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Most people incorrectly believe a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Many research has proven a locarb diet is indeed more effective for belly fat loss.
Since the early 70s, Americans reduced their fat intake from 40 percent to 34%. Yet, the obesity pandemic has been rising steeply since it started in the early 1980’s. Why?
Exaggerated consumption of carbs. Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of primarily meat, plants, fruits, seeds and nuts. Grain was not even part of human diet until rural started about 10,000 years back. The increase in human population and decrease in hunted large game made it necessary for humans to take on agriculture.
The development of human diet from mainly animal sources to grain products ( refined carbs ) has led straight to a fall in the quantity and quality of human life. Illnesses and conditions like diabetes, obesity and heart disease which were once non-existent, are now common.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming heaps of refined carbs such as bread, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbohydrates prevents stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes evolved to burning sugar as fuel and forgets how to burn fat.
Everyone wants some carbs. In the body, carbs are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. New glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Only the glycogen in the liver can be converted back to glucose for use by the brain when obligatory.
The body has limited capacity for storing carbohydrates. Though the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves cannot be broken down when energy is needed by the brain. Once the glycogen reserves are full, excess carbohydrates are converted into fat.
Eating a high carb meal can cause a spike in glucose levels. This prompts the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream to lower the glucose levels. The bad news is insulin is a fat storage hormone. It tells the body to store excess carbs as fat. Fluctuation in blood sugar levels causes longings for more carbohydrates and hence, more fat storage in response to insulin.
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