In some sense we have come to believe that pot belly is a sign of arrival; you know the Nigeria syndrome a big ‘Madam’ or ‘Oga’, but how wrong, A pot belly is a bold message from your body, telling you that you are unhealthy and have set the right conditions for every kind of health problem that can be imagined.
Exercise Regularly
Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. There is no substitution to work out. No matter what diet plans we adopt or other measures we take, we would still need to regular exercise to ensure good shaped healthy body. Physical exercise helps keep body active, flexible and energetic and is an easy remedy for fat and most fat related diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Physical exercise might include anything from jogging, running, yoga, gym, dancing and other activities requiring physical energy. There are many recommended exercises and yoga postures for obtaining flat stomach.
Reduce Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol’s effects on your brain and body depend on the ways you drink–such as how much and how often–as well as your age, gender, and overall health status. Facts suggest that pure alcohol is only next to fat in the calories it contains. Alcohol consumption is one of the major sources of weight gain which is neglected in diet plans thus proving them ineffective. It is proved that avoiding alcohol when focusing to lose weight will prove to be as much effective as avoiding chocolates.
Avoid Unnecessary Medicinal Consumption
Taking medicines when not necessary is non-recommendable for everyone including those planning to shed some extra fat. Pot belly, especially amongst middle aged men, is also caused by hormonal imbalance in the body. As per the doctors, many prescription drugs and mainly different forms of steroids can have side effects resulting in stomach obesity.
Unhealthy Eating Habits
Your eating habit can make or mar you; unhealthy eating habits are one of the causes of pot belly which affect kids and adults alike. The most important reason for obesity in school going kids is the meal regime they follow and the kind of food they intake. Present day eating habits are devoid of some most essential minerals and are high on cholesterol and fat. A famous saying goes as, “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper”.
Keep Correct Posture
There might not seem a very obvious relation between body postures and abdominal fat but keeping correct body posture is a highly efficient way of avoiding unwanted fat round the belly. Keeping your back straight, in particular, while sitting helps tucking the stomach inward thus maintaining equilibrium in the body. Keeping correct postures also help avoiding problems like back or other sorts of muscle pain and keeps the body healthy and physically active thus avoiding any sort of body fat accumulation.
Regular Health Check Up
Though obesity might be a cause of many diseases, it may also be a symptom of some. Gaining unnatural belly fat might as well be an indication of some disease or deficiency in the body. Regular health check-ups, especially after a particular age, are an efficient way to ensure that a pot belly is not an indication of an ailing body. This is even more important after an age at which human body becomes vulnerable to catching serious ailments like cardiovascular diseases. Regular health check-ups ensure that the body is suffering from no hidden problems.
Control stress
There are several ways in which stress can contribute to gaining excessive belly fat. Stress disturbs our hunger thus hampering proper meal consumption and not taking healthy meals at proper intervals contributes to obesity. It also is responsible for hormonal disturbances in our body and makes the mind and body too lethargic to act thus devoid it of proper meals and exercise.
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