Friday, January 2, 2009

Lose Excess Stomach Fat

By Jose Loni

Everybody strives to reduce excess stomach fat. Excess fat in the stomach area can be reduced by, controlling the amount of food we eat, increasing our exercise activity and decreasing our stress levels.

When we over eat, we consume excess calories that our bodies cannot consume and utilize as an energy source. The excess food that we don't use is turned into fat and stored in our stomach region.

We need to watch our intake of food and ensure we consume quality foods more often through out the day. If we decrease the meal portions and increase the number of meals per day, we enable our bodies to maintain a more stable blood sugar and keep up our energy level throughout the day.

Physical activity is a key factor in reducing excess stomach fat. By exercising more and burning more calories and at the same time decreasing the amount of food we eat, we can allow our bodies to increase its metabolic activity and reduce excess stomach fat.

By coordinating the two factors of increasing exercise activity and decreasing the amount of food we consume, our body not only burns the calories from the food we ate but also helps reduce the excess fat from our stomach.

Recent studies have shown that when a person is under a lot of stress, they are prone to excess fat accumulation in the stomach area. Stress causes the release of the Cortisol hormone, which is the cause of the fat storage in the stomach region.

When the body is under stress, it reacts by storing away fat to be able to use it as a fuel in case of emergency. It is the body's way of protecting itself and preparing for an emergency situation.

The management of what we eat, how much we eat, the amount of exercise activity we do, and our stress levels, can effectively change our body and help us lose excess stomach fat. Stress reduction allows us to decrease the amount of Cortisol, which causes fat storage in the stomach area. By controlling these factors, we can make permanent and lasting changes to lose excess stomach fat. - 15683

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