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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Lose Belly Fat Diet - Low Carb Or Low Fat

By Curtis Weber

Most people incorrectly believe a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Several research has proven that a locarb diet is indeed better for belly fat loss.

From the early 70s, USA 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?

Excessive consumption of carbs. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of essentially meat, vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts. Grain wasn't even part of human diet till rural started about 10,000 years ago. The rise in human population and decline in hunted large game made it required for humans to take on agriculture.

The development of human diet from typically animal sources to grain products ( refined carbohydrates ) has led on to a fall in the quantity and quality of human life. Sicknesses and conditions like diabetes, obesity and heart problems which were once non-existent, are now common.

Have a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming tons of refined carbohydrates such as bread, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbohydrates forestalls stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes adapted to burning sugar as fuel and forgets how to burn fat.

Everyone wants some carbohydrates. In the body, carbohydrates 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 necessary.

The body has limited capacity for storing carbohydrates. Though the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves can't 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 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 longings for more carbs and hence, more fat storage replying to insulin. - 17274

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