How to Lose Belly Fat Tip 5: Can decreasing carbs help you lose belly fat?
So far in this how to lose belly fat series we’ve discussed visualization, stress, caffeine and meditation. You must have known that there would be a dietary component to belly fat loss also.
Decrease Refined Carbohydrates if you want to lose your belly fat!
When carbohydrates are refined and devoid of their fiber, the sugar or starch found within them has fast access to flooding your bloodstream. (It normally takes some time to break through the fiber, which allows the sugar to be released slowly.) So now there’s this onslaught of sugar into your bloodstream. But your body can only handle so much sugar in the blood at a time. When there is too much extra sugar, excess insulin is released, which removes the extra sugar from the bloodstream and takes it to tissue cells. Here it can be immediately burned as energy, or if you are not being active, will be stored as fat.
Stick to carbohydrates in their whole forms, which come complete with fiber. Whole grains, breads, and pastas; brown rice; and natural sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, and agave syrup will enter your bloodstream at a rate you can use appropriately without storage. No storage means not making more excess fat, and then when you exercise and need more energy, you can burn up those existing fat stores efficiently.
Stay tuned for Tip 6 coming soon!
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