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	<title>How To Lose Belly Fat - 6 Packs Abs Workouts And Exercises</title>
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		<title>Weight loss calories for weight reduction tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weight loss calories are a mathematical calculation.  To reduce weight intake calories is one of the methods and to burn out calories by exercise is another method of weight loss calories process.
It is simple mathematical calculation.  If you wish to lose body weight amounting to one pound you must create a calorie deficit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weight loss calories are a mathematical calculation.  To reduce weight intake calories is one of the methods and to burn out calories by exercise is another method of weight loss calories process.<br />
It is simple mathematical calculation.  If you wish to lose body weight amounting to one pound you must create a calorie deficit of 3500 calories. How could you achieve this? <span id="more-37"></span>The only way to achieve such feat will be reduction of calorie intake on one side and increasing the calorie expenses on the other.<br />
For instance if you need 3000 calories per day for maintaining your current weight, you will require reducing the intake to 2500 calories per day.  That means over the week you will lose 3500 calories and that will make you lose one pound of body weight over a week period.<br />
But suppose you do not want to reduce your calorie intake, you may achieve the same results by indulging into exercises by the way of reduction of calorie intake by around 300 calories per day. It means a judicious combination of calorie reduction and increase in the exercise feats makes the weight loss feat easier to achieve and that will be your use of weight loss calories.<br />
Intake of carbohydrate or protein of each gram gives 4 calories per gram and in the same vein each gram of dietary fat gives you 9 calories.  Alcohol gives you 7 calories per gram.  Consider all these calories and decide how much intake you should take so that you restrict your intake of diets so that you get fewer calories in your intake.  That means one must decide the intake in such manner that food that is high in fat and alcohol should be restricted.<br />
However weight loss calories do not mean you lose weight without taking care of your health.  It is always better to lose weight in a healthy way than to invite the effects of losing health in a way that is not conducive to your health. That is why nutrition as well as healthy diet is also as important as any other methods in the weight loss endeavor.  If your diet is nutritious it will boost weight loss in multiple ways.  First of all the metabolism in your body will burn the food and converts it into body fat.  However the metabolism requires divergent minerals as well as vitamins to maintain its efficiency.  Without these elements, the metabolism cannot work to burn the food.  In the process metabolism will slow down and it will cause reduction in the weight loss process as there will be fewer weight loss calories.<br />
Moreover without the adequate nutrition the digestive system shall not be able to digest or process food properly.  Micronutrients like the vitamins as well as the minerals and dietary fibers are all very beneficial for your body and for developing the gastrointestinal tracts.  It will also help prevent constipation as well as other indigestion complaints like IBS.  Remember however that the empty calorie foods are the worst type of foods.  These are basically drinks that contain little nutrients but large amount of calories and therefore increase weight to a great extent. These are the food one should avoid to find the real weight loss process.</p>
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		<title>How weight loss exercises helps melt your body fat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Description: Most people who have obese body want to lose weight.  However instead of diet control they may opt for weight loss exercises melting body fat and getting a lean and trim physique in the process.
Anyone who is rather serious about losing weight may opt for weight loss exercises instead of going for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Description: Most people who have obese body want to lose weight.  However instead of diet control they may opt for weight loss exercises melting body fat and getting a lean and trim physique in the process.<br />
Anyone who is rather serious about losing weight may opt for weight loss exercises instead of going for the traditional diet control.  The method is better because it makes you lose weight without affecting your health in adverse manner.<span id="more-39"></span> Decreasing your dietary intake may not suffice and may bring in other unwanted health complicacies.  On the other hand exercise is one of the best methods of weight loss where you don’t lose health consequentially.<br />
Medical survey reports have revealed that two age groups are most vulnerable to obesity. One of them comes in the expected senior age group of 65 and above while other group is the unexpected age group in and around 20s.  There is significant relationship between their obesity and physical activities they undertake.  However it is now established scientific truth that the most sedentary men suffered from overweight problem the most.<br />
Government has come up with a recommendation of daily calorie requirements and consumption for the benefit of the users.  But they do not correlate at all with the actual energy requirements of the body.  For instance the calendar indicates 2400 calories for older people though they have burned around 2800 calories per day as seen from medical observation.<br />
All said and done one has to be active to burn calories.  And that is where the relevance of weight loss exercises is felt the most.  People who want to lose weight must get involved in physical activities of some sort.  It does not require taking up very strenuous activities or heavy weight exercises.  Simple weight loss exercises could do the trick for you getting the unnecessary fat to burn. These simple weight loss exercises could be like climbing the stairs instead of taking to the elevator.  Sitting up most of the times instead of lying down and even the expression of enthusiasm and excitement instead of indulging in boredom are all good for your health and can be considered as the weight loss exercises.<br />
One cannot undermine the value of remaining active.  You will be surprised to know that half an hour of aerobic exercises for weight loss could be far less consumer of energy in comparison to your day to day activity in the office.  This means if you take up hard exercises every day and at the same time remain inactive for better part of the day, you may not get the desired result.  On the other hand if you remain active throughout the day, you may be losing much more of your calories helping weight loss and that could be the desired form of weight loss exercises.<br />
Of course some people will suggest diets for weight loss devoid of weight loss exercise.  However the weight loss due to diet control is temporary and one may gain back exactly what they have lost after they stop the dieting.  It is not the same with weight loss exercise.  You can lose weight and lose such weight permanently. Yet the best course perhaps is a judicious combination of diet and weight loss exercise to permanently lose weight.</p>
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		<title>How do you know about vegetarian weight loss ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It does not mean that vegetarian diet is automatic weight loss for you.  With vegetarian diets you can gain weight as much as you gain weight with non-vegetarian diets too.  The need is to find out a good diet.
