Want The Solution To Get Rid Of Belly Fat?

     We live in a world that worships and reveres the abdominal six pack, yet increasing numbers of people are watching their once svelte abdominals disappear beneath fat.

Belly fat is not just something hanging around doing nothing but forcing you to buy bigger clothes and cut another hole in your belt. That darn fat is working hard to take years from your life - and could well take you away from the people that love you.

Any abdominal fat that reaches the point that you have become overweight is bad for you. A rounded, apple shaped abdomen that measures over 40 inches for a man or over 35 inches for a women is damaging to health and is potentially fatal. Of all the body fat to be saddled with, fat around the belly has the greatest potential to kill.

Much of the danger of having fat on your abdomen means there is fat around your internal organs. Having fat around your internal organs translates into long term health risks and it is not a matter of if it will adversely affect your health, but when.

When excess body fat collects around the tummy rather than on the limbs, it is an outwardly visual sign of hormonal and metabolic turmoil within. And once that abdominal fat has increased to a hard rounded appearance, it is almost guaranteed that 'hormonal' imbalance is driving its growth. In particular, it is generally due to resistance to the effects of the blood sugar regulating hormone insulin called 'insulin resistance'.

Whenever we eat carbohydrates, they are broken down into sugar (glucose) which enters the bloodstream and the pancreas releases insulin to shuttle glucose out of the blood and into the cells. A high carbohydrate intake bombards the receptors, and the body eventually cannot keep up with the demand for insulin so the glucose stays in the blood causing damage to tissues and organs. This is insulin resistance, which is the precursor of Type II diabetes, a disease reaching epidemic proportions in the western world.

The one thing that can help you lose this nasty abdominal fat in the fastest manner may surprise you. Are you ready? It is strength training exercise. That's right. A growing body of proof shows that strength training can help you ditch that belly fat faster than doing just 'cardio' exercise alone or by dieting without exercise.

Only a regular strength training program can rebuild lost muscle tissue from inactivity to shrink a spreading waist. The more muscle tissue you have the more calories you use round the clock and the more efficient and effective your metabolism (your body's engine) becomes. That not only helps you lose belly fat but will ensure you keep it off.

Cardio type activity (walking, cycling, jogging etc) even though it is great as part of an active lifestyle it does not prevent the wasting away of muscle from not doing enough muscle building and maintaining activity.

The firm toned muscle tissue you will gain from strength training exercise will not only speed up your sluggish metabolism, it will help you look so much better giving you a more youthful appearance. But if you stop doing it your body will turn to flab again, your muscle tissue will shrink away along with your ability to burn calories and your energy levels will drop.

A proper exercise program is the solution to this problem with strength training being the key component. There is no way to escape it if you are serious about banishing abdominal fat. Improving the condition of your muscles will improve sensitivity to insulin; lower your blood sugar levels along with decreasing that excess body fat. Get some help from a fitness professional to make sure your program is safe and effective and does the job properly.

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