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A big belly is not such a rare occurrence in our time. in this area are characteristic of both men and women. A sedentary lifestyle, overeating, improper lifestyle and nutrition, poor-quality fast food, a large amount of carbohydrates in the diet, stress, bad habits - all this leads to an unfortunate deficiency that spoils the figure.
A large belly in women and men is not only unaesthetic, but also dangerous to health. With this distribution of fat, there is a risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. Doctors have long come to the conclusion that health depends on waist circumference. The risk group includes people whose waist circumference exceeds 82 centimeters for women and 94 centimeters for men.
Every owner of a big belly wants to get rid of it, but many do not have enough willpower to take and change their lifestyle.
In order to remove a large belly, a set of measures is needed, consisting of a balanced diet and physical activity, which should be selected individually, depending on age, constitution, concomitant diseases and the degree of obesity.
Very often people try to get rid of the stomach on their own. Many simply stop eating or exhaust themselves in the gym with exorbitant loads. In the end, the negative consequences of such efforts outweigh the result.
It is impossible to remove only the stomach. It can decrease only against the background of a general weight loss, while all parts of the body will lose weight. Starting to lose weight, no matter how trite it may sound, is required from the office of a therapist and an endocrinologist, since when losing weight, it is necessary to take into account general state health, the presence of chronic diseases, the type of metabolism. With hormonal disorders and improper metabolism, the approach to the problem will be completely different.
You can only take diets under the supervision of a nutritionist. Just because a diet works for one doesn't mean it works for everyone. Everything is different. In addition, diets remove weight due to dehydration and muscle tissue. Removing the fat itself is much more difficult and takes longer.
To lose weight, you can not do without exercise. Only a qualified trainer will help you choose the right training regimen. Needed here A complex approach- reset total mass plus a set of exercises aimed at training not only the abdominal muscles, but also others. And again, different people need different exercises and different cardio loads. Experts do not have a consensus on which type of physical activity is more effective for getting rid of. Some advocate running, cycling and swimming, while others prefer weight training. And again - everything is individual, different people help different techniques. Most physiologists and fitness trainers agree that running and doing exercises to reduce the abdomen at a slow pace gives more tangible results than at a fast pace.
There is one general rule for everyone - classes must be regular, otherwise there will be no result. This regimen is a balanced low-calorie diet and physical exercise- must always accompany a person, otherwise the big belly will return back.
Reset excess weight and it is much easier to remove a large belly in men than in women. Physiology is such that a woman needs to make efforts three times more than a man to lose weight.
No matter how strange it may seem, stress contributes to the formation of fat deposits on the abdomen. This happens due to the hormone cortisone, which is produced during stress. Cortisone along with adrenaline contributes to the accumulation of fat in the abdomen.
To get rid of the belly, you need to forget about bad habits such as drinking. People who abuse alcohol have a larger waist circumference than teetotalers.
In the life of a man, no matter how athletic, there comes a moment when a fold hangs over the trouser belt, and some roundness appears on the sides. And then, instead of this fold, a belly grows, which is often called a beer beer among the people. When a man's waist exceeds 102 cm, this means that he already has a "big belly".
As the chief doctor of the clinic of aesthetic medicine "Rimmarita" told Our Version Rimma Moisenko, such belly-owners will face very serious problems in the future.
- “Beer belly” is rather a figurative expression, although beer often plays a significant role in the increase in the belly. Why is this happening, because beer seems to be a low-calorie drink?
Yes, it is considered as such. But they drink it at least half a liter (and this is already 250 kilocalories). Plus, this ritual usually takes place in the evening, but with the eating of all sorts of pickles and smoked meats! We know that beer is made from phytoestrogens found in hops. Estrogens do not participate in the metabolic process, but only accumulate in the fat zone. Over the years, they begin to suppress the production of the hormone testosterone, increasing subcutaneous fat. It would be fine only for her: fat is added internal, interorgan, which is located under the peritoneum. In addition, against the background of pronounced fermentation of brewer's yeast in gastrointestinal tract metabolism is disturbed, and a certain amount of fatty tissue gradually grows on such organs as the liver, pancreas, large and small omentums. The peritoneum increases - the work of the internal organs, the liver is disrupted, the intestinal loops are compressed ...
- What a horror! So, what is the first thing to suffer?
