The Best Way to Lose Mid-Life Pounds

The bulge of fat known as mid-life spread is not just unsightly but it also makes a person more vulnerable to age-related diseases. Dr. Marilyn Glenville, author of "Fat Around the Middle," attributes this fat this to the fight-or-flee instincts that kept our ancestors alive.今日のストレスは同じ化学的反応を引き起こしますが、ストレスを受けた人は代わりに不健康な食物を食べることで反応します。

1. The Source of Belly Fat

   • The body stores the fat near the liver as a natural energy reserve for the next fight-or-flight event.これにより、初期の人は危険を避ける力を与えましたが、現代の生活ではそのエネルギーの自然な放出はめったにありません。 Instead, stress produces adrenaline and cortisol, which in turn deposit fat and glucose around the waist.さらに、絶え間ないストレスは人々が空腹を感じるように促し、彼らの体は彼らに砂糖と脂肪の高い食物を食べてより多くのエネルギーを貯めるように促します。 People under this type of stress typically:gain fat around the tummy, chest, back and hips;血糖値が揺れます。歯を磨きます。 and experience tiredness without the ability to sleep.

   Tips to Burn It Off

   • Dr. Glenville suggests several rules to counter middle-age spread. Stop dieting, which prompts the body to raise stress levels and store more fat. Instead, eat little and often, meaning three meals a day, plus small snacks in between. Eating every three hours controls the cravings, keeps blood sugar in check and levels out the stress-induced cortisol. Avoid carbohydrates after 6 p.m., and sugary drinks, including coffee and alcohol, should be reduced or eliminated altogether.

     Daily meals should not include sugars and refined carbohydrates, which quickly bring up blood sugar levels, only to crash them soon after. Reading labels will help identify refined carbohydrates;栄養の事実には、リストの上部に砂糖、コーンシロップ、白または「小麦」小麦粉が含まれる場合、それらは単純な炭水化物を含んでおり、避けるべきです。 Eating them triggers the adrenaline and cortisol cycle that is storing up all the fat.代わりに、タンパク質を食事に加えます。これは、胃の食品加工を遅くし、グルコンを生成します。これにより、血糖が増加し、体がエネルギーのために脂肪を燃やすようになります。

     The new diet should also include essential fats, because they boost metabolism. Essential fatty acids do not make a person "fat," but rather serve as important building blocks of the body's cells.彼らはナッツや魚などの食品で見つけることができます。

   Don't Eat In a Hurry

   • A rushed meal only contributes to stress and tells the body that the dieter is under pressure. Sitting down and calmly chewing food helps digestion and discourages the body from storing that extra fat.