Most of the people walking the streets have some amount of excess abdominal fat. The bad news is that a majority of these people are not aware that the load they are carrying around with them is far more dangerous than crossing the road with your eyes closed. Another thing they are not aware of is that they are subconsciously unaware that they are shying away from showing off their body. A good looking body can be a great help to self esteem and your attitude to life. Excess abdominal fat is not just plain ugly it is a health hazard, and science has proven this time and time again. To begin with it is important to understand that your abdomen is layered with two types of fatty tissue.

One type of fat covers your abs and prevents them from showing and is called subcutaneous fat. This can be found just under the skin resting right on top of the abdominal muscles.The second type of fat is called visceral fat and is found deeply embedded in the abdominal area beneath the abdominal muscles and surrounds the organs of the abdomen. This kind of fat is what gives men the famed 'beer belly'. It is this fat that gives the hard bulky look and feel to the abdomen, while the subcutaneous fat hides the abs. Both the kinds of fat contribute to the risk of developing high blood pressure problems, heart problems, sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, diabetes, stroke and many digestive problems. Visceral fat is particularly dangerous because it releases inflammatory molecules consistently into your system.

It is time you did something to reduce the amount of abdominal fat if you care for your health and want to be around to take care of your lived ones. So, now one comes to the point of deciding, or finding out, if there is really some way of losing that ugly stomach fat. The answer is yes, and the process demands a lot of patience and consistency.

To begin with you must understand that you must give your stomach as many months to flatten out as you had given it years to swell out. So if you have been harboring a pot belly for three years give yourself at least 3 months of exercise and dieting to get rid of it. Nothing happens in a fortnight as most people will promise.

There are no gimmicks and gadgets that could help you get rid of your stomach fat - at least not permanently. You could spend your hard earned money to lose that fat in a month but in a matter of days it seems to grow back again. Many gyms and fat loss clinics will show you pictures titled 'before' and 'after' but how many of them show you pictures titled 'after after? Give it a thought. The only guaranteed solution to getting rid of fat and keep it off is to have a sound diet consisting of unprocessed, natural foods combined with a good exercise routine. As a rule of thumb remember that when you exercise your system takes 15minutes to begin burning fat, so the first fifteen minutes of walking or jogging is just a warm up routine. After that every minute you exercise you lose fat - and fluids. So, replace the fluids with a good health drink. Now, don't go rushing off to spend some cash on a health drink, a simple water solution of salt and sugar will do just fine. My next article will explain how to make yourself a good health drink, so watch out for it.

Now your exercise, walk, hog, run cycle or do just about anything that will work up a sweat without you feeling uncomfortable. Nothing can be simpler. Plan a routine and stick to it for a week then change the exercise routine. You don't want your body to get used to a particular routine and then begin to slow down the response to the exercise, do you? The same can be said about your diet read all about it in my next article on diet and fat loss.

The idea is to fox your metabolism into burning your excess fat. It takes your brain 20 minutes to receive a signal from your system that you have had enough to eat. It is during this delayed twenty minutes that you eat those extra calories you really don't need. So stop eating when you are still a bit hungry - remember your brain does not know yet that your stomach is full - so you feel hungry even after eating sufficiently.



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