- First of all, blood pressure rises. Excess mass presses on the outside of the vessels, sealing them. The vessels lose their elasticity, their sclerosis begins, and blood pressure slowly begins to rise. After a few years, it becomes permanent, and the person still thinks: well, tomorrow I will lose weight - and the pressure will be normal. Alas, it will no longer be, because from now on it is forever. The second disease is a violation of lipid metabolism, in other words - elevated level cholesterol in the blood.
So, blood pressure, cholesterol. This is all?
- No, it's still a violation of breathing. And breathing is the saturation of the blood with oxygen and the removal of carbon dioxide. When the abdomen increases, the dynamics of the diaphragm decreases, and there are lymph nodes that ensure the removal of toxic elements from the body, and the lymphatic outflow is disturbed. And the person begins to notice that the legs swell. Meanwhile, the body acidifies, gradual intoxication interferes with the brain. In addition, due to the increase in the peritoneum, the diaphragm rises and, as a result, shortness of breath occurs, and at night - sleep disturbances, snoring.
Changes are also taking place in the gastrointestinal tract: food is digested inefficiently, not to the final elements, it lingers in certain areas, the process of decay begins there - additional poisoning of the body against the background of impaired glucose metabolism.
Also glucose...
Insulin is a pancreatic hormone that responds to high level blood sugar. In general, for a significant amount of food entering the body, the pancreas begins to respond by releasing a large amount of insulin. The pancreas works in a mode in which it should not work. Such violence over the endocrine system leads to secondary diabetes mellitus. And changes in the endocrine system lead to a decrease in potency. If you look at the blood test, you can see a decrease in testosterone and an increase in the female hormone estrogen. Gradually, the figure becomes pear-shaped, the vegetation in the beard area decreases, the chest increases, the voice changes. And the man turns into a capricious and grumpy old man. Or an old woman.
- Can you be saved?
- Yes. If the waist is approaching a critical point, you need to sound the alarm and go to the doctor: the stomach will not disappear on its own, so professional help is needed. Start by checking blood pressure and with ultrasound examination in order to find fat in internal organs. Without fail, a blood test, a study of the liver, hormonal levels, and pancreatic function are required.
Certain physical activity is required. No need to run headlong to a trendy fitness club and train there to exhaustion. No, if you have a car, either give it up or put it away so that you can walk more. At work, move more actively, forgetting about elevators. For the home, get special simulators ...
In the process of treatment, you will have to work on the diet. For example, if hypertension appears, we remove salty foods, marinades, canned food from the diet, limit ourselves to liquids after 19.00. If lipid metabolism is disturbed, it is important to start restoring liver function - perhaps it will be droppers or nutritional supplements for the excretion of bile. It will be necessary to support the pancreas - to remove all foods with a high glycemic index. We exclude fats, cheeses, pork, red meat from the diet, leaving only well-cooked veal or beef.
- Is the stomach problem genetically transmitted?
- Yes, because both the distribution of fat throughout the body and the constitution of a person are genetically determined. But the presence of a genetic factor does not mean that you do not need to fight.
- Is what we are talking about a purely male problem?
- In women, excess fat is deposited in areas that are aesthetically unfavorable, but safe from a health point of view. Plus they have a different hormonal background. But if a woman does not take care of herself, fat begins to form under the peritoneum, filling the internal organs, passes into the abdominal, albeit later compared to a man. Well, then a similar program of self-destruction is activated.
– When did our country begin to pay serious attention to this problem?
- Recently. Under socialism, people's health was monitored - there were at least mandatory medical examinations. Then the dashing 90s began, and the direction of preventive medicine - namely, it deals with stomachs - was practically exterminated, because people who often had nothing to do with medicine took it up, offering some kind of nutritional supplements and, as a result, instilling distrust in people to all medical structures and mandatory preventive examinations.
Only now everything is beginning to revive, and the future belongs to preventive medicine, preventing diseases, as Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky used to say. In some countries, this has already been implemented: believe me, no one needs people who are always sick and on sick leave. By the way, in the same Japan, if the body mass index is higher than the norm, a person simply will not be hired until he loses too much. If such strictness were introduced in our country, we would have much more healthy people.
