Never Do This If You Want Flat Abs

By Alexa Bjorkin


Imagine one day looking in the mirror at your six pack abs and thinking, "Wow, these abs are really mine! All that hard work paid off." Imagine hearing the daily compliments from all the people in your life; "You look great! How did you do it?" Imagine being in public with an air of confidence, so happy to be you!

Well, don't shoot the messanger, but that won't happen if you stick to these 2 things:

Fad Dieting

- Processed Foods

If you want to lose body fat naturally, STAY AWAY from fad diets.

You see, when you go on a "low calorie", "low carb", "low fat", and "low" whatever else kind of diet, you deprive your body of much needed nutrients that keep all of your systems functioning efficiently, especially metabolism.

Fad diets cause your body to store extra body fat because the rate that it burns calories is much slower to conserve resources. Your stomach doesn't comprehend the difference between not getting food to meet weight loss goals and not getting food because there IS no food. This is why it goes into "starvation mode".

Then the body starts to use muscle for energy instead of using fat. The scale numbers will drop but this is not good. By not having muscle (which burns calories for you even when you're not exercising), the body converts more food into fat once you do start eating more again (say, if you get off the diet). Your body no longer has the muscle to burn the calories efficiently so it all gets stored to fat. That's why people gain all the weight, plus some when they stop the fad diet.

Eliminate processed food if you ever want to uncover your abdominals.

There are 2 extremely unhealthy ingredients in foods that are processed that actually cause overeating and obesity along with other types of health problems.

Artificial trans fats, which are in baking and cooking ingredients like shortening, hard margarine, and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, are added to extend the product's shelf life and maximize the company's profits.

What is the major health risk? An increased chance of developing Coronary Heart Disease.

High fructose corn syrup. It is in almost every sweetened product on the market. It also extends the shelf life of food, is sweeter and cheaper than sugar, and can be used less than natural sugar.

One major health concern? Obesity.

These 2 substances cause your blood sugar levels to spike (giving you "sugar highs"), which then of course leads to those energy-draining crashes. These cycles cause you to crave more carbs and gain more body fat. It's an evil cycle.

The way foods are processed now-a-days actually strips the food of the healthy nutrients our bodies need! So what we think we're eating is nowhere close to what we actually ARE eating. That's why so many of us have additional health problems. If we were to avoid fad diets and processed foods by eating unprocessed foods close to their natural state, we would get all the benefits from food AND have a loss in weight!

Diet is EXTREMELY important when trying to get flat abs. Everyone has a decent set of abs on them; they're just hidden under layers of fat. In order to get VISIBLE abs, you need to lower your body fat percentage by avoiding the things above.

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