Lose Belly Fat Diet - Low Carb Or Low Fat
The general public wrongly believe a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Several studies have shown that a locarb diet is indeed better for belly fat loss.
Way back to the early 70s, US citizens reduced their fat intake from forty percent to 34%. Yet, the obesity pandemic has been rising steeply since it commenced in the early 1980's. Why?
Exaggerated consumption of carbohydrates. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of basically beef, veg, fruits, seeds and nuts. Grain wasn't even part of human diet till rural started about 10,000 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. Illnesses and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease which were once non-existent, are now commonplace.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming heaps 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 changed to burning sugar as fuel and forgets how to burn fat.
Everyone wishes some carbs. In the body, carbs are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. New 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 obligatory.
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 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 carbs and hence, more fat storage replying to insulin. - 17268
Way back to the early 70s, US citizens reduced their fat intake from forty percent to 34%. Yet, the obesity pandemic has been rising steeply since it commenced in the early 1980's. Why?
Exaggerated consumption of carbohydrates. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of basically beef, veg, fruits, seeds and nuts. Grain wasn't even part of human diet till rural started about 10,000 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. Illnesses and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease which were once non-existent, are now commonplace.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming heaps 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 changed to burning sugar as fuel and forgets how to burn fat.
Everyone wishes some carbs. In the body, carbs are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. New 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 obligatory.
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 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 carbs and hence, more fat storage replying to insulin. - 17268
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