Monday, November 4, 2013

Belly Fat - How to Reduce It

The belly is a great site of interest for both men and women, even more so in this time of year where all we want to reduce the fat content in the middle area to look a abdomen lean and not lumpy. And as we have already said many times, do not abdominal removes the accumulated fat in the belly, but that many other factors influence here.
For this reason, we give you six tips for losing belly and collaborate in obtaining a flat belly and toned. You'll see that not only the exercise influences the amount of fat that is deposited in the abdomen, but that diet, rest and other factors must be taken into account.
Goodbye to the stress: search for activities and relaxation methods to say goodbye to the stress is a good way to avoid fat builds up in the abdomen, as the high levels of cortisol stress generates, favor the deposit of fat in the middle area of the body.
Avoid alcohol: alcohol not only provides calories and hinders the burning of fats but also, it raises the levels of cortisol and hence, favors the fat is locate in the abdomen.
Quit smoking: although many people believe that smoking them allows you to stay thin, reality and various studies indicate otherwise, since it is precisely the smokers that have more abdominal fat, therefore, quitting smoking is a great help to reduce the belly and benefit in many other health aspects.
Eat more fiber: fiber not only helps to lose weight, but that prevents constipation and deshinchar collaborates in the abdomen, therefore, if you would like to reduce Barriga, choose whole grains, legumes, fresh fruits and vegetables, is a great resource to achieve this.
Drink more water: drink plenty of fluid, and especially water, is a great way to counteract the bloating caused by fluid retention, therefore, works in the volume loss of our middle zone.
Performs aerobic activities: do only hardens those abdominal muscles in this area, but does not reduce the volume of the belly if we have a huge fat layer that hides the muscles. For this reason, do aerobic exercise and burn calories is of great help in the reduction of fats and avoid the same deposit in the abdomen.

Are just six tips to help you lose belly healthily, because as we can see, there are many factors that influence the growth of that unwanted tummy that not only has cosmetic effects, but also affects the health.

Dark Chocolate is Good

A couple of days ago, a study conducted at the University of Granada, encouraged the chocolate lovers who received the welcome news that eating dark chocolate not fattening, but that is associated with a lower body fat.
The study, published in the journal Nutrition concludes that those who have a usual consumption of chocolate with the lowest proportion of body fat, not only fat but also total abdominal fat or central that is known, is the most risky for the health of the body.
The research analyzed the lifestyle and eating habits of 1500 young people from 9 different countries, with ages between 12 and 17 years, and it was found that the consumption of chocolate, despite being a food focused on energy, is associated with a lower cardiometabolic risk, regardless of whether physical activity is performed or not.
These results are consistent with other made in adults where for example, it was found that those who consumed more often chocolate had lower body mass index.
All these benefits from the consumption of chocolate without doubt are associated with the dark chocolate, which is the highest percentage of antioxidant flavonoids owns and whose anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic effects improve health cardiometabolica.
Of course, the scientists at the University of Granada indicate that as a whole, in excess it is not recommended, as a result, although the chocolate not fattening but it can even help reduce body fat, it is best to make a reasonable intake of the same and consume between 20 and 25 grams of this food.
Knowing the benefits that the consumption of dark chocolate can have, without doubt from now the blame will be on one side and the pleasure of its intake is greatly increased.

