Success with belly fat

When the problem is lingering and increasing belly fat, the first consideration you must make is to scrutinize the content of your diet. Is your eating balanced? Do you eat more fats and carbohydrates than protein? Research shows that more fats and refined carbohydrates than protein are present in commercially prepared and refined foods. Keeping this one question constantly on your eating radar can lead to success with belly fat reduction.
Although the main player here is protein, the focus here is on balance. The major cause of belly fat is imbalance in choice of food and activity. This often leads to oxidative stress. This kind of body stress can cause you to convert food into fat and store it, instead of using it towards energy process that keeps you healthy and trim. It is especially so, if you do not exercise and you choose mostly carbohydrate.
Here is a simple solution to get you on your way to success with losing belly fat. If you get started with this, you will succeed.
Start to notice and record how much simple carbohydrates you are eating. Take note of the amount of sugar you get from fluids you drink daily. These might include coffee with sugar, designer health juices with more than 12 grams of sugar, beer, soda, juice drinks and commercial white bread, which converts to sugar in your mouth.
Constantly read the label on prepared food to help you manage your sugar, keeping in mind that you only need about 40 grams of sugar a day. You will be totally shocked at how quickly you reach your recommended daily supply. Any more sugar you eat after that amount becomes an irritant on all you body systems, and creates disturbances in fat metabolism.
MY suggestion as a cook book author is to be armed with easy, well balanced recipes. Some you can make frequently that will help you balance your nutrients, and get you that flat lean stomach.
Here is a well balanced recipe for you to make on a regular basis. I suggest a chili recipe. Historically, chili was a survival food for the Spanish who came to the New World and settled in Texas. I have great respect for the fortifying measures of this centuries old dish. The hero if this dish is protein. Protein is the matrix of the human diet. We hear so little about the importance of its function, that if you are uniformed you might think of it as trivial and expendable.
The truth is that every single process of repair and sustenance for every organ, tissue and fluid of your body require a specific enzyme. All enzymes are proteins.
Enzymes, made up of amino acids, the building blocks of protein are the catalyst of life. Catalysts speed up body reactions so that processes are well orchestrated and timely. Imagine burning fat instead of storing it!
Each reaction requires a specific protein. There are proteins for metabolic processes like digestion, heart function, brain function, even happiness, think endorphin production, and for all protective mechanisms of the immune system. With inadequate supply of protein, the enzymatic body processes become sluggish, or are just deleted.
This is because your body cannot manufacture enzymes, which are also proteins without the presence of amino acids from protein in the blood stream.
With inadequate protein, body reactions are haphazard. We experience this as minor complaints – not anything your doctor can write a prescription for. This results in frequent use of over the counter drugs to relieve the symptoms cause by missing enzymatic activity. We also take diet pills and so forth…
Here is a chili recipe from my book Eat Yourself Younger Effortlessly. It is designed with meat and beans, a high protein vegetable to keep your enzymes flowing and you happier, healthier and lean with a flat belly. This chili recipe is balanced for fat, carbohydrate and protein.
Chili is digested slowly so you feel full longer and don’t get hungry in between meals.
The beans in this dish are also supplying protein and carbohydrate.
Protein fortifies the immune system so that you bypass seasonal illness like flu and laryngitis.
But the best of all, the body uses more energy to digest protein than it does to digest fat or carbohydrate, so you can look forward to keeping a healthy weight, always.
Ingredientsrn½ lb. diced meat such as pork, turkey or ground bison
1 tbs. canola or grape seed oil
1 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1 onion chopped
2 tbs. chili powder
2 clove garlic crushedr
Pepper sauce to your taste
1 can of Mexican or chili-style stewed tomatoes
2 tbs. chili sauce (optional)
2 cans red kidney beans, or l can black and kidney beans each
1 cup water or stock to adjust thickness. (Some chili aficionados swear by dark beer and 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder) ½ tsp. sea salt
1 tbs. dried oregano or fresh oregano toasted just before using
Stepsr
Heat oil and garlic in a medium saucepan, over medium heat for 1 minute, and then add onion and green peppers and sauté, stirring frequently for 3 minutes.
Season the meat with salt and pepper and mix with the vegetables until the meat is brown about 5 minutes.
Slowly add the chili powder to the mixture and stir to mix.
Chop the tomatoes in a food processor, then add with chili sauce and stir well. Add cocoa powder if desired. Lower the heat and simmer until thickened.
Add the beans and water or stock and let simmer for another 10 minutes to blend the flavors.
Taste and adjust the salt and pepper. This recipe serves for 2-3 meals.
Chili can be garnished with roasted green pumpkin seeds, diced green onions, white cheese like Monterey Jack, or dried oregano.