3 secrets to lose weight and slim your belly that very few people know

Losing weight without exercising is the dream of many people and the following 3 tips can help you achieve it.

1. Eat plenty of grains and protein-rich foods

Whole grains are not only a healthy and heart-healthy food, but they can also help you lose belly fat very effectively. In a study by Pennsylvania State University, scientists divided dieters into groups and those who ate normally but ate more whole grains.

The results showed that people who ate cereals lost twice as much belly fat as the diet group. Cereals reduce the production of insulin, a hormone that encourages fat storage, thereby helping us lose belly fat more easily.

Another familiar nutritional ingredient that helps fight belly fat is protein-rich foods. In a Danish study of 60 men and women, those who followed a diet that included 25% of calories from protein lost weight and fat nearly twice as fast as those who ate less protein.

2. Choose watermelon for dessert

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Nutrition, scientists have discovered that the amino acid arginine, a substance found in abundance in the nutritional composition of watermelon, has the ability to promote rapid weight loss.

Researchers supplemented the diets of obese mice with arginine for three months and found that doing so significantly reduced body fat. The fat loss was a whopping 64%.

According to research reports, adding this acid to your diet helps increase the oxidation of fat and glucose while supporting muscle growth, which in turn burns more calories. Instead of having cake or ice cream for dessert, a light dessert of watermelon will bring many benefits to your weight.

3. Do not leave the lights on while sleeping

Professor Randy Nelson and his colleagues at Ohio State University in Columbus (USA) discovered that mice exposed to light at night weighed at least 10% more than other mice even though these mice ate the same total number of calories and did the same amount of exercise.

Exposure to light at night can alter genes, biological clocks, alter an individual's metabolism and thereby lead to weight gain. From this study, scientists encourage people who intend to lose weight to limit the light too bright when sleeping.

According to AloBacsi.vn