Belly fat is the most dangerous kind of fat since it settles around your organs and affects your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other serious health issues. These bad habits can increase your chances of developing belly fat or prevent you from losing it.
1. You’re a social media junkie
If you can’t stay away from Facebook and Instagram, you may start to notice yourself packing on the pounds.
A large study found that if participants had a friend who became obese, their chance of also becoming obese rose by 57 percent, according to Harvard Health Blog.
Scientists suspect that social network influences what people perceive as normal and acceptable—if you see your high school friends getting heavier, you feel like it’s OK if you do too.
2. Fruit juice is a diet staple
If drinking fruit juice is how you get your daily serving of fruit, you’re doing more harm than good. Your body needs fiber to help regulate how much and how fast sugar gets into the bloodstream. Too much sugar causes inflammation within the belly and contributes to belly fat.
Fruit juice in general is high in calories and sugar, plus it lacks the fiber and other vitamins and nutrients you’d get from an actual piece of fruit. Plus, the number of cups of orange juice you’d have to drink to reach your daily serving exceeds how many sliced oranges it would take to get there.
3. You’re a snack addict
People treat their bodies like a garbage bin and that can really contribute to belly fat.
Not only does snacking all day long mean you’re ingesting extra calories that can be hard to keep track of, unless you’re munching on veggie sticks or almonds you packed the night before, but you’re also likely reaching for sweets or processed foods lying around the office, which can be high in fat, sugar, and salt.
4. Your exercise routine is irregular
Aside from diet, exercise has the biggest impact on gaining or losing belly fat. When you exercise, muscles use energy instead of it being stored in belly fat. That’s why when you start exercising, many people notice they lose inches from the waist first.
The Department of Health and Human Services recommends adults engage in 150 minutes of aerobic activity a week.
5. You give in to period cravings
The hormones that go into overdrive when you’re menstruating can have an impact on your appetite. One study found that binge eating among women peaked during the premenstrual phase, likely because of the increased progesterone production, according to Psychology Today.
But just because this only happens once a month doesn’t mean it’s OK to indulge those cravings. Try to stick to your regular diet no matter what else is happening to your body.
6. Your diet lacks probiotics
Gut bacteria plays a big role in weight gain or loss, and the probiotics found in yogurt and some supplements can help keep the good and bad bacteria in order.
One study found that having too little of a certain type of gut bacteria was linked to being obese, according to Fitness magazine.
Your gut bugs balance can also impact your appetite by affecting regulation of the hunger hormone ghrelin.
7. You don’t meal plan
Be a mindful eater instead of a mindless one. When you don’t plan what you’re going to eat and when, you end up eating whatever is available.
When you plan, you can make better choices. Plan what you’ll eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner the night before. If you have the time, take it one step further and use your weekend to shop for groceries for the week or prepare some meals you can keep in the fridge.
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“All this by a 60-second immunity ritual?” I asked.
I met an old friend for
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She said, “It’s not so much
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Even though I was
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Imagine your body being
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