It's Time to be ProActive with Your Health!
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It's Time to be ProActive with Your Health! |
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Fitness & Exercise Your belly fat might not be coming from the food you eat. Not all fat is the same because certain body types come from different sources. When hormones get stressed (sometimes from too much exercise) a person can start to accumulate fat in the midsection as described in Dr. Berg's new book called, "The 7 Principles of Fat Burning." Dr. Berg states the main reason why the body accumulates fat (or potential energy) in the stomach has to do with the body's survival mechanism reacting to stress.
How does it work? Under stress the body doesn't burn fat. Instead it burns sugar explaining why cravings to carbohydrates are so common. After sugar gets used up, the body burns its protein reserves -- muscles, not fat. This is the adrenal glands at work, forcing the body to break down muscle protein; first in the legs (thigh muscles) and next in the buttocks. Hormones are re-directing the muscles into fat in the belly. This why so many people with sagging bellies have weak knees and legs while climbing stairs. The body is attempting to survive by storing fat around the vital organs, which just happen to be in your stomach. Dr. Berg describes one of the body types as the adrenal (pendulous "hanging" abdomen) in his book. Anyone can receive a free body type quiz on his web site.
Because any and all stress worsens the adrenals (stress gland), exercise is too much stress. Adrenal body types who exercise too much actually gain weight. In fact, their legs get skinnier as their bellies get fatter. Dieting, cutting calories or being hungry also adds stress to the body worsening the condition. This is from the stress hormone called cortisol. Another interesting fact is that your adrenal hormones are made from cholesterol. Reducing dietary fats and cholesterol is very bad for the adrenal glands due the necessary raw material needed to build adrenal hormones. Exercise needs to be customized to the person per their body type. Exercise doesn't burn fat, hormones do!
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