If you are like many of us, you have tried everything, including working out regularly and watching what you eat, to start getting rid of your stubborn belly fat, but you still don’t notice positive changes. Belly fat often has nothing to do with diet or exercise but some “hidden” causes of the condition. Check out the five causes of belly fat you may have never known.
Lack of Sleep
Lack of enough sleep can interfere with the normal functioning of your body. During sleep, your body rests and naturally repairs its own worn out tissues. When you don’t get sleep for a long period, say five nights, you increase inflammation in your body. People who sleep for five hours or less per night have an increase in the circumference of their bellies.
Engaging in workouts frequently has been shown to contribute to the reduction of belly fat. Workouts can improve the quality of your sleep and also help you to have a healthy, lean body.
Hormonal Imbalance
Abnormal levels of hormones in your body can contribute to the development of abdominal obesity. Men and women who have excess estrogen with no or very little progesterone always have a lot of belly fat. This imbalance makes the fat in their body becomes easy to store in the abdomen but difficult to lose. Men with low amounts of testosterone are also belly-fat culprits for the very same reason.
Insulin Resistance
Insulin resistance also contributes to the storage of a lot of fat around the midsection. This one occurs when your body is producing enough insulin to digest glucose and other simple sugars, but your body is preventing it from doing this. The unused-food nutrients are, therefore, stored in your body leading to the accumulation of belly fat.
Chronic Stress
Chronic stimulates your body to release the stress hormone cortisol. This hormone eventually triggers you to eat more. The excess energy is stored in your belly in the form of fat. Acute stress that occurs within a short period then disappears does not have any known negative effects.
Genetics
If the above factors are not responsible for your huge belly, it could be genetics. Some people cannot easily prevent the storage of a lot of fat in their abdominal area since they are simply predisposed to store fats in their bellies. Studies have revealed at least five specific genes that are responsible for this. However, you have the ability to ensure you remain healthy and fit all the times. Eating right, exercising, getting adequate sleep, and making any other appropriate lifestyle changes can help you to have an appropriate body composition.
How/When Liposuction Can Help
Are you frustrated by a stubborn belly fat? If you have changed your lifestyle accordingly to eliminate the fat and have just made little progress, consider a liposuction procedure that can help fine-tune your figure by correctly targeting and taking out specific fat deposits and ultimately creating smoother, slimmer contours. Remember not everyone is a candidate for body contouring with liposuction.
Cosmos Clinic liposuction procedure is a great option for people who have evaluated the five most overlooked causes of belly fat and adjusted their lifestyles and have reached or are very close to reaching their target weight.
Do you still feel you there’s nothing you can do to get rid of the stubborn fats? Give the experts a call, and they will be more than happy to guide you in the right way to fine-tune your figure.
About The Author:
Sarah is the head of a creative writing workshop and a freelance blogger. She also writes for magazines and blogs in the health and wellness industries including All Women’s Talk and EmpowHER.