Being a vegetarian does not mean that you will be losing weight. There are multiple [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It does not mean that vegetarian diet is automatic weight loss for you.  With vegetarian diets you can gain weight as much as you gain weight with non-vegetarian diets too.  The need is to find out a good diet.</p>
<p>Being a vegetarian does not mean that you will be losing weight. There are multiple ways in which you can gain wait despite being a vegetarian.<span id="more-69"></span> The reason is that vegetarians are more prone to use fat oriented foods.  Big helpings of high fat protein sources including cheese and peanut butter and such things will continue to add to your weight and you will not be loosing weight.  That is why many people are now in the lookout for ways of vegetarian weight loss. It will be better for you to use some diets that will help you lose weight despite being on vegetarian diet.</p>
<p>Good news for you is that there are many healthy vegetarian weight loss plans that you could follow.  You will not only lose weight, you will lose such weight in the healthiest way.  Your diet should be family friendly, cheap as well as easy to follow.  Stick with the theme or mix and match these meals suiting your lifestyle.  For instance you may select some on the run breakfast while driving or grab a cheap and easy lunch.</p>
<p>Meal ideas could be divided into three basic categories.  These are on the run, cheap and easy, and family friendly dinner.  You can use snacks between meals if you are hungry.  You should have a breakfast that will give you around 350 to 450 calories, lunch that will give you 400 to 500 calories and dinner also that will give you 400 to 500 calories.  In all you will have a diet that gives you maximum of 1450 calories and minimum of 1150 calories and that will be a good advantage for you as the normal diet for a person gives around 2300 to 2400 of the same calories.  As a result you get in with vegetarian weight loss diet that will make you slim and trim.</p>
<p>To lose weight either with the vegetarian or non-vegetarian diets will mean that you will have to count the calories you are taking in and the amount of calories you are consuming day by day. You can start the day after counting the calories.  It will be good for you eating 500 calories less than what you take normally every day.   That means you will take 1800 calories per day instead of 2300 if you are woman and 1900 calories per day instead of 2400 calories and in the process you will constantly go on losing weight.</p>
<p>Instead of eating three big meals a day like breakfast, lunch, and dinner and you can spread the calories over five smaller meals. In this way you will speed up your metabolism.  Another important part of the weight loss is cardio.  When you are serious about losing weight you have to devote about 30 minutes a day for over 3-5 days per week.  In this process it may be possible to lose weight at the rate of 5 pounds per week. At least three times a week weight loss exercise even for the vegetarians will be good vegetarian weight loss program for you.</p>
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		<title>The Real Secret behind Losing Belly Fat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just search for the ‘lose belly fat’ in any search engine and you will find thousands of web pages that match those terms. The Internet is filled with information, products and services geared towards helping people lose belly fat. The problem is that all this information can often be highly contradictory and very confusing. Here [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just search for the ‘lose belly fat’ in any search engine and you will find thousands of web pages that match those terms. The Internet is filled with information, products and services geared towards helping people lose belly fat. The problem is that all this information can often be highly contradictory and very confusing. Here are some real secrets behind losing belly fat that<span id="more-164"></span> you can definitely depend upon:</p>
<p><strong>Eat Healthy</strong>: While you do need to lose belly fat, your body also needs to have its dietary requirement met. Else, you will more likely lose your health rather than your excess belly fat. Starving yourself is not going to help you lose any belly fat. Ensure that you eat a nutritional diet every day.</p>
<p><strong>Eat Sensibly</strong>: While you have to provide your body with the required nutrition, you also have to avoid intake of high calorie foods, carbs and sugar. Completely avoid sweets, sodas, desserts and fried items. Avoid processed foods and sodium rich snacks.</p>
<p><strong>Exercise</strong>: It is important to keep your body active as well as burn a lot of extra calories by doing exercises regularly. Doing cardiovascular exercises on a daily basis will help you lose your belly weight easily quickly.</p>
<p><strong>Drink Water</strong>: Drink plenty of water. It is important to keep your body hydrated. Also, the more water you drink, the less water will be retained by your body. It will also help curb your appetite.</p>
<p><strong>Eat Good Fats</strong>: Not all types of fatty foods are bad. There are some good fats they help the body fight bad fats like cholesterol. These good fats can be found in nuts, flaxseeds, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Eat At Regular Intervals</strong>: Eat small meals at regular intervals instead of having 3 large meals in a day. It will help stabilize your blood sugar as well as curb your appetite.</p>
