Healthy diet and exercise are the best ways to get a flat stomach, but some herbs accelerate the reduction of abdominal fat
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousHealthy diet and physical activity are the best way to have a flat stomach, but there are supplements and herbs that can accelerate weight loss and achieve a "noticeable reduction" in fat.
Do we have abdominal fat? A few days after the costume fitting, one thing is certain: that bacon must be eliminated, if only - in addition to being unsightly - it is also unhealthy. Having a fatty abdomen, the so-called "visceral fat", doubles the risk of heart attack, without necessarily being obese, and more: it can cause hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Finding ways to reduce the accumulation of belly fat it is therefore of fundamental importance. But how?
First of all, let us remember that the presence of various fat and adiposity finds fertile ground in sedentary and in cturn on power. Let us never forget to pamper our body with regular physical activity and eating well. By "visceral fat" we mean the part of adipose tissue concentrated in the abdominal cavity and distributed between the internal organs and the trunk. (Read also: Flat stomach: 10 useful tips to get back in shape).
This type of fat is different from subcutaneous and intramuscular fat (distributed among the fibers of the muscles): to eliminate it you need constancy and a balanced diet and targeted exercises such as the plank or abdominal vacum, while they can help us. a series of natural remedies, first of all the Herbs.
In fact, a study investigated the effectiveness of a supplement based on three herbal extracts:
- white mulberry
- melissa
- absinthe
To investigate whether supplementing such a blend could reduce rapidly growing abdominal fat, the researchers recruited 80 subjects with abdominal obesity.
Subjects participated in the 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the blend of the three herbal extracts and showed a noticeable reduction in visceral fat by 20,5% after the 12-week treatment compared to baseline (the start of the study) as measured by computed tomography.
The change in visceral fat in the supplement group was "statistically significant" compared to the placebo group and 1,9 times greater than in the placebo group, the researchers wrote.
White mulberry, lemon balm and wormwood together would therefore be able to reduce visceral fat, but there are other herbs and natural remedies that might be right for us:
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Green tea
Drinking a cup of green tea is among the right choices to speed up your metabolism and promote the elimination of excess fat. Green tea, in fact, is a drink that limits the formation of fat deposits in our body: according to many studies, green tea is able to act in our body avoiding the degradation of norepinephrine, a fundamental neurotransmitter which, among other things, promotes lipolysis or the splitting and disposal of fats.
Read all of our articles on green tea.
Yerba Mate
La Yerba Mate it is a typical plant of South America from which an infusion highly appreciated by local populations is obtained and which is increasingly being sipped in our country as well. It has diuretic properties, has an antioxidant action and is an excellent anti-hunger with a satiating effect.
Taking it regularly - HERE we explain who can take Yerba Mate and in what quantities - helps to bring down abdominal fat.
Ginger
Ginger is an excellent natural remedy that helps those who want to lose weight, because it is able to speed up the metabolism by acting as fat-burning food. To have interesting qualities in this sense is gingerol, the active ingredient present in the spice with thermogenic effects, that is, it allows to increase the body temperature and therefore burn even more fat.
Read all our articles on Ginger here
Read all of our articles on how to get rid of abdominal fat.
In addition, here you will find 10 moves to deflate the belly and have a flat abdomen and here the ways to reduce each type of belly.
In the video below, you will find all the tips and tricks to say goodbye to a bulky abdomen.
