Wednesday, October 27, 2010

YOUR HEALTH – WHO CARES ABOUT IT?

The world is becoming fatter! Only in US, recent surveys reavealed that more than 70% of the adult people are overweight or obese. In UK it’s worse. If you are lean and healthy reading this blog, rest assured that you are of the minority. It has now become of the norm that people are out of shape, overweight, and suffering with diseases like diabetes, cardio-vascular and cancer. Well, that’s SAD.

One of the reasons is that our food supply has become more heavily processed, refined, filled with chemicals, and modified from its natural state over the years. Everybody pretends (yes I did mention “pretend”) that they don’t have time in this supposedly fast-paced world to prepare their own meals anymore. Therefore, they grab quick junk foods from corner stores, fast food joints, and restaurants. End result is that this habit makes it harder to stay healthy and lean, because neither the corner stores, fast food joints nor the restaurants are looking out for your health. They are only after one thing – YOUR CASH!

Then who takes care of your health? The billion dollars pharmaceutical companies? Surely they aren’t going to look out for your health either. In fact, they want you to be sicker than ever, so that you buy more of their magic drugs. The “rich supplement” companies are not worried about your health either. On the contrary, they love the fact that people are getting fatter all the time, because this assures their long-term existence and prosperity. Yes they see the “fat world” as an opportunity where they can persuade through their fancy marketing that they have magical and fast-fix solutions, and all you have to do is spend your cash to procure their pills and you’ll be magically lean and mean again and all that without changing anything else in your lifestyle. BS….

Our own lifestyle is killing us slowly, but surely. It’s pretty simple as to why the world is becoming a fatter place at an astonishing rate. The population in general is living a sedentary lifestyle. Children (especially those living in apartments) no longer run around and play games outside. They now spend more of their time inside playing video games, surfing the web on their computers, watch movies, etc... Adults do less manual works than before. Technological progress has turned us into lazier than ever beings on a daily basis.

What can we do about it then? Once a wise man said, “Every man is in control of his own destiny. It’s just a question of his willpower…” I personally agree to this claim and I will elaborate more on this in my next blog in a few days. So come back later and check it out.


Sunday, October 24, 2010

How To Lose Belly Fat - A Fast Proven Way to Burn Belly Fat and Get a Flat Stomach!

One of the worst things overweight people and those in their late 30's have to deal with is having excess abdominal fat. Reaching mid age, people are normally well set up in their professional and social life. In fact, they become victims of their own lifestyle which is normally summarized in two factors contributing to the ballooned belly: these are poor eating habits and less physical activity.
Everyday thousands, probably millions, of such people are looking for the hidden 'fat loss secrets' which will help to magically transform the body and restore back that flat abdomen! There are hundreds of workout programs, magic pills and diet programs that promise instant success when it comes to losing abdomen fat, but many of them just don't work. Some of them help to a certain extent and contributes to the general good shape of the people practicing it, but cannot get rid of the abdominal fat completely. Believe me, I too was once victim of that ugly shaped belly and tried various programs, until I understood the simple fact about belly fat that they exist at two different layers: -
- Superficial fat - located just below the skin
- Deep fat - located inside the abdominal cavity on the intestines
Most exercising programs eliminate only the superficial fat and can transform them into muscles making the abdomen look uglier. Getting rid of the belly fat through surgical process commonly called "abdominal liposuction" is ineffective because it reaches only the superficial fat layer. Removing the deep fat by liposuction is way too dangerous and in general is not practiced.
In fact the best method to get rid of that ugly tummy came out also to be very simple - to lose belly fat and stay healthy is a right combination of cardio exercises and proper diet.
Most programs I've tried before failed because of either completely ignored diet element and focusing on exercises only or because of their misconception on dietary issues. I also came to understand that dieting does not mean starving. Unlike what is being told by many diet gurus - "if you eat less, you will lose the weight", which seems logical from a technical perspective. But the reality is that it is not practical or healthy to starve your body. In fact, it's better that you don't, because once you do, your body goes into starvation mode, which means that everything you do put in your mouth, your body attempts to store as fat. Many people just adopt some rigid training program in a gym which of course helps in keeping fit. But soon most will realize that no matter how many ab exercises they do, no matter how many miles they run, and no matter what they do, but if they don't eat the proper foods, they will just not lose the weight around their middle.
Lastly I came across a program with particular focus on diet alongside with some easily performed exercises. The author, a certified nutrition specialist and trainer, explains in simple words the dietary secrets to lose fat. He explains inter-alia the following: -
  • Eating a certain type of fat to burn fat....seems crazy, but it's true and it works! Try Googling for CLA.
  • Types of vegs that help to burn belly fat.
  • Good carbohydrates v/s bad ones, etc...
I can now say that am in good shape with just 20 minutes workout on a daily basis (can be more if I wish to and have time for) while the rest is only some particular attention on what I put in my mouth. In just 2 weeks after following the program, I was already feeling better and fit. Now I am in good shape, fit and most important with a flat abdomen. Of course, if I want I may even push it a bit further and get the rock hard muscled six pack abs, the instructions are there for it.
This program worked for me and thousands others. You might be the next.
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