The average American gets less than 50 minutes of exercise a week! Obesity is increasing to epidemic proportions - not surprisingly as we are surrounded by food outlets everywhere we go ! What are the risks of excess body fat and what can we do about it ? Breaking news yesterday shows that a pot belly and excess fat in that area can increase your chances of suffering from heart disease.
Excess body fat is linked to major physical threats like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, gall bladder disease, gastro-intestinal disease, sexual dysfunction, osteoarthritiis, and stroke. That is a pretty alarming list! Add to that it also looks ugly and this makes you very frustrated in your daily life and it can reduce your confidence level. This excess body fat is strictly dead weight! It also leads to a shorter life span. Excess body fat is not the cause of cellulite but excess fat does make getting rid of cellulite a lot harder than it would be if the excess fat was not there.
We all know that diet and exercise are the answers to our little problem. But get this, did you know that if you ONLY diet without any exercise program then there is a risk that you will lose vital muscle content as your weight decreases. And it is not just reducing fat intake that causes excess body fat. In a recent study patients who lost 54 percent of their excess body weight (by following a specialized high-protein diet) showed considerable improvement in their liver function (which is quite interesting since many still believe that high-protein diets harm the liver).
Consume high-quality dietary fibre: Enhance liver health with fibre, which binds to bile and eliminates fat-soluble toxins from the body. Aerobic exercise in conjunction with strength training and a proper diet will reduce body fat.
Exercise
Exercise helps to maintain muscle tissue, while promoting more fat loss, therefore conserving the metabolic rate and helping with successful long term weight loss and weight management. Exercise with your pet, as approved by your veterinarian. Exercise also plays a major role in losing body fat and preventing muscle loss.
Exercise regularly. Research shows that exercise helps to enhance glucose uptake in the liver, thereby lowering fatty liver disease. Exercise, massage and aerobics can all play a part in helping solve the cellulite problem, however these methods DO NOT address the PRIMARY, underlying cause of cellulite, which is a weakening cell structure brought on by a deficiency in the healthy essential fatty acids.
