LOOSE YOUR FAT

DRINK LEMON JUICE TO LOOSE BELLY

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Make water your best friend. It is always important to drink water, it is more important if you are trying to lose belly. When you drink water, you help your body maintain a balanced fluid level, reduce water retention (the main cause of swollen bellies) and feel full and therefore eat less. Water also breaks down fat and transforms it into energy and nutrients going to your muscles, thus ensuring a good metabolism.Add lemon, orange or cucumber juice to your water to make it taste good. You can also try with aromatic herbs and flowers such as mint or verbena.

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Go for green tea. One of the many benefits of green tea is that it contains catechin, an antioxidant that will help you reduce belly fat. For an even better result, drink a sip of green tea before an exercise session.

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Make yourself some smoothies. Smoothies contribute to good hydration and can help lose stomach. If you prepare a watermelon smoothie, you will enjoy the benefits of an amino acid it contains, arginine. A study from the Journal of Nutrition, an American dietetic magazine, showed that arginine helps burn fat and increase muscle mass. ^[1] A pineapple smoothie will provide you with bromelain, an enzyme in pineapple that helps break down protein, aids digestion and suppresses bloating.Watermelon smoothie. Cut into pieces the equivalent of two cups of watermelon and put them in a blender. Add 1/4 cup of skimmed milk and blend for about 15 seconds or until the mixture becomes homogeneous. Add 2 cups of ice cubes then blend again, 20 seconds or as long as necessary to obtain the consistency you want. Here is a link to a watermelon smoothie recipe. Pineapple smoothie. Put 1 cup of skimmed milk in a blender and add 100 grams of pineapple pieces, fresh or canned. Mix this mixture for 1 minute. Pour into a glass then add 1 teaspoon of cold pressed organic linseed oil. Serve yourself. 

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Consume ginger. Ginger helps calm the gastrointestinal tract and reduce bloating. Add grated fresh ginger to your green tea or make a ginger tea by boiling a few chopped pieces on the root.

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Drink peppermint infusions. It is no coincidence that many restaurants offer peppermint candies after meals, peppermint helps digestion. Infuse peppermint or add peppermint leaves to your water or green tea.

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Avoid alcohol. When it comes to losing your belly, alcohol isn't your friend. It will make you store more fat from your diet, but in addition your body will burn about 36% less fat than it normally would. In some cases alcohol can even inhibit the production of hormones to burn fat.

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Avoid carbonated or fermented drinks. These drinks contain gas and when you consume them, this gas goes into your intestines causing your belly to swell or bloat.

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Say "no" to sorbitol. Sorbitol is an artificial sweetener found in some diet drinks. Of course, sorbitol has the advantage of giving a sweet taste without adding calories, but the problem is that your body has trouble digesting it. Sorbitol is not only found in sodas, but also in yogurts, lower calorie foods, chewing gum and hard candy.

• Candy and tooth decay

Sweets and other sugary foods create an acidic environment that attacks tooth enamel and promotes the growth of bacteria that cause tooth decay. The effect is less in people who brush their teeth regularly. Hard-to-suck candies are just as harmful as soft, which stick to your teeth.

If you can't brush your teeth after a meal, use sugar-free chewing gum: by activating the salivary glands, it cleanses the mouth of particles found there. There are two types: one contains artificial sweeteners without calories; the other, a polyol like xylitol, which releases some calories - but these cannot be converted by bacteria, in the mouth and on the teeth, into acidic substances that attack tooth enamel. Please note: excess polyols sometimes cause diarrhea and stomach upset. 

When the sugar in candies turns into fat

Sweets contain a large amount of simple sugars (sucrose, fructose, glucose), which provide 400 kcal per 100 g. They are all quickly transformed into glucose and pass into the bloodstream for energy. But this rapid rise in blood sugar causes insulin levels to skyrocket, causing the liver to convert all that sugar into fat. And, when the blood sugar level returns to normal, the subject begins to feel hungry again and feels tired.

The pros and cons of candy

Unfortunately or without surprise, we find more disadvantages in eating sweets than more.

Advantage:

• Food for pleasure, a quick source of energy .

Disadvantages:

• Rich in simple sugars and calories;
• Sugar can cause tooth decay;
• Licorice can raise blood pressure in people who are predisposed.

Additives and allergies

Most hard candy has artificial flavors and colors, all of which are allowed. Some can cause allergies or adverse reactions, it is important to check the constituents when one is predisposed to these effects. Fortunately, since nobody is "forced" to eat it, the solution is simple: we do without!

By promoting salt and water retention, licorice can raise blood pressure in people who are hypersensitive to it. They will therefore avoid consuming it.

The different types of candy

There are several types of candy:

• Cooked sugar 
 candies  (sour or mint, berlingots, filled, puff pastry, lollipops…), with added citric or tartaric acid;
• Gum balls, in which gum arabic gives the characteristic texture;
• Caramels, milk, cream or butter;
• Multicolored gummies, so loved by children, obtained thanks to gums - gelatin, pectin and other gelling substances.
• And also fruit pastes, nougats, almond pastes and other delicacies…

Why do we love candy so much?

The human preference for sweet flavors manifests itself early in life and stems from its distant past: edible berries and fruits are sweet, while many poisonous plants are bitter. It is believed that the commercial production of sweets originated with the introduction into Italy and Spain of marzipan, a thick, creamy paste of almonds and sugar made by Arabs and Moors in the Middle Ages. The word "sugar" is also derived from the Italian zucchero (which itself comes from the Arabic sukkar). In Europe, sweets were initially only spices candied in sugar prepared by apothecaries. They remained rare and expensive, until the appearance of beet sugar in the 19th century, which allowed their development on a very large scale.