Get Rid Of Excess Stomach Fat - The Silent Killer

Excess stomach fat is silently killing people around the world. Before we take a look at the health problems that come from excess stomach fat, let's examine the two different types.

The first type of stomach fat is the subcutaneous fat. This is the layer of fat that sits around your stomach but just under your skin. It's also the easiest layer of fat to get rid of.

The second type of excess stomach fat is called visceral fat. This type of fat is more dangerous to your health than subcutaneous fat because it surrounds your internal organs, causing them to work harder than necessary. This type of excess stomach fat can kill you.

Let's compare the types of excess stomach fat. The image on the right shows two people: the individual on the left has a high level of visceral fat (all of the white stuff deep inside the body) while the one on the right shows a very low amount. In people with "beer bellies" visceral fat surrounds vital organs like the liver, heart, intestines, and kidneys.

Visceral fat can cause the following health problems if left untreated:

* depression
* high blood pressure,
* stroke
* heart disease
* high cholesterol
* diabetes
* breast cancer
* dementia

The good news about this is that you can aggressively deal with excess stomach fat through exercise and eating nutritious meals.

Interval training is one of the most effective forms of exercise to help you lose excess stomach fat. This kind of training involves high intensity activities followed by low intensity activities. An example of this is after warming up for about 5 minutes, you sprint for 30 seconds and then walk for 2-3 minutes and sprint again, repeating the process several times before cooling down.

The benefits of interval training are:
* increased calorie burn
* faster visible results than other forms of exercise
* increased metabolism
* builds endurance
* builds muscle mass

The overall benefits of interval training are too numerous to list, but one more to consider in your busy schedule is that it takes less time than other forms of exercise. By burning fat throughout your body, you'll burn off that excess stomach fat, too.

Eating the right types of food goes a long way toward getting rid of excess stomach fat. Forget the diet pills, vitamins and supplements. Eat foods the way they were intended to be eaten, in their natural form - vegetables, fruits, whole grains and meat.

If you really want to lose that excess stomach fat quickly, focus your eating on high fiber and high volume foods. Foods high in fiber and volume will give you a feeling of being full while you are eating less.

The stuff you want to stay away from is anything that has been processed, especially junk food. When you eat this stuff, the reason you are still hungry afterward is that there is no nutritional value in the stuff, which is what your body is craving.

Now that you know how dangerous excess stomach fat is and what you can do about it, isn't it time that you took the next step and started your exercise and eating program? If you've been sitting around for a while, then start off slowly and allow your body to get used to some movement. As you progress, you can increase the intensity and duration of your workouts.

And be sure to eat the right foods. Push away the junk food and start feeding your body the healthy stuff that it deserves. You want to be around for a long time, don't you. Begin working out and and eating properly and leave that excess stomach fat behind.

Get started today and lose that excess stomach fat!