People desire to look healthy and strong but the question is, Are they ready to do what it takes to achieve this look? Will they let go of some habits they have got comfortable with and embrace new ones that will improve their looks and appearance?

Below are steps to follow that will ensure anti-aging and make you look forever young.

Reduce Your Sugar Intake

This does not only reduce the risk of diabetes but also keeps the wrinkles at bay.  Excess sugar does the body no good: It potentially contributes to quick aging and harmful health conditions e.g diabetes and heart failure.
Research has shown that once in the bloodstream, sugar grabs onto collagen and elastin molecules, turning their soft and supple fibers rigid and weak. As a result, these fibers can no longer do the heavy lifting necessary to keep skin firm.

According to a research carried out in the Netherlands, those with lower blood sugar were thought to look, a full year younger than those with higher blood sugar levels.

Drink More Water

Water prevents dehydration and sluggishness and gives a flatter belly.
A few extra glasses a day may help you stay in your favorite jeans. A 2011 study found that people who drank four or more cups of water daily were 21 percent less likely to develop high blood sugar than those who drank two cups or less. High blood sugar, over time, can trigger a cascade of events that cause the body to store fat—often the kind that settles around the belly.

Also, limit diet soda: One study found that people who drank diet soda gained almost three times as much abdominal fat over nine years as those who didn’t drink diet beverages.

Consume Less Salt

You should consume less salt to reduce blood pressure and puffiness under the eyes.
When our kidneys detect excess sodium in the blood, they cause the body to retain fluid in an effort to dilute it. During the daily activity, fluid from the dissolved salt is distributed to every part of the body, this explains why our fingers, ankles, and feet can feel swollen at the end of a long day. At night, this fluid moves throughout the body, including the eye area which results in puffiness.

This puffiness can be controlled by reducing the sodium intake.

Exercise Daily

One who exercises regularly will never go wrong. Exercise strengthens the muscles that support the spine, and the stronger they get, the less effort it takes to maintain good posture.

Get Enough Rest

Rest does the body a lot of good. Sleep well to calm your nerves and ease off the stress of the day’s work. A good sleep will take away wrinkles and make you worry less, It will make you look calm and attractive, getting enough sleep manages your weight and makes you look fitter. It makes your skin glow and takes away those dark circles and bags underneath your eyes.

To eliminate premature aging, ensure you have at least eight hours of sleep per night.

Consumption of Fatty Foods

These foods cause chronic inflammation. Consuming daily meals containing food such as vegetable oils, margarine, red meats, white bread, or sugary, processed foods, you’re not doing your skin any favors. These foods can cause inflammation in your body, which may accelerate wrinkle formation.  These foods will help your skin maintain its soft and supple look.

Be sure to eat enough fruits and vegetables, fresh produce abundant in zinc, selenium, vitamin C, and beta carotene, all of which are key players in the body’s production of collagen (which keeps skin firm), as well as protecting against free radicals which will help your skin maintain its soft and supple look.

If you abide by these principles, you will sure improve your looks and appearance.

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It is usually estimated by measuring the circumference around your waist with a simple tape measure. Anything above 40 inches (102 cm) in men and 35 inches (88 cm) in women equals belly fat.

This belly fat can either be as a result of the Subcutaneous or Visceral fat stored in your body.

Subcutaneous fat is right under your skin. It’s commonly found in the thighs, butt, and abdomen.

Visceral fat is the toxic fat found deep in the abdomen. It can access major organs in the body thus preventing highway flow of blood through the blood vessels thereby causing major damage. It affects the liver’s ability to manage cholesterol putting one at a risk of heart diseases. This is the major cause/source of tommy fat.

The bad habits we indulge in that causes tommy fat is

• Eating late into the late
• Smoking
• Constant Fatty Food Intake
• Drinking Alcohol
• Excess Intake of Sugar

Eating Late into the Night slows down your body metabolism. Research shows that the earlier you eat before going to bed the quicker it takes the food to digest. The later you eat, the more calories you’re likely to eat, tending to store up as fat in your belly. The less sleep you’ll get. Less sleep equals a slower metabolism, and that means weight gain/ belly fat.

Smoking; Nicotine in cigarettes prevents fat-burning in the abdomen. Thereby putting smokers at a higher possibility of having more visceral fat than non-smokers.

Constant fatty food intake causes clogging fats which are more likely to go straight to your belly. One theory is that the body doesn’t know what to do with this excess fat, and the abdomen is a quick place to store it. These fats interferes with the insulin’s purpose of fat distribution throughout the body. Instead it stores in the abdomen.

Excess Intake of sugar and calories from drinks (alcohol) need to be avoided. Alcohol prevents fat-burning in the stomach. If you ensure moderation in sugar/drinks, the calories will burn off. But when you overdo it, they end up turning into fat in your abdomen. Research shows that. As a result, calories from alcohol are more likely to become part of your visceral fat layer, making the possibility of developing a beer (or margarita or wine) gut all too real.

