I cannot but laugh anytime I hear those hoping to lose large chunk of body fats discussing on the methods they have decided to adopt. Some say they have made up their minds to skip breakfast while others just conclude on crashing their diets. In view of the fact that most of all these people are ill informed about the ideal way of achieving a permanent result; the internet and social network are not helping matters as loads of different misleading articles and adverts continue to dilute the space. These articles written by some unqualified individuals are titled as “No Carbohydrate diet, No fat diets, only fruits diets, one meal diet” and all sorts in order to attract their readers and clients towards their own improper ways of losing fat.
In this article I will be sharing with you why some of the aforementioned methods will not work well, the truths about losing weights and other information you need to know.
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Why Your “No Fats, No Carbohydrates, Only Fruits Diets and One Meal Daily Diet” Is Inappropriate For Weight Loss
In your quest to quickly turn yourself into a figure 8 or Mr Macho overnight, you are most likely going to believe all information on “Lose 20 pounds in one week” article that you find online. Let’s take it one after the other so you would comprehend well.
Is it true that beer causes pot belly in men or beer drinkers in general? Is it just another myth? Well, let me tell you that beer is implicated in the development of pot belly; but can we blame beer alone for this? No, I don’t think so. Now that we know that consumption of beer contributes to a beer belly, as some would call it, let me tell you how it happens and maybe you can know how to prevent, minimize or get rid of that pot belly.
Here is how beer causes your pot belly
1. There are calories in beer and these ultimately are stored as fat. This is not peculiar to the calories in beer but any calories that you may consume from any source – including foods. It is however so sad for this guy call “Beer” that it seems to be the scape goat every time someone that has a pot belly evaluates his belly. But this is not so far from the truth because it is very easy to overtake the calories in beer. I know guys that take 8-10 bottles in one night.
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If we consider the fact that a typical beer has 140-150 calories in it, downing ten in one night contributes about 1500 calories to your body. Since in a lot of men, fats are easy to store around the mid-region of the body, the belly starts protruding.
Let me just make this clear before I muddle everything up. You may have noticed that I talk about eating carbohydrate and get fat stored in your body. That’s how it works. When you take in more calories than you burn, the excess calories are stored as fat.
3. Alcohol increases appetite for food, so when we spend long hours taking beer and gisting with friends, we tend to take more of whatever we are eating. This contributes more to our calorie intake. They all end up as fat in our body.
4. Finally, it has been established that “In general, alcohol intake is associated with bigger waists, because when you drink alcohol, the liver burns alcohol instead of fat.” This is according to Michael Jensen, MD, an endocrine expert and obesity researcher with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
You may be wondering that there are beer drinkers that do not have pot bellies. Yes, there are so many of them that I know too. This is because The part of your body where this fat is stored is dependent on several factors such as age, sex, and hormones. As we get older, our metabolic activities may drop which in turn affect how much we burn the calories that we take in.
Pot belly is linked to a variety of health problems such as type II diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we have to find a way to prevent or get rid of pot belly (if we already have it).
If you have not read my bio before, you may not know that I studied Food Science and Technology in school. However, I did not come across this issue of Energy/Sports drinks and their effects on the teeth. I was to give a seminar presentation on the recent industrial uses of casein and whey protein when I came across a research that tested how whey protein could be used to reduce the damage caused by sports drinks on the teeth enamel. I was surprised to know that sports/energy drink could be deleterious to the health of our teeth.
What are the negative effects of Sports/Energy Drinks on Teeth?
Let me start by telling you that many food we consume have one effect we may not like on our body. How much effect they have just depends on how much you eat them. So is the case of this energy drinks too – how much exposure of your teeth to to this drink will determine how quickly your enamels wear. This is called dental erosion.
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According to a particular study these drinks can damage the teeth beyond repair. “The big misconception is that energy drinks and sports drinks are healthier than soda for oral health,” says researcher Poonam Jain, BDS, MPH, associate professor and director of community dentistry at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine.
Poonam Jain’s team tested 13 sports drinks and nine energy drinks for acidity. They tested six drinks for their effects on tooth enamel and what was their discovery? Both types (Energy Drink and Sports Drink) caused damage. The erosion caused by energy drinks, however, were twice as bad. Damaged tooth enamel cannot be fixed.
Should you believe the results of these researches?
Experts in the beverage industry have critisized many of these researches. They claim that the experimental teeth were placed in the drinks for excessive periods which do not truly represent how much time our teeth get exposed to the drink when we take them.
So, should you stop Sports & Energy Drinks because of your teeth?
Let me first let you know that exposure of the teeth to these kind of acids over a long period cause tooth decay. Apart from this, they are also not good for your belly, and oesophagus if you are prone to acid reflux.
What I would advise is to make sure you rinse your mouth with water after taking these drinks. This should help clear away any of the drinks that may have stayed between teeth and stick around gums.
Also, do not was your teeth immediately after taking these drinks. Your teeth are softer after taking these sport or energy drinks, brushing may scrape off your enamel little by little. That is why you would feel some little pain sensation when you do this. You get a feeling that the brush is already touching your dentine.
