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Adapt your diet and exercise routines as you age
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Yes, it is important to eat 8-10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Why?
You hear it all the time – eat more fruits and veggies. But is it really the magic pill it claims to be?
Produce is high in fiber, which takes toxins and other waste products out of your body, instead of storing them as belly fat. The fiber and water found in fruit and vegetables is also critical for good bowel health. Your colon is only so big, and if you pack meal after meal in there without having a bowel movement, it’s going to get compounded and expand your bowel and physically take up more space. If your colon is right under your belly, is it really all belly fat or is there excess waste in the colon that is contributing?
There is so much more I could talk about here, especially after reading a book called “Inside Poop” that talks about people often store many pounds of dried up and old fecal matter in their colon. Disgusting I know!
So how to you avoid this? You should be getting in 2-3 servings of fruit and 5-8 servings of vegetables daily to keep the your colon clean. Ideally you should be having 1-3 fully formed, painless bowel movements daily. Fiber also keeps you feeling fuller longer, so you don’t eat more than your body needs.
Ok, I promise my next tip won’t be as graphic, and shall I say “yucky.” Trust me, I didn’t like learning about all this dried up fecal matter stuff either! Stayed tuned for the next tip coming soon!
Yes, it is important to eat 8-10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Why?
You hear it all the time – eat more fruits and veggies. But is it really the magic pill it claims to be?
Produce is high in fiber, which takes toxins and other waste products out of your body, instead of storing them as belly fat. The fiber and water found in fruit and vegetables is also critical for good bowel health. Your colon is only so big, and if you pack meal after meal in there without having a bowel movement, it’s going to get compounded and expand your bowel and physically take up more space. If your colon is right under your belly, is it really all belly fat or is there excess waste in the colon that is contributing?
There is so much more I could talk about here, especially after reading a book called “Inside Poop” that talks about people often store many pounds of dried up and old fecal matter in their colon. Disgusting I know!
So how to you avoid this? You should be getting in 2-3 servings of fruit and 5-8 servings of vegetables daily to keep the your colon clean. Ideally you should be having 1-3 fully formed, painless bowel movements daily. Fiber also keeps you feeling fuller longer, so you don’t eat more than your body needs.
Ok, I promise my next tip won’t be as graphic, and shall I say “yucky.” Trust me, I didn’t like learning about all this dried up fecal matter stuff either! Stayed tuned for the next tip coming soon!
| MindBodyFX.com is the original source for the article above. |
Did you know that health studies are showing that abdominal fat can develop as a result of stress. Researchers at Yale University found that women that were under more stress stored more fat around their stomachs. So it does appear that a fat belly is more likely to develop if you are stressed out.
Stress and Stomach Fat
Stress is an emotion – how is it related to belly fat? All emotions cause a chemical reaction in our body, mostly in the form of making hormones. Stress releases the hormone cortisol (one of our ‘fight or flight’ response hormones), which causes us to break down the protein in our muscles to use as energy, instead of the belly fat we’d like to lose. Less muscle equals a lowered metabolic rate (our muscle cells require more energy than fat cells). If, with less muscle we still ate the same quantity, then we’d burn less and store more as fat. Cortisol causes more of that fat to be stored in the belly area.
What can you do to reduce stress in your life?
1. Start by putting less on your proverbial plate. Have a smaller plate in general. If your list of things to do is longer then your weekly grocery list, you’ve got a problem.
2. Say no more often. Allow yourself some valuable ‘YOU’ time. Many women have been trained to believe that spending time on themselves is selfish. It’s not. It is the best gift you can give to others. By giving to yourself FIRST.
4. Re-evaluate your ideal of what perfect is. What is it that really what makes you happy?
5. Be content knowing you did your best. Baby steps can be celebrated too!
6. Exercise. Your body was meant to move, do some form of physical activity every day!
7. Eat whole foods. (Eat more foods that don’t require a label (fruits, vegetables etc.) and less foods with a label (processed foods).
8. Drink plenty of water. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day improves overall health and is important in moving you towards a healthy weight.
All these are great ways to reduce the stress in your body. Reducing the cortisol levels in your body. And ultimately, reducing your propensity to store excess belly fat.
The strategy I offer in my next post may be a difficult for some, especially those who like to make daily stop for a cup of mocha at Starbucks or Tim Hortons. Stay tuned!
Did you know that health studies are showing that abdominal fat can develop as a result of stress. Researchers at Yale University found that women that were under more stress stored more fat around their stomachs. So it does appear that a fat belly is more likely to develop if you are stressed out.
Stress and Stomach Fat
Stress is an emotion – how is it related to belly fat? All emotions cause a chemical reaction in our body, mostly in the form of making hormones. Stress releases the hormone cortisol (one of our ‘fight or flight’ response hormones), which causes us to break down the protein in our muscles to use as energy, instead of the belly fat we’d like to lose. Less muscle equals a lowered metabolic rate (our muscle cells require more energy than fat cells). If, with less muscle we still ate the same quantity, then we’d burn less and store more as fat. Cortisol causes more of that fat to be stored in the belly area.
What can you do to reduce stress in your life?
1. Start by putting less on your proverbial plate. Have a smaller plate in general. If your list of things to do is longer then your weekly grocery list, you’ve got a problem.
2. Say no more often. Allow yourself some valuable ‘YOU’ time. Many women have been trained to believe that spending time on themselves is selfish. It’s not. It is the best gift you can give to others. By giving to yourself FIRST.
4. Re-evaluate your ideal of what perfect is. What is it that really what makes you happy?
5. Be content knowing you did your best. Baby steps can be celebrated too!
6. Exercise. Your body was meant to move, do some form of physical activity every day!
7. Eat whole foods. (Eat more foods that don’t require a label (fruits, vegetables etc.) and less foods with a label (processed foods).
8. Drink plenty of water. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day improves overall health and is important in moving you towards a healthy weight.
All these are great ways to reduce the stress in your body. Reducing the cortisol levels in your body. And ultimately, reducing your propensity to store excess belly fat.
The strategy I offer in my next post may be a difficult for some, especially those who like to make daily stop for a cup of mocha at Starbucks or Tim Hortons. Stay tuned!
| MindBodyFX.com is the original source for the article above. |
