Just How Do You Reduce Your Belly Fat?

Did you know that people who have a BMI of 34 or less are regarded as health risks? This is about 37% of the world's population. The fat which is stored around your stomach is called visceral fat or sometimes intra abdominal; this does carry a greater health risk than any other fat located on your body. In recent studies abdominal fat has leaded to higher cholesterol levels, higher blood sugar, heart disease and raised blood pressure.

There are only a few reasons why we get a fat belly. Mainly it's genetic inheritance or the other is just over eating the wrong foods. Men and women tend to store fat in different places. Men store fat mainly around there stomach, where as women tend to store fat around there hips, butt and thighs, but later on in life women do tend to get fat around there stomach's this is due to "Menopause".

Health studies have also shown that stress can bring fat to anyone's body. The reason this happens is because of something called "Hormone Cortisol" this is released when people get stressed. Studies also showed that an high percentage of  "Cortisol" was found in all the people who had fat bellies.

So just how do we get rid of a fat belly? Well the simplest and easiest options are eating healthy and exercise. What I mean here is you need to match your calorie intake with your calorie needs, this way you're trying to stop gaining more weight. One of the most common mistakes people make is cutting out there meals, the best thing to do is eat more meals but make them smaller, this way your metabolism keeps working.

If you already exercise and you have found you're not losing any weight, you need to change your exercise program, the best exercise there is to lose weight is aerobic, this way you are losing weight and tightening up your muscles at the same time. Yes it will take time, but after a while your belly will disappear.