belly fat

[JasonHarless]

Just wrote everything and lost it. My tablet is acting up and patience is dwindling.

References: Ray Peat.com and functionalps.com/blog have great scientific articles and study references.
Broda Barnes books: Solved: the riddle of heart attacks; Hypothyroid the unsuspected illness. He states hypoT people don't store sugar as well and t4 to t3 conversion is diminished making exercise problematic. Also hypoT people lose sodium much quicker through urine making magnesium deficient. BB suggests based on evidence and his experience as an MD that about 50% of the population is hypothyroid. That would make it very common.

Am J Clin Nutr. 1975 Jun;28(6):577-83.
Recommended dietary allowance for vitamin E: relation to dietary, erythrocyte and adipose tissue linoleate.
Witting LA, Lee L.
The general trend toward increased consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids is apparent in the linoleate level of adipose tissue (13.0 plus or minus 1.3%) and erythrocyte lipids (14.0 plus or minus 1.9%) in the present group of female undergraduate student volunteers compared to values reported in the early 1960’s. On the basis of the level of linoleate in their diets (19.5 plus or minus 0.8%), it is also apparent that further increases in tissue lipid linoleate levels are to be anticipated, which in turn will result in an increased requirement for vitamin E.

The person who does aerobics 5 days a week will see slow progress as cortisol will remain high and t3 declines. They may have some increased strength and increased glycogen storage ability unless they are hypothyroid. Fat loss may be minimal to significant but following the SAID principle, if you are training to burn fat you will store it more readily to use it for fuel thanks to cortisol.

The sedentary person, assuming is in good health, will be fine as long as they enjoy life, get adequate sunshine and eat according to their needs. Especially at high altitudes as co2 is retained. Centenarians are usually sedentary and give no though to diet and lifestyle.

 

[Jesusisgood]

Calories in vs Calories out is not all there is too it.

To your question of loosing belly fat. You cannot do any particular exercise to target fat. However, if you understand how fat is burned you can help to lose the belly fat more efficiently.

Fat needs to travel through your blood to certain fat burning cells to be broken down and converted into energy. Circulation then is important for fat loss. Your midsection happens to be an area in your body where circulation is the poorest compared to other parts of your body. Have you ever been doing a intense exercise and you're feeling very hot, yet when you put your hand on your belly, it is cold? Heat and circulation have a relationship. When an area is warm circulation is better. So what happens is, when you start to exercise, after a while the fat from all over your body starts moving to your fat burning cells. How fast is gets there depends on how well the circulation is from that area. Since the fat from your stomach area takes much longer to arrive at its destination, most of it would not get there before you complete your exercise and it returns to the fat cells.

Solution? I have personally tried this. Use a waist trimmer belt. It heats up your midsection and improves circulation while you are exercising. I can say from experience that it helps.

Now concerning the calories in vs calories out issue. There is one key issue being forgotten. Your diet is very important. If you eat a diet that causes a spike in your insulin levels, it will be harder for you to lose weight period, especially if that diet contains fat. Insulin causes your body to store fat, proteins and carbs. You know that when you are exercising your body would always go to your glycogen storage first before it goes to fat. Your glycogen storage is somewhat limited. Your fat storage is not. The body would keep expanding and producing more fat cells to store fat. So what happens is, if your diet is one which causes mass secretions of insulin, your fat storage would keep expanding and when you exercise, even though you burn some fat, your next meal will just keep packing in the fat again.

What you want to do is stay away from foods which spike your insulin levels and also ensure you have fibre in your diet because fibre keeps the rate at which sugar enters your bloodstream as a constant rate so that there is a slow and gradual release of insulin which would not cause rapid and as much storage of fat. You also do not want a high level of fatty food in your diet.

So it is not really true that if i expend 2000 calories and eat 2000 calories that i will not gain weight, if i am eating KFC everyday with soda.

Thank you! This actually helped me a lot. I have a waist trimming belt too. I'll start wearing it when I exercise more