Saturday, December 20, 2008

Exercises to Burn Belly Fat

By Jose Loni

Burning belly fat is not as complicated as it seems. It is possible to burn belly fat faster, but first we need to understand three basic factors that will determine how we can burn belly fat. Those factors are: quality of our food intake, increasing our energy expenditure and monitoring the frequency and decreasing stress in our lives.

To burn belly fat we must cut down on our intake of fatty, rich foods. We should avoid processed foods, sodas, cookies and fast food. Eat 5-6 meals throughout the day each meal consisting of foods from the basic food groups. When we control the amount and quality of our food, our bodies will not store the fat on our bellies, and our bodies will burn the existing belly fat as energy.

The exercises to burn our belly fat should be made up of physical activities that will expend more energy that we take in from the foods we eat. A by-product of increased physical activity is the development and production of strength in the muscles, which causes more metabolic activity to occur. The increased metabolic processes also allow our bodies to burn fat as an energy source, well after our workout is finished.

An increase in our activity level will in turn build muscles for that particular activity, thereby increasing our lean body mass. With the increased muscle development, metabolic processes also increase, which also increases our body's proficiency to burn fat as an energy source even after physical activity.

Having increased abdominal fat is a health risk and could lead to heart disease, diabetes, stroke and high blood pressure. This is a situation that is best avoided.

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. - 15255

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