What It Really Takes To Lose Belly Fat

At the risk of sounding controversial, why does it seem like the world is lying to you about stomach fat?!?

Well here's how I see it... There are fitness trainers and there are fitness professionals. Most fitness trainers out there call themselves fitness professionals and there is no real definitive line there to make things clear for everyone. In fact, in many countries, there is actually no required qualification in order to call yourself a "fitness professional"!

This means that any Tom, Dick or Harry from down the street could (and usually does) give you loads of health and fitness advice on how to lose belly fat without any formal qualification at all.
What's even worse is, the professionals that are qualified and practicing in the fitness industry will quite often not be adequately trained in what it takes to lose belly fat.

If you ask most personal trainers out there how to I lose my gut, the answer you will often get back would be something like, "Do loads of cardio exercise".

In reality, this doesn't work for most people. If you did have heaps of free time on your hands and you managed to motivate yourself to go jogging every day for 2 hours, sure you'd have some success with losing belly fat but the fact of the matter is that this approach is not practical and most people don't enjoy cardio exercise enough to sustain the commitment.

Here's what it's all about: If you really want to know what it takes to lose belly fat then you need to be informed on a number of different levels. The exciting stuff:

1. How hormones will dictate fat storage and loss in both men and women!
2. How parasites stop many people from achieving peak metabolic fat-burning success!
3. The 100% must-have exercises and the 467 ab exercises you need to avoid with a vengence.

There are hormones in your body (some of which are artificial, synthetic hormones - xenoestrogens) which tell your energy where to go (eg. fat cells, muscle mass or energy for doing things). There are also parasites which will infect this process and sabotage your metabolism by dumping fat-storing toxins and consuming fat-burning vitamins. Also, there are exercises which work miracles for fat loss and there are exercises that are almost totally useless.
When you get on top of these three vital things in your life, it will be effortless to lose belly fat and get lean, 6 pack abs.
That's all for now. Tomorrow I want to get down and dirty into the idea of "health food extremists" VS the average guy and how that dictates your fat loss. You'll be surprised at the results actually.

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