And how are they
In the West, the situation with obesity is also not the best, especially in the US. Many Americans are destined to have this belly fat. There society is divided into higher and all the rest. If the upper class is, with rare exceptions, thin, athletic people who take care of their health, watch their diet, then the second category ( middle class and below) - people are too gullible, consuming what the mass market offers, in which they conduct some kind of testing of newfangled products. And their market offers very unhealthy things with big amount vegetable fats, trans fats, using GMOs, very dangerous in terms of abdominal obesity. But in Italy and in general throughout Southeast Asia - Japan, Korea, Vietnam, there are fewer problems with this. People work hard there, there is a different mentality, food, and climate.
An enlarged abdomen is a special symptom of many pathological conditions, which are characterized by an increase in the volume of the abdominal cavity or subcutaneous fat.
Causes of an enlarged abdomen
The considered clinical symptom refers to manifestations of not only obesity, which was the result of proper nutrition, but also such serious diseases as cirrhosis of the liver or intestinal obstruction.
The following pathological conditions, accompanied by additional symptoms, lead to an increase in the abdomen.
- Ascites. It is the accumulation of transudate in the abdominal cavity due to toxic damage to the peritoneum. As a result of increased production and delayed absorption of ascitic fluid by the peritoneum, an increase in the circumference at the level of the navel is noted.
- Cirrhotic damage to the liver. Manifested by spider veins and proliferation of the liver.
- Oncological diseases of the abdominal cavity and small pelvis. At stages 3-4, a large tumor conglomerate is detected.
- Right ventricular heart failure. It is manifested by portal hypertension (dilation of the veins of the esophagus, abdominal wall, hepatosplenomegaly and ascites).
- Intestinal obstruction. It develops as a result of a decrease in the intestinal lumen due to a tumor, adhesions, diverticulum, or affected surrounding organs. Symptomatic obstruction is manifested by pain, difficulty in passing gases, constipation, nausea and vomiting. The higher the obstruction in the intestines, the earlier vomiting will appear. Initially, vomit consists of gastric contents, then of intestinal contents.
- Peritonitis. Bloating occurs due to toxic intestinal paresis as a result of the penetration of intestinal contents into the abdominal cavity or perforation of a hollow organ. Peritonitis manifests itself painful sensations, lowering blood pressure, palpitations, pale skin and increased sweating.
- Obesity of the abdominal type. It is promoted by metabolic disorders, endocrine pathology, poor nutrition.
- Weakness of the abdominal muscles.
The most pleasant reason for an increase in the circumference of the abdomen for a woman is pregnancy. It is excluded in the process of diagnosis in the first place.
Therapeutic measures to reduce the abdomen
With an increase in the volume of the abdomen, it is not recommended to start the fight on your own and immediately go to Gym. First you need to determine the cause of the problem. This requires consultation of an endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, oncologist and gynecologist.
Diagnostic measures include ultrasonography and abdominal and pelvic tomography to visualize ascitic fluid, tumor, or cirrhosis.
Treatment consists in removing the tumor formation, taking diuretics, hepatotropic drugs, detoxification therapy and, if necessary, performing a puncture to remove fluid from the abdominal cavity.
In addition, the hormonal spectrum is being studied. If the pathology is not detected, it is necessary to consult a nutritionist to correct the nutritional diet.
Prevention of conditions leading to an increase in the abdomen
Prevention lies in proper nutrition, active physical activity And timely diagnosis diseases of internal organs. Regular examination will help prevent the progression of diseases and avoid complications in the form of an increase in the abdomen.
“My stomach is growing - maybe someone lives there” ?! It's the worst thing
The appearance of your body is an indicator of your state of health. Healthy is beautiful person. How do people grow belly? A normal, that is, healthy, belly is formed by a healthy intestine, a healthy spine. The tone of the abdominal muscles is directly related to the state of the chest and lumbar spine.
At healthy spine the abdominal muscles are relatively strong and hold back the pressure of the intestines with its contents, the sick spine - the muscles are weak and unable to withstand the pressure of the abdominal organs. The belly protrudes. Digestive disorders also often lead to a change in the size and shape of the abdomen, and if you have a sick spine and digestion suffers, then the stomach will always be enlarged.
