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Tips by Russell Blaylock, MD
Blaylock Tip of the Week
Lose Your Deadly Belly Fat
Americans have lived through many health crises in the past but the latest threat, though largely preventable, has silently grown to potentially deadly proportions. America is in the grips of an “obesity epidemic,” and 65 percent of the population is overweight.
Even those who may not consider themselves overweight may be carrying a large amount of deadly belly fat, known to increase the risk of heart disease in relatively slim people.
Most people have a basic sense that being overweight is bad for their health, but few appreciate just how dangerous it is.
While I have never written a diet book and don’t intend to, controlling fat excess is really fairly simple: Eat for health, not for pleasure. This is not to say that a healthy diet has to taste bad. But it is critical to keep in mind that the goal is a diet that provides health. The loss of excess fat will always come when you follow a healthy diet.
Below are my four steps for losing weight permanently. For a detailed discussion on how to lose weight go here now to find out how to get my special report, “The Fat Cure: Health Secrets to Losing Weight Permanently.”
1. Eat a lot of vegetables. Also, eat a mixture of fresh and cooked vegetables, which should all be cleansed thoroughly to remove pesticides and herbicides.
2. Avoid excessive carbohydrates. The three worst culprits are sweetened drinks (sodas and fruits drinks), pasta and breads. While desserts are bad, they are never eaten in as high a volume as these three.
Breads are high on the glycemic index — a measure of how fast a carbohydrate is broken down and absorbed into the blood. The faster it enters the blood, the greater the secretion of insulin — the process that causes us to be hungry. Foods low on the index are absorbed more slowly.
Your source of carbohydrates will be beans and lentils. Years ago it was observed that the Asians ate a diet high in carbohydrates, yet they had a low risk of heart attack and stroke. Now we know that’s because they eat only carbohydrates that contain fiber.
3. Avoid most red meats. Acceptable meats include turkey, ostrich, pork and Chicken. Organically raised animals are the best. Processed meats should be avoided, since most are heavily dosed with nitrites and injected with excitotoxin additives. A recent study found that eating these meats multiplies the risk of pancreatic cancer by 62 times.
If you want an occasional steak, make sure the cattle are grass-fed and that all the animals are individually tested for mad cow disease.
4. Exercise. Over an extended period, no diet will work without exercise. The beauty of exercise is that not only are you burning calories while you exercise — you continue to burn them hours later.
Muscle burns fats and consumes calories. The more your muscles work, the easier it is to lose weight. Exercise also promotes the release of growth hormones and this reduces body fat.
Eating quality, pure foods is important for your overall health. Go here now for information on my report “How to Avoid Poisonous Foods.”