Stomach Problems

We have already said that against the constipation is not only needed more fiber but there are many other factors that influence the rate of bowel movement. Today we show you five intestinal intense stimuli that can help you resolve the constipation.
Resistant starch: is a type of starch that cannot be digested by our agency therefore works in a similar way to the fiber and promotes bowel evacuation. We can include it in the diet through seed, potatoes and vegetables cooked and cold or with insufficient cooking, green plantain and other.
Cold Weather: cold foods and especially the low-temperature liquids ingested in fasting, which easily reach the intestine, stimulate its movement and therefore, contribute to solving the constipation.
High concentration of simple sugars: a food very concentrated in sugar as you can be the honey or fruit jellies, having a high concentration of mono and disaccharides can stimulate intestinal secretions and therefore, encourage the bowel movement and the evacuation.
Insoluble fiber: this is the type of fiber that increases the volume of stool and is not digested, so that speeds up the intestinal transit time. We can find it in seeds and saved, and to a lesser extent in whole grains.
Lactose: the intake of lactose-containing milk or yogurt that in addition to this type of sugar contain probiotics, you can be of help to prevent constipation, since the lactose stimulates peristalsis and it favors the evacuation. However, the effect is less than in those who consume lactose with high frequency.
As we can see, the fiber not only helps to solve the constipation, but that there are other intestinal intense stimuli that may favor the pace of evacuation in a natural way, with only include them in our regular diet.

Cardiovascular Risk Measurement

Cardiovascular risk markers there are many, but among the most used of the scientifically proven we are waist circumference, as well as the index of waist-hip.
However, a recent study says that the index of waist-height is the best indicator of cardiovascular risk, as it can be used with equal validity in both sexes and any age range.
To determine this is only necessary to divide the waist circumference by the height in centimeters. If you get a result greater than 0.5 , the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with localized fat in the abdomen is high.
The index has shown a good correlation with the cardiovascular risk and in addition, if we pause to analyze the same, it seems logical to think that it is not the same of risky have a waist of 70 cm to who measured 1.50 meters for those who measured 1.80 meters in height.
Therefore, we could be facing a new and more effective indicator of cardiovascular risk, easy to measure and determine.

How Many Calories do we Need

The total energy expenditure is the absolute amount of calories you burn our agency on a daily basis due to different activities. The basal metabolic expenditure is the least that you need to live, but the most variable component of energy expenditure, i.e. what can significantly increase the amount of calories that we need a day to achieve a caloric balance, is physical activity.
If the spending we add basal metabolic expenditure by physical activity, we are making the calculation of the total energy expenditure to know definitively how many calories we need daily to maintain energy balance. Clear is that the value obtained we can subtract calories if we want to lose weight or we can add calories to gain kilos with a positive caloric balance.
To determine the total energy expenditure, there are some factors that are used to multiply the basal metabolic expenditure (TMB) obtained by a formula, and as well, there are different factors of activity depending on how active we are.
Harris Benedict proposes the following factors for physical activity:
Sedentary (little or no exercise): TMB x 1.2
slightly active (light exercises, sport 1-3 times per week): TMB x1.375
Moderately active (moderate exercise, sport 3-5 times per week): TMB
very active x 1.55 (intense exercises, sport 6-7 days per week) x 1.725
Hyperactive TMB (very intense exercises, physical work, 2 hours or more a day of sport): TMB x 1.9

as well, a person whose TMB is 1300 Kcal, if it is moderately active must multiply 1300 × 1.55 , getting the total energy expenditure is 2015 Kcal.
As we can see, the physical activity can greatly increase our daily calorie needs, since in sportsmen (hyper) the calories of the TMB will increase by 90 %, while if we are sedentary, this increase does not reach the 20 %.
Move more implies that we should eat more to maintain body weight, but if we move more and we have the intake, it is clear that the calorie balance will be negative and little by little, the kilograms of body weight will decrease.