Watch yourself and you will see the shape of the belly chest, posture, how does it deviate from the normal parameters of a healthy person? Usually these changes are attributed to age, considering them inevitable. In fact, the vast majority of them are associated only with impaired digestion and muscle weakness. Many chronic diseases are also the result of poor functioning of a sluggish or inflamed intestine. Unfortunately, today a normal stomach is a rarity.
There is a clear understanding that someone has an enlarged belly, to an indecent size - is this normal? Think what could be there? Scientists prove that such people ... a modern person can carry up to 10 kilograms of feces in his stomach. Just think about this number. Are you not embarrassed by the fact that you constantly carry a backpack weighing 10 kilograms with you?
Each of us sooner or later notices a flabby fold on the stomach. subcutaneous fat. Weight gain starts from the belly. At some point, the balance between the energy of food and its consumption shifts, and excess energy begins to be deposited in the form of fat in the abdomen. In almost all men, this occurs after 40 years, and in girls after 25.
Simultaneously with the growth of subcutaneous fat begins to grow internal fat. This is a special fat located in the omentum and around the internal organs of the abdomen. It is brown in color, in contrast to the light yellow subcutaneous fat. Brown internal fat is also an excess mass that needs to be disposed of, but the most unpleasant thing is that it releases substances into the blood that stimulate fat formation and increase blood pressure.
While visceral fat cannot be measured directly, studies have shown that mass is related to waist circumference. When there is belly fat, there is already excess internal brown fat, which has begun its harmful activity, causing an increase in blood pressure and insulin resistance.
At the same time, many note that if earlier they could eat as much as they wanted and fat did not stick to them, then from a certain moment they became very sensitive to errors in the diet and fat begins to grow much faster than before.
The next stage of abdominal enlargement begins when the fat fold on the abdomen begins to interfere with the usual physical exercises. However, the abdominal muscles are not biceps, they do not need special strength. What they need is just the tone. It is no coincidence that they are called the muscles of the anterior wall of the abdomen. The tone of the abdominal muscles forms this very wall. Accordingly, if there is no tone, then the wall is more like a bag.
The belly that we see at this stage is the internal organs, surrounded by overgrown brown fat, pressing on weak muscles the anterior wall of the abdomen, which can no longer withstand the pressure from the inside.
Of course, all this is covered with a subcutaneous fat layer, which continues to grow. Next comes a change in posture. Weakened muscles of the abdomen and back can no longer maintain their previous posture, a stoop appears and the stomach protrudes even more. To distinguish this stage from the second, you need to try to straighten your shoulders, draw in your stomach .... will it be possible to do this and hold for at least half a minute? This means that this stage has not yet arrived.
All these stages of belly growth are typical for men. In women, at the beginning of the second stage, along with fat on the abdomen, fat on the hips and buttocks begins to grow, which worries women much more, as it is accompanied by cellulite. Moreover, all these stages in women develop much later.
It is necessary to follow the progress in fat loss with special tools, weights alone are not enough. Just because even aerobic exercise will cause growth muscle mass, which, due to the greater specific gravity of the muscles, will mask the real decrease.
What to do? There is only one way out - eat less! Exercise. Live in harmony with nature. Follow the daily routine. Become a vegetarian. Do you have anything else to offer? I would love to hear from you in the comments.
An excessively large belly looks ugly, and indicates violations in the functioning of the body. Adipose tissue, which is concentrated in the waist area, accumulates on the internal organs, interfering with their work. In the future, this can result in diabetes, cirrhosis, and even oncology. The problem of a bulging belly should be taken seriously and try to remove it.
Common causes of a big belly
Naturally, this problem cannot appear immediately and nowhere. When the stomach appears, many begin to select diets and exercises to eliminate it. However, initially it is worth considering why the fat grows exactly where the press should be.
There are many reasons why the belly grows in men and women of any age. The main ones: irrational nutrition and a sedentary lifestyle that have become a habit. So, sedentary work in combination with watching TV in the evenings - a living example of the habit of an unhealthy lifestyle. In this case, the growth of the abdomen will not take long, because the person does not have time to spend the energy received from food during the day.
Smoking and alcohol also help him grow. They disrupt the normal metabolism, which leads to the deposition of fat. Stressful situations also greatly affect why the stomach does not lose weight. Constant nervous tension increases the production of the hormone cortisol, which increases appetite. And surpluses in food already lead to rounding at the waist.
