Stress And Belly Fat

Belly fat is a very stressful place to store body fat. Stress and belly fat go hand in hand. Stress and belly fat can be one of the most difficult health issues to deal with. It is caused by a hormonal imbalance, insulin resistance, and a genetic predisposition. This article will explain stress and belly fat and give you some tools to help you burn fat and stress!

One major contributor to belly fat around the middle is: SEXuality. Sex, however it is supposed to function, doesn't melt away all the fat around the middle. In many people, eating too much turns into a compulsive behavior. The reason why this happens is simple: overeating turns the blood sugar roller coaster from high to low, which stimulates a release of cortisol and other hormones that cause rapid fat storage.

Belly fat can be hard to burn off because eating too much restricts the blood sugar levels to normal levels. This is known as "insulin resistance". There are many reasons why this occurs, including genetics. The first thing you need to do is recognize that your body needs carbs, proteins, and fiber to be healthy. When you eat the wrong foods, your body becomes confused and stores the carbohydrates and proteins as fat.

The next thing you need to do is burn belly fat by eating a high fiber, high protein diet. Foods that have high fiber content are apples, broccoli, barley, bran, and rice. High protein diets are loaded with high amounts of both protein and glucose. When the blood glucose levels in the blood stream rise, the insulin levels go up, too. This causes the pancreas to release cortisol to kick-start the breakdown of the stored carbohydrates.

Chronic stress causes many people to store fat in the liver. The liver produces cortisol in order to keep the glucose level in the bloodstream up. When there is too much cortisol produced, or when the stress doesn't get relieved, the liver will start to manufacture even more cortisol in order to keep the glucose levels up. This is a vicious cycle that eventually results in liver fat and chronic stress.

Weight gain can also occur when there is a deficiency of magnesium, zinc, and other nutrients. Magnesium affects the hypothalamus and pituitary gland which control the production of insulin and the release of cortisol. Zinc affects the production of testosterone and epinephrine, which are also used for weight gain. All of these things work together to cause extra calories to pile up in the belly.

Other physiological changes accompany chronic stress. The adrenal cortex releases excessive amounts of the hormone cortisol to make the brain think the body needs food. This stimulates the appetite to eat even when the person is not hungry, and stimulates the release of sugar into the blood stream. Sugar cravings often lead to bingeing on foods that are high in carbohydrates, especially white bread, candy, ice cream, potato chips, cookies, and sugary snacks.

Chronic stress and the resulting metabolic changes cause the liver to manufacture more fat cells and produce more glycogen. Glycogen is the glucose that the liver turns into glucose. When the liver is functioning at capacity, there is enough glycogen stored in the liver to handle all of the energy requirements of the human body, but when there is an excess of glucose in the bloodstream due to insufficient carbohydrate intake or excess insulin resistance, the liver has no way of storing the excess glucose. Instead, it turns to fat cells to satisfy the energy requirements. These fat cells get filled with glucose and result in a rapid rise in the belly fat percentage.