Ice as a Therapy

After an intense training, especially if it is an exercise in impact, it is usual to produce discomfort in the joints or muscles. We are familiar with the athletes, that ice is put in the knees and/or ankles as they leave the playing field and that is why the ice after the exercise helps in recovery.
When I say ice i am referring to the implementation of local cold, whether they are ice cubes, bags of frozen vegetables, or better, bags of cold (cold packs) that are sold in places like pharmacies, pharmacy has and some sports shops, and that are filled with a gel that cools down in the freezer but it is still pliable, with what adapts very well to irregular areas of the joints, things that a bag of ice cubes do not get. In this way, applying frioayudamos to improve recovery.
In sports or exercise that involves intense jumps, turns and sudden movements can cause joint inflammations after the activity. The cold has anti-inflammatory effect, as well as an analgesic, for what is especially indicated for these cases, without any need for injury or any pathology in particular.
As commented in the article on the application of cold or heat to relieve the joints after a training session, follow the general recommendations for the application of local cold is 10 to 30 minutes, without placing it directly on the skin (the cold kept causes skin lesions), and leave it without a lot of time on a continuous basis. In this way we reduce the impact of exercise on the body, getting a fast local relief after the effort of the physical activity.
Out of curiosity, I ask you: do you ever use local cold after exercise?

Messages and Inflammation

The use of the ice train after we've already discussed that helps reduce the inflammation and discomfort caused by the training. It also helps to alleviate the pain if there has been a coup, and that the area is calm and not so altered after having been doing exercise of some intensity. However, this technique of applying cold can also be performed for smaller areas, applying local massage with ice to relieve after workout.
There are athletes that are placed enormous bags of ice after having competed, as soon as you sit on the sidelines or ends the training or competition. There are also those who even bathe in ice. The objective is always the same: to reduce the stress that has caused the exercise in the body. However, for small areas (fingers or toes, points very localized pain in the elbow, knee…) you can apply ice locally with a massage.
You can do this by using an ice cube, or better, freeze a small plastic cup full of water, in order to be able to hold it from the bottle and apply the end frozen on the skin. Thus, we can use it as a local application, making a circular massage for 2-5 minutes, depending on the region and the desired effect.
This can be useful, for example, in the event of a coup d'état in a finger, where to apply an ice pack or cold gel may not cover the area well with discomfort. However, this type of technique is often used to therapeutic level, to treat localized lesions of tendons or ligaments, which require a thorough approximation with the local cold therapy.
The circular massage acts calming inflammation and pain. It is necessary to move the ulna, because you know that the cold causes burns, so leave a lot of time on ice in contact with an area of skin without moving it can give us a displeasure.

Aerobic Exercise

We have consistently commented on in Vitonica the importance that has to maintain a body in perfect condition the alternation of different types of exercises and routines in the sports that will enter the modalities of aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Us on this occasion we are going to stop on the pros and cons of combining both modalities at a time, and it is that there are many people that while they are performing aerobic exercise leverage to exercise some of your muscles.
When we do aerobic exercise what we are doing is to accelerate the metabolism, increase the blood flow, breathing, and with this trigger a need for energy to be able to carry out this activity. It is true that the muscles of the legs are working while we are undertaking activities such as career, the walk… But the train is upper most harmed. For this reason many people resort to the aid of dumb-bells to train this is the part of the body while walking on the treadmill.
I am sure that in more than one occasion we launched to make this kind of activity. It is true that it is not very common to see people perform elevations of dumb-bells while they are riding in exercise bike or the treadmill, but it can be done to optimize the training. If we decided to perform subtraction training mode it is necessary to know that the loads to use should not be too high, as well as it is important to have total control over our body and its movements.
Advantages
between the advantages that we will get to exercise ourselves in this way, we are going to highlight the work we are going to give to the top of our body. Especially in the muscles of the arms. The biceps and the triceps are the main people involved in making exercises in this mode with dumb-bells. The deltoid can also workout while we perform aerobic exercise. It is true that we can simply toning, it will never be an appropriate setting for exaggerating.
Another point in favor to keep in mind is that we will increase the burning of calories while we perform aerobic exercise as making to move the upper train we will be activating other muscle groups that normally with the aerobic exercise are not operated in any way. It is a good way to speed up a lot more of the metabolism and make it faster at rest, since by stimulating the muscle fibers power consumption will be higher.
Cons
against this practice we have to say that when performing aerobic exercise while we worked on the train with dumb-bells top the intensity of the aerobic activity in question will decrease, because whether we are doing at the same time other movements we will lose power to continue with the same intensity as always. It is true that this can be improved with the passage of time, and is that as we are accustomed to the activity we will increase the speed of execution and the intensity.
Another point against to keep in mind is that when using the formidable to tone upper part of the train, we run the risk of losing control over the activity we are doing. This is due to the fact that deviate from our full attention to the movements that we are going to perform with the dumb-bells, leaving aside the concentration in the legs and breathing, necessary to withstand the maximum possible, and to make it aerobic activity is so effective. It is therefore important beavering away to use this type of utensils and always when we have mastered our body to perfection and the exercise that we are carrying out.