An important reason due to which deposits of fat may appear in the waist area is constant lack of sleep, which also becomes stressful for the body. As a result, in in large numbers the same cortisol is produced. But it’s not just the overproduction of cortisol that leads to the appearance of excess adipose tissue. An imbalance of any hormones can result in overweight. After all, they regulate the work of all organs and systems. Some, for example, regulate the level of glucose (insulin), others affect the rational distribution of energy and oxygen reserves, etc.
To convince the body not to store fat where the press should be is difficult, but possible. To do this and lose weight, first you need to balance your diet and drink at least 2 liters of pure water daily. Next - increase physical activity. To do this, it is not necessary to exhaust your body with excessive physical activity. Enough regular half-hour classes every other day. However, it is important that not only the press is involved, but the whole body as a whole.
To leave the stomach will help not only proper diet, as well as good sleep and avoidance of stressful situations.
Causes of belly growth in women and men
A bulging belly is a general definition of a violation of the proportions of a figure. Excess adipose tissue, stored in the abdominal cavity, can cause heart disease, thrombosis, cirrhosis, diabetes. And it's easier to prevent than to treat. In this regard, the ugliness of the abdomen should not be the only reason for removing it.
The belly grows in women due to excess adipose tissue at the waist and lower torso. The situation is complicated by the fact that a significant part of visceral fat deposited on the abdominal organs. Over time, all this mass of fat slips and sags in the lower abdomen. A woman's belly can grow larger than her hips, protrude beyond the bust line and negate the waist. This phenomenon is impartially called "mirror disease" - due to the fact that the legs can only be seen by looking in the mirror.
There are about ten types female figures. In the owners of the figure of the "apple" type, fat is deposited at the waist, and not on the hips and buttocks, as, for example, in the owners of the "hourglass". While the “apple” girl is slender, the tummy looks attractive, but as soon as excess weight appears, it immediately begins to stick out.
It happens that the reason that the stomach bulges is hidden in violations of posture. This may be the main factor why a large belly develops in a child. Due to the curvature of the spinal column, all the insides are shifted to the front abdominal wall. In this case, there may not be excess weight. Children especially suffer from this problem, because many hours of sitting at a desk and wearing heavy backpacks leads to the development of scoliosis. And if you do not pay attention to this problem in time, it will pass into adulthood.
There are many versions of why men have a growing belly. Some say that a fat belly is the result of a love of beer. The second is that a big belly in men appears from overeating. An enlarged belly in men can also hide the causes of its appearance in frequent driving or in metabolic diseases. In fact, there are only two main reasons why the volume of the abdomen in men increases, and the rest are already their consequences.
- Loss of tone in the abdominal muscles.
- Fat deposits on the mesentery of the intestine.
A man's belly grows because fat is deposited in a special fat fold - the "great omentum". The male belly also appears with hormonal imbalance, accompanied by infertility and male impotence.
How to get rid of the stomach at home
If you have a big belly - the reasons for this can often be hidden in the wrong diet and lifestyle. In the abdomen, fat is deposited last (the face gets better, then the legs and buttocks, sides, arms, and the last - the stomach). The cause of the appearance of the abdomen may be obesity.
- you should switch to 5 meals a day in small portions;
- give up beer, soda, sweets and flour products;
- walk more;
- download the press, go swimming and fitness;
- eat mostly complex carbohydrates(vegetables, fruits, cereals) and protein foods (beef, fish).
If the abdomen appeared due to obesity, it can be removed by adhering to proper nutrition and training regimen. But, having a body type with an emphasis on the stomach, you will have to monitor your weight all your life. Good appearance worth the effort.
A set of exercises for training the abdominal muscles.
| Initial position | Performance |
| In the supine position. | Hands behind the head, legs bent at the knees, raise the shoulders and head. |
| For the next exercise initial position we do not change, but we raise the body in two steps. | For one - we tear off the head and shoulders, for two - we reach for the knees. |
| We continue to remain in the same position, but now we raise bent legs and stretch to the knees with the elbows. | Without changing position, for one - we raise our shoulders and head, for two - we turn upper part bodies to the right, three - straight, four - we return to the starting position. Repeat the exercise with a turn to the left. |
| We remain in the same position, only we stretch our arms along the body. | We try to gently raise the pelvis and also smoothly lower. Each exercise is repeated 20 times. |