Now, to get rid of the excess belly fat

• Begin to eat healthy
• Regular exercises
• Ensure adequate sleep and rest
• Adore your body
• Stay away from sweetened drinks, alcohol and sugar
• Reduce your carbs intake

Healthy Eating

Losing the belly fat is a gradual process. Cut down on your excess fat intake. The key is to get about 30 percent of your daily calories from fat. Women who ate a diet rich in healthy fats, such as olive oil, avocados, and nuts, slashed their risk of heart disease.

Also, watch your intake of some Nigerian meals especially the swallows. Eating meals like Eba, Fufu and Pounded yam constantly/ late into the night causes belly fat. Cutting down on some of these meal will reduce the tommy fat in no time.

Exercise All The Way

Regular heart-pumping exercise is one of the most effective ways to get fat off belly fat. Diet in itself is good. It will reduce your weight, but exercise helps give your body a unique shape Exercise keeps eliminate belly fat faster. Aerobic exercises in particular like walking, running, swimming, etc. cause major reductions in belly fat. Dedication to the exercise will ensure a rapid reduction in belly fat. This will help with a daily routine work out on getting rid of the excess fat.

Adequate Sleep and Rest

It has been observed that lack of sleep can make you hungrier, it kicks in the appetite-regulating hormones leptin and ghrelin. These hormones make you crave sweet, salty snacks, thereby increasing the stress hormone cortisol, which may be associated with abdominal fat.

Adore your body

Don’t be laid back and hopeless. Get rid of depression. Depression is an excuse to allow yourself misbehave and do anyhow. It is a ticket to allow anything. Consciously get out of the phase of feeling depressed about your body. No one will love you more than you love yourself. Love and appreciate yourself. Give yourself the best care and pampering it deserves. Women who feel bad about their weight and themselves are more likely to give up on their diet goals and eat too much. Do good things for yourself. Make yourself happy.

You could:

• Take a walk.
• Visit the spa: get a massage. Before you know it, that extra belly flab will be a forgotten issue.

Anything above 40 inches (102 cm) in men and 35 inches (88 cm) in women, is known as

Stay Away From Sweetened Drinks, Alcohol and Sugar

Sweetened drinks, alcohol and sugar have uniquely harmful effects on metabolic health. Alcohol contains excess added sugar. Sugar is half glucose, half fructose, and fructose can only be metabolized by the liver in any significant amount. When you eat a lot of refined sugar, the liver gets overloaded with fructose, and is forced to turn it all into fat. This can lead to increased accumulation of fat in the belly.

Make a decision to minimize the amount of sugar in your diet.

Instead eat whole fruit, the amount of fructose you get from fruit is preferred to what you get from a diet high in refined sugar.

Reduce Carbs in Your Diet

Reduction in carbs (carbohydrates) is a very effective way to lose belly fat. When people cut carbs, their appetite go down and they lose weight.  Go on a low carbs diet. Studies have shown that low-carb diets are particularly effective at getting rid of the fat in the belly.

When you follow these steps and quit smoking as well, you would see a remarkable difference in the belly fat. If you have worked or currently working on your belly fat, kindly share some tips that have helped you thus far in the comment section.

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1. Soda

Carbonated drinks such as coca cola, pepsi, fanta and the likes is bad because it is one of the factors in the aging process of the skin, it causes the body to produce all kinds of inflammatory products. The biggest problem about soda is its crazy amount of sugar. The side effects of sugar on the skin, including dullness, dryness and the decrease in skin cell production.

2. Red Meat

Red meat like pork, beef, ham, lamb and others are rich in saturated fats which when consumed can lead to fat deposition in the body and increase cholesterol levels. They also have an impact on the skin making it oilier and prone to breakouts.

3. Fried Chips

What makes potato chips so bad for your belly is not what they have, but what they lack: the ability to make you feel satisfied. A handful of chips can turn into a big empty bag in no time simply because our bodies expect us to make it happy when we eat food. Too much of fried chips can put unnecessary oil into your system which finds its way out through the oil glands and pores on our skin, thus making our skin oilier.

4. Junk Food

Junk food is basically fried and full of saturated fats. Both high-fat and fried food can overwhelm the stomach, resulting in acid reflux and heartburn. This can also cause digestive problems; anything that affects the stomach has negative impact on the health of your skin. Since junk food has saturated fats and certainly not good for the tummy, it ends up making you look dull and oily if you already have oily skin problems.

5. Dairy Products

Dairy products in themselves like cheese and milk contain fat. Including too much in your diet can trigger oil glands to produce more oil and make your skin look oily and dull. For those who are lactose intolerant, dairy can also cause other problems like acne, diarrhea, and cramps amongst others. Always opt for skimmed milk.

6. Sugar

Sugar as we all know is bad for your waistline. It also affects the way your skin behaves. Sugar triggers the oil gland to produce more oil thus making your skin oilier. Sugar can increase your blood-sugar levels, causing rapid inflammation in the body besides affecting your skin.

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