Get rid of your belly fat today!

Did you know that just by eating fresh berries could help you get rid of belly fat? Berries has the potential in reducing your risk factors for cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and type two diabetes. How? The antioxidants and phytochemicals contained in blueberries are good for you.

New research showed the effect blueberries had when added to the diet of rats. After 90 days, rats that received a blueberry-enriched diet had less abdominal fat, lower triglycerides, lower cholesterol, and improved fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity. If it works in rats, it can work for you.

The FDA stated that the fruits and vegetables are beneficial for healthy diets. The benefits of eating fruits and vegetables are not disputed. The good news is current scientific research keeps showing us just how they help you to optimize your health.

“Superfruit” a term used by Dr. Oz from Oprah, which are a group of high antioxidant fruits. Berries are some of the most nutritious foods on the planet. Blueberries contain naturally occurring phytochemicals such as anthocyanins. Anthocyanins help to normalize and improve your health. Berries are high in fiber and low in natural sugar, so when eaten in moderation, do not stimulate severe up and down insulin swings.

The best ways to eat berries are in their raw, natural state. As with all foods, heating and freezing can damage and destroy the antioxidant benefits. However, some antioxidants will remain even after heating or freezing.

The Benefits Of Blueberries

Blueberries contain potassium, iron, calcium, vitamins A and C, zinc and magnesium. Blueberries are high in fiber and low in calories. The USDA Human Nutrition Center (HNRCA) have ranked blueberries number one in antioxidant activity when compared to 40 other fresh fruits and vegetables. However, the number one position keeps changing as new fruits are researched for there benefits.

Fruits are associated with numerous health benefits, including natural protection against:, Brain damage from strokes, Urinary-tract infections, Cancer, brain conditions and disorders.

The latest research on blueberries show they may offer protection against metabolic syndrome (which can lead to diabetes), the accumulation of abdominal fat, and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. These findings strengthen previous discoveries of the berry’s powerful impact on cardiovascular health.

Blueberries contain two antioxidant compounds anthocyanin – which gives the berry its deep blue color – and pterostilbene, which has been found to reduce cholesterol as well as prescription drugs. Pterostilbene is similar to the cholesterol-reducing antioxidant resveratrol, which is found in both grapes and red wine.

How Blueberries Protect Against Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing health condition as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It affects one in five people, and prevalence increases with age. Some studies estimate the prevalence in the USA to be up to 25% of the population. Metabolic syndrome health issues include high amounts of abdominal fat, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, high triglycerides which increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome is a key factor in insulin resistance. Insulin resistance leads to energy storage and glucose uptake.

Blueberries recent studies showed:

1. Rats that ate blueberry-enriched powder as two percent of their diet had less abdominal fat, lower cholesterol, lower triglycerides, and improved fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity after 90 days.
2. Blueberries affected genes related to glucose uptake, fat burning and fat storage.

Get rid Belly Fat And Reduce your risk of CVD and metabolic syndrome. It is no secret - exercise, diet

Many doctors’ recommend changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise for metabolic syndrome. Exercise is your number one factor for reducing body fat and normalizing your insulin levels. Weight bearing exercise combined with something as simple as walking. Start walking 30 minutes a day until you build up to more time. Create new healthy habits. It takes 45 days to create a new habit and 7 days to stop the new habit.

Your diet needs to focus on body composition and reducing pounds of fat. The best diet is the Mediterranean diet. Most diets you go on you lose muscle mass and not fat. This diet helps change your body composition and you lose fat and helps keep your insulin levels balanced. Insulin levels increase, your body starts to store carbohydrates as fat while your body is not releasing stored fat.

This is the most beneficial diet for effective long term lifestyle changes. You need to change your lifestyle and eating habits. This is a way of life, a way of eating healthy which the benefits will keep you healthy and keep you feeling younger.

“You are what you eat”.

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