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		<title>Do Exercises Really Geared To Help You Lose Belly Fat Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ungainly appearance is not the only problem caused by belly fat. It can lead to a multitude of serious health problems. It can cause numerous heart diseases including heart attacks and it can also lead to type 2 diabetes. It can cause Alzheimer&#8217;s disease as well as other forms of mental dementia. But what worse [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ungainly appearance is not the only problem caused by belly fat. It can lead to a multitude of serious health problems. It can cause numerous <em>heart diseases</em> including heart attacks and it can also lead to <strong>type 2 diabetes</strong>. It can cause <strong>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease</strong> as well as other forms of mental dementia. But what worse is that it can lead you to an early grave.</p>
<p>With growing health awareness, more and more people around the world are concerned about<span id="more-153"></span> losing their belly fat. However, they are likely to inundated by the plethora of contradictory information available on the net. One of the most frequently asked questions is &#8216;Do Exercises Geared To Help You Lose Belly Fat Work?&#8217;</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that exercises are very useful in increasing the physical exertion of the body and aiding in burning fat rapidly. However, <em>exercises that claim to help lose belly fat should be treated warily</em>. Stomach exercises will help you in strengthening and toning your stomach muscles, but, they don&#8217;t necessarily help in burning belly fat.</p>
<p>So then, what does? Here are a few tips for you to follow to help you lose belly fat:</p>
<p>1.       <strong>Exercise</strong>: Ensure that <strong>do exercise on a regular basis</strong>. However, don&#8217;t simply focus on stomach exercises. Do cardio exercises, but also walk briskly or play a sport. Ensure that your full body gets exerted in the process.</p>
<p>2.       <strong>Eat Healthy</strong>: Ensure that you follow a strict diet. This does not mean starvation. Instead it implies a fully nutritional and healthy diet.</p>
<p>3.       <strong>Control Alcohol Intake</strong>: Alcohol is one of the leading factors that cause belly fat. Completely avoid alcohol intake.</p>
<p>4.       <strong>Drink a lot of Water</strong>: Ensure that you keep yourself hydrated at all times. This prevent the need for water retention in your body.</p>
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		<title>Did You Know That Belly Fat Can Cause Brain Damage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know by now that belly fat can significantly contribute to heart diseases including heart  attacks, type 2 diabetes and can even lead to an early death. What scientists have recently discovered is proof of further damage caused by belly fat. It seems even our brain is not safe from damage caused by belly fat.
In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We know by now that <strong>belly fat can significantly contribute to heart diseases</strong> including heart  attacks, type 2 diabetes and can even lead to an early death. What scientists have recently discovered is proof of further damage caused by belly fat. It seems even our brain is not safe from damage caused by belly fat<span id="more-143"></span>.</p>
<p>In a study led by lead author Rachel Whitmer, a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente, researchers have found that <em>belly fat increases the risk of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and other forms of dementia</em>. Says Whitmer, &#8220;<strong>You can have a healthy body mass index but have a risk of dementia due to belly fat.</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>Considering how dangerous belly fat can be your health and well being, it is imperative that you work towards losing it and maintaining a flat belly. <em>A flat belly can be achieved by maintaining a healthy diet, avoiding high calorie foods, managing a healthy lifestyle and exercising on a regular basis</em>.</p>
<p>Given the huge demand for products to help lose belly fat, a number of spurious products have appeared on the market. Here are tips on what to <strong>AVOID</strong>:</p>
<p>1.       Avoid any product that promises to help you <strong>lose belly fat without any physical exertion</strong>. Physical exertion is a necessary requirement to help burn belly fat.</p>
<p>2.       Avoid products that promise to help you <strong>lose belly fat without having to control your eating habits</strong>. These products claim that irrespective of what you eat, your belly fat will be reduced. This is absolutely false. Such products are very likely to adversely affect your health in long run by causing damage to your internal organs.</p>
<p>3.       Avoid products that attempt to <strong>make hormonal changes to reduce belly fat</strong>. Belly fat is not a result of hormones and tampering with the delicate balance of hormones within the body can have long term repercussions.</p>
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		<title>Is It True That Belly Fat Raises Early Death Risk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people are not aware of the grave danger their belly fat puts them into. Apart from significantly increasing the risk of heart attack and diabetes, a recent research has proven that belly fat can make a considerable contribution to early death.
