Saturday, December 20, 2008

Exercises to Burn Belly Fat

By Jose Loni

Exercises to burn belly fat help to increase strength and overall fat burning, but there are two other factors that need to be considered as exercises for belly fat burning as well. Those are our diet, what we eat and how often we eat, and the other is the management of our stress levels.

To make our belly fat burn faster, we need to watch what we eat and how often we eat. We should increase our food intake to 5-6 meals throughout the day and make sure we eat a balance of foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. We should avoid processed foods, sodas, cookies and fast food. When we control our food intake, we can better energize our bodies with better fuel and optimize our workouts to burn fat to flatten our stomachs.

By increasing our energy expenditure to greater than our food intake level, we can tap into the body's fat burning capabilities to help flatten our stomachs, where the fat is accumulated. When we expend more calories than we take in, our bodies will search for the next available energy source, which will result in increased burning of belly fat.

Our bodies have a way of surviving and maintaining energy supplies when they feel they are in danger. When we have high levels of stress, our bodies produce the Cortisol hormone, which stores fat in our stomach area. Stress causes the body to hold onto the fat, so that it can be used as an energy source for survival.

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.

Accumulated fat in the abdomen increases your risk of developing high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease 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 in the fastest way possible is not rocket science. All it takes is a commitment to make the necessary changes and step-by-step, our belly fat will be burnt away. - 16004

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