June 22nd, 2010 
admin The general public incorrectly believe that a low fat diet is the way to lose belly fat. Several research has demonstrated a locarb diet is indeed more effective for belly fat loss.
Since the early 70s, Americans reduced their fat intake from 40% to 34%. Yet, the obesity pandemic has been rising steeply since it began in the early 1980’s. Why?
Unjustifiable consumption of carbs.
Our primal ancestors lived on a hunters-gatherers diet of essentially meat, veg, fruits, seeds and nuts. Grain was not even part of human diet until agricultural started about 10,000 years back. The increase in human population and decline in hunted large game made it mandatory for humans to take on agriculture.
The development of human diet from mainly animal sources to grain products ( refined carbs ) has led straight to a fall in the quantity and quality of human life. Diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease which were once non-existent, are now commonplace.
Take a look at your existing diet. Are you consuming lots of refined carbohydrates like bread, pastas, cereals, cakes, biscuits and sugar? Excess consumption of refined carbs inhibits stored body fat from being used as energy. The body becomes changed to burning sugar as fuel and forgets how to burn fat.
Everyone needs some carbohydrates. In the body, carbohydrates are converted into glucose as a main source of energy for the brain. Unused glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Only the glycogen in the liver can be converted back to glucose to be used by the brain when mandatory.
The body has limited capacity for storing carbohydrates. Though the muscles can store more glycogen than the liver, its reserves can’t be broken down when energy is necessary by the brain. Once the glycogen reserves are full, excess carbohydrates are converted into fat.
Eating a high carb meal may cause a spike in glucose levels. This prompts the pancreas to release insulin into the blood vessels to lower the glucose levels. The bad news is insulin is a fat storage hormone. It tells the body to store excess carbohydrates as fat. Fluctuation in blood sugar levels causes cravings for more carbs and thus, more fat storage in response to insulin.
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