How to Increase Good Fat and Lose Weight
Are you noticing your waistline is expanding? It is possibly because of visceral fat in your body. If you are serious about summer weight loss and want to become healthier, then learning to fight the bad fat with good fat could be the key.
What is visceral fat?
It is what Web MD.com calls the bad fat that lurks deep in your body and wraps itself around vital organs like the heart, liver and stomach, preventing them functioning properly. The visceral fat helps to trigger the manufacture of LDL, the bad cholesterol, in the blood.
When LDL collects in the arteries, it forms a waxy substance that attaches to the walls of the blood vessel, narrowing the arteries leading to your heart and brain. This increases the risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke. Hidden visceral fat has been linked to diabetes, high blood pressure, breast cancer and dementia. It may also trigger chronic systemic inflammation which is a condition that has no symptoms but could be the cause a host of dangerous diseases.
What can I do?
Studies have shown that people who eat a lot of monounsaturated fat are less likely to die of heart disease. Monounsaturated fats lower total cholesterol levels and the LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) in the blood, while increasing HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol). These good fats have also been found to aid in weight loss. Foods that are high in monounsaturated fats include nuts - peanuts, walnuts, almonds and pistachios, avocado, canola and olive oil. Monounsaturated margarines and spreads are now available to use in place of butter.
Some interesting facts
- Research has proven if you increase monounsaturated fats in your diet, it will reduce belly fat, which is often the hardest fat to shift, in both men and women.
- It is harder for women to lose weight then men, because they have a higher percentage of fat cells.
- Genetics can be responsible for 60% of the body weight we carry, particularly belly fat.
- Calorie burning slows down after the age of 40 because the metabolism also slows as we age. Exercise helps to increase the rate of metabolism.
Find a summer weight loss plan that suits you, which you can stick to and then, if you incorporate monounsaturated fats in your diet, you will be able to wear that swimsuit with confidence.
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