There is a magic way to eliminate the beer belly that affects sleep quality

The "fat belly" around the abdomen is a nightmare for many middle-aged men. Having a beer belly not only affects one's appearance, but also has a very adverse effect on one's health. The British Daily Mail recently reported that beer belly is an important factor causing poor sleep quality. 15% of men successfully improved their sleep apnea and other problems after successfully reducing their beer belly, and also reduced the risk of diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Middle-aged men sit in the office for long periods of time and have many social events at night, so beer belly is gradually becoming the biggest threat to their health. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Why do we have beer bellies?

Although most people directly attribute the "big belly" to men drinking too much beer, hence the name "beer belly", according to research by the German Federal Society of Nutritional Medicine, the beer belly is actually related to men's genetic genes. Just like women's obesity starts from the buttocks, men mostly store fat in the abdomen. Men often wear belts when wearing pants, and when they sit in the office immediately after a meal, the belt tightens the abdomen before the body fat is metabolized, accelerating the formation of a beer belly.

A beer belly causes low levels of beneficial high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) in men's bodies, making them more susceptible to high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, etc. In addition, abdominal fat cells are more active than other parts of the body and are more likely to enter the blood and flow into the liver in the form of free fat, thus causing cardiovascular disease.

There are ways to eliminate beer belly

Starting with losing weight is the most basic method. When adjusting your diet, you should choose more cooked food and eat less lettuce salad or raw and cold food. Raw and cold food will accumulate in the large intestine and produce carbon dioxide, which can easily cause abdominal bulge. And the main goal should be to lose fat, and avoid high-fat or greasy food.

In addition, the adjustment of sleep schedule is also very important. Many people are often unable to close their eyes and rest in the middle of the night due to work or external affairs. This disrupts the body's biological clock and causes the fat that should be naturally metabolized to accumulate in the body and is not easy to consume.

You should set aside more than 3 times a week for exercise. Hiking, brisk walking or aerobic exercise are all very suitable exercises for burning fat. If you want to exercise in the gym, you should finish before 10 pm, because after 10 pm is the human body's sleep time. If you exercise at this time, it will cause over-excitement of the nervous system and affect your mental state.