How to Control Fat on Your Belly
Written by Andrew Tolbertson, MD
The body needs fat to function, but some of us have too much fat and this can cause several health issues. To get rid of belly fat, and fat around the stomach or midsection of the body, you need to do more than exercise or just stop eating. To attack abdominal fat, the body’s hormonal system has to be balanced. This is a must.
Your hormonal system can be thrown off from simple life stresses. Have you ever noticed that, when you are more stressed, you eat more? Whether you are stressed about a job interview, school exam, or relationship issue, stress can cause different hormones to be released in the body that add to stomach fat. The key to losing belly fat is reducing bad stress. Stress harms the body and results in unnecessary weight gain. This explains how a person can eat less and still gain more weight.
Moreover, eating less can even cause weight gain and muscle loss. It seems smart, but you must get to the root of your belly fat issue. If you want to lose the fat, you need to eat healthy foods for nutrients and control your stress levels. Exercise can be used to release stress and this explains why exercise can cause weight loss. Have you ever met someone who goes to the gym for months and exercises everyday but never loses weight? Do you want to know why the weight and excess fat refuses to come off? They may be exercising for the wrong motives or under pressure to lose weight. This produces stress on the body, which is has a negative effect on weight loss.
If you want real weight loss, especially loss of your belly fat, set yourself free from the bondage of exercise schedules, diets, and eating programs. It is simple. Start making your lifestyle more active. In the evening, instead of buying expensive running shoes and jogging 5 miles, take a 1 mile walk with your husband or children and talk to them about anything and everything. If you are consistent, your body will begin to burn more fat because certain neurochemicals will be released in your body when you are in a state of peace and stress is absent.
In Europe, a weight loss study was done that proved people who took Slimatrol Waist Burn supplement were able to exercise less and lose weight faster than people who exercised for longer periods of time. Why? It appears that supplements, like Slimatrol, contain mind control herbals that help reduce life stress. In the absence of stress and the presence of exercise, the body can burn more fat with less effort, especially from the abdominal area. Very few people have time to exercise, so it is very important that when you find time to exercise, you get maximum results for your efforts.
Parallel studies have shown that supplements, like Stress Reducers and Slimatrol Waist Burn can improve the quality of your exercise. Quality of exercise is more important than quantity of exercise. Quality of exercise can only be achieved with a clear mind. So, if you have tried everything and nothing has worked, there is hope for slimming down that oversized stomach. It has very little to do with dieting. Reduce your stress levels and you begin to notice your belly shrink. Stress causes unnecessary eating and excessive weight gain. Stress causes unnecessary fat storage, especially around the midsection of your body. Manage the stress and manage your weight
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Dr. Tolbertson holds a Bachelor Degree in Biology and Chemistry and Nutrition and Physiology. Dr Andrew Tolbertson is also a Medical Doctor who currently has an active private practice and a thriving international healing therapy practice, concentrating in Oncology.
Dr. Tolbertson provides expert advice and is a sought after guest on many television and radio shows throughout the country.
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