Jumping Rope - Benefits

I am sure that if many of us speak of boxing we tricky that barely understand, and it is we do not know for certain is this sport. Many times just thought that it is a matter of giving blows without more, but as everything has its technical and why is that? That is why on this occasion we are going to stop in an exercise that is often done in boxing to gain endurance, strength and control and that can help us in bringing to point our body, it is skipping.
Jumping rope can look like a game of children in a lot of people does not repair to the time to train your body, when really it is a comprehensive exercise and that will help us to maximize us tone and to get some spectacular results. Why in this post we want to emphasize and to pause in their properties and the benefits it will bring its practice. First of all, we must keep in mind that any person can be done at any place, because for its realization is only needed a slack and our body.
On this occasion we are going to stop in the basics that we are going to work to make this jump with slack. It is true that before all else, we must bear in mind that the practice and the satisfactory results have much to do with the usual, and that therefore at the beginning we don't many leaps followed, but little by little to force to work we will achieve a perfect execution in each of the exercises.
Resistance
in the first place we are going to stop in the work of resistance that involves skipping. This exercise is a good method to improve the overall strength of our body, and it is that even though it may not seem so, jump rope involves many parts of the body and especially to the muscles of the lower train of the body that will be active all the time how long it takes for the exercise. This activity which will make is to test the resistance of our body, because the involve so many muscles, the consumption of energy will be high and the level of endurance of our body will be high, so we'll the resistance at the same time we do aerobic exercise while we jumped.
Strength and toning
Another aspect to take into account in which incidiremos to the hour of jump rope will be in the strength and toning of the muscles of the body. It is true that the hypertrophy is not going to be high, but if that will help us to achieve strong muscles and firm, since all of us, both the lower train as the superior will be involved in this exercise. For the realization of the waterfalls we will engage large muscle groups that we will activate and we will work by ensuring that the fibers are worked and kept said and in perfect condition. It is a full year and complementary to the traditional workouts.
Body Control
a third aspect that we must bear in mind is the body control that we will work to perform the exercises with slack. When we jumped rope come into play two different parts of the body, the top and bottom. The movement that involves skipping puts in line both sides of the body, by what we have to coordinate them to perfection to accomplish correctly the exercise. For this reason the psychomotor work will be high when grasp why we rope,which will help us to improve the perception of our body, its uses and profits when it comes to practicing sport.

Exercise and Swimming

The people who have excess weight, without a doubt, have a distinct requirement to move his body that an individual of normal weight. In addition, your joints are more at risk of damage or are damaged because of the overweight, therefore, not any physical activity is suitable for them.
However, for them the physical exercise is essential if you want to lose weight healthily and improve oxygenation body, as well as mobility. For those of you who have some extra pounds, workout in the pool tends to be the best alternative.
The aquafitness and swimming is usually more tolerated by the obese, and who can resist a hour of activity in the water, but do not withstand a hour of racing. In addition, the low impact of aquatic exercise protects your joints and its excessive weight is not perceived by the pool, which contributes to the movement.
The individual with excess weight may not perform any activity and at the same time, not all type of exercise is helpful for the treatment of obesity, therefore, swimming or aqua is a valuable alternative that combines low impact, ease of movement and aerobic work that increases the calorie expenditure helping to lose weight.