One of the largest and longest health studies which studied 360,000 Europeans was recently [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most people are not aware of the grave danger their belly fat puts them into. Apart from significantly increasing <em>the risk of heart attack and diabetes</em>, a recent research has proven that <strong>belly fat can make a considerable contribution to early death</strong>.</p>
<p>One of the largest and longest health studies which studied 360,000 Europeans was recently concluded <span id="more-141"></span>and its results are conclusive. Led by lead author Tobias Pischon, MD, MPH, the study appears in the Nov. 12 issue of <em>The New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p>
<p>Researchers found that <strong>people with the most belly fat had almost twice the risk of premature death than those with the least amounts of abdominal fat</strong>. &#8220;Our study shows that accumulating excess fat around your middle can put your health at risk <strong>even if your weight is normal</strong> He says. &#8220;There aren&#8217;t many simple individual characteristics that can increase a person&#8217;s risk of premature death to this extent, independent of smoking and drinking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Considering that belly fat can lead you to an early grave, here are some tips to help you lose belly fat quickly:</p>
<p>1.       <strong>Healthy Eating</strong>: You need to know what foods to avoid and what foods to consume. <em>Avoid junk food and other high calorie foods</em>. <em>Consume a lot of proteins and carbs</em> like fresh vegetables and fruits, while avoiding refined carbs like white bread and pasta. Ensure that your body&#8217;s daily dietary requirements are met.</p>
<p>2.       <strong>Active Lifestyle</strong>: Maintain a <em>physically active lifestyle</em>, <em>control your alcohol intake</em> and <em>quit smoking</em>.</p>
<p>3.       <strong>Exercise</strong>: maintain a <em>regular exercise regime</em> to ensure that your body burns fat rapidly. Take brisk walks regularly. Play a sport of your choice on a regular basis.</p>
<p>4.       <strong>Detox</strong>: Allow your body to remove all the harmful toxins from its systems on a regular basis.</p>
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		<title>How Belly Fat And Heart Attack Risk Are Connected?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belly fat causes the triglycerides levels in our body to rise and research has shown that fat belly and elevated triglycerides increase the chances of a heart attack dramatically. Here is how it happens:
1.       It is important to remember that our bodies make triglycerides from sugar and that abdominal obesity comes from high blood insulin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-159" title="heart-disease" src="http://www.doublecool.com/images/2009/05/heart-disease-300x240.jpg" alt="heart-disease" width="300" height="240" />Belly fat causes the triglycerides levels in our body to rise and research has shown that fat belly and elevated triglycerides increase the chances of a heart attack dramatically. Here is how it happens:</p>
<p>1.       It is important to remember that our bodies make triglycerides from sugar and that <strong>abdominal obesity comes from high blood insulin levels</strong>.</p>
<p>2.       When food is consumed, it increases <span id="more-138"></span>the levels of blood sugar in the body.</p>
<p>3.       On the other hand, our pancreases release insulin, to prevent the blood sugar from rising abnormally.</p>
<p>4.       Insulin converts blood sugar to triglyceride, which is a type of fat. Triglycerides also get driven into the fat cells in the belly.</p>
<p>5.       <strong>High triglycerides levels and a fat belly are strong indicators of high blood insulin levels</strong>.</p>
<p>6.       <strong>High blood levels of insulin cause arteries</strong> to constrict which leads to <strong>heart attacks</strong>.  It is important to know that fat cells in the belly are not the same type of cells compared to fat cells in the hips. Whereas the blood with belly fat goes directly to the liver, while the blood from the hips goes into the body for general circulation. Because belly fat reaches the liver, those with belly fat end up with livers that are blocked. This reduces its capability to remove insulin from the blood of the person. On the other hand, people who have fatty hips have no such problems of the liver function.</p>
<p>7.       People with belly fat usually tend to have higher blood insulin and sugar levels compared to people who have fatty hips.</p>
<p>8.       This condition <strong>raises the levels of the bad LDL cholesterol</strong> in the blood stream and <strong>lower levels of the good HDL cholesterol</strong>. While HDL cholesterol prevents heart attacks, LDL cholesterol causes heart attacks.</p>
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