fat
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Most people wrongly believe that a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Many research has proven that a low carbohydrate diet is indeed more effective for belly fat loss.
Since the early 70s, Americans reduced their fat intake from 40 percent to 34%. Yet, the obesity epidemic has been rising steeply since it began in the early 1980′s. Why?
Unjustifiable consumption of carbohydrates.
Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of basically beef, veg, fruits, nuts and seeds. Grain wasn’t even part of human diet till rural started about 10,000 years ago. The increase in human population and dip in hunted large game made it necessary for humans to adopt agriculture.
The development 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. Illnesses and conditions like diabetes, obesity and heart disease which were once non-existent, are now common.
Have a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming tons of refined carbohydrates such as breads, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbohydrates prevents stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes adapted 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 to be used by the brain when mandatory.
The body has limited capacity for storing carbs. Though the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves cannot be broken down when energy is needed by the brain. Once the glycogen reserves are full, excess carbs are converted into fat.
Eating a high carb meal may 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 carbs as fat. Fluctuation in blood sugar levels causes cravings for more carbs and thus, more fat storage responding to insulin.
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