Natural Foods that Helped me Remove Belly Fat

It is sometimes incredible to believe that there are natural foods that specializes on removing or melting fats accumulated at the stomach region.  Until you try it, you may never believe.  No matter how long your stomach fat has been with you, with discipline and guidance, you can still get your dream body.  I am a beneficiary of what I am sharing here.  Before sharing the secret foods that helped me, here are a few factors that are suspects when it comes to general body fat accumulation and stomach fat in particular:

Emotional Eating – When you are stressed out, you depend on food to feel better.

Aging – Aging slows down metabolism, and as a result, you start gaining weight.

Hormonal Changes – Hormonal changes can also make you store fat in your belly region instead of any other body part.

Genes – If obesity genes are in your DNA, you will be prone to gaining weight even if you do not indulge in emotional eating.

Medications – Certain medications can inhibit you from losing weight.

Depression – When you are depressed and worried, your stress levels go up. This causes inflammation and inflammation-induced weight gain. Plus, you will be prone to emotional eating.

Alcohol – Drinking too much alcohol can also lead to belly fat gain.

Sedentary Lifestyle – If you are not an active person, you will be prone to gaining belly fat.

Having mentioned the above contributors to stomach fat accumulation,  here are the foods that helped me out of stomach fat and has kept it till date:

1.  Pineapple with Cucumber juice:  These two combination, whether juiced or just chewed whichever way.  They are specialized on stomach fat.  I like them together because, Cucumber helps counter the effect of sugar in pineapples.
2.  Apple.  I prefer green apple when taken on empty stomach.  Enough time must be allowed at least 2 hrs before next meal to enable the acids in Apple deal with the fats.  The fibre will keep you full, while unwanted belly fat is being melted.
3.  Oats:  Yes  I love oats in the morning, it must be taken in moderation with low fat milk.  It was my best breakfast, when dealing with fat generally and in particular, stomach fat.
4.  Coconut oil and olive oil:  if you are determined to deal with stomach fat, the let these two oils be your only oil at least for 3 months.
5.  Eggs:  Egg is a nutrient dense, low calorie food specialised on providing the required nutrients for the body to carry on while stomach fat is being destroyed. At least one boiled egg daily
6.  Avocadoes:  these are good foods that helps burn stomach fat.  Though I usually give it more to coconut oil in my own case.  Avocadoes and other healthy fats keeps you full, deals with cholesterol and in so doing contributes to overall fat deposition including belly fat.
7.  All green vegetables especially (ewedu)
All green vegetables are great in this regard, best taken before bed time in good oil to enable fat burning take place.
8.  Sardines:  sardines without the accompanying vegetable oil, after draining it, I add olive oil.  Sardine is a source of rare omega 3 fatty acids which helps in general fat burning including stomach fat.  At least twice a week, one is okay. 
9.  Lemons and limes:  these twin foods are great for stomach fat reduction, but must be taken cautiously, because they are high in acid, if not they may help deplete good bacteria in the gut.  Best on empty stomach in the morning at least 3 times a week.  They may also cause tooth sensitivity if taken too frequently.
10. Almonds and cashew nuts:  some may add peanuts, but almonds and cashews are best for destroying Tummy fat.  Besides the instigate less inflammatory response unlike peanut, which is highly inflammatory.
11.  Dark chocolate:  This is also great for burning stomach fat especially when taken without milk or with low fat milk.  I usually add a little  powdered  and honey milk.
12.  Natural Honey:  This an ancient food known for dealing with bacteria and fungus that contribute to stomach fat and supply nutrients at the same.  Could be mixed with other spices such as cinnamon, Tumeric, ginger, garlic etc to achieve better effect.

13.  Green tea:  This is good news to lovers of green tea. Green tea is best taken before the last main meal of the day to help achieve this result and should be without milk.

There are several other foods that has helped people in achieving their aim of reducing stomach fat, but these are tested and they are still working to keep the belly from accumulating further fat.  Additionally, plenty of water especially on empty stomach in the morning followed by exercise is a must if you want to get result. When belly fat is reduced, so many ailments would be gone too.

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The importance of Belly Button

The Importance Of Our Navel !
Or The Belly Button.....

Our belly button (NABHI )  is an amazing gift given to us by our creator. A 62 year old man had poor vision in his left eye. He could hardly see especially at night and was told by eye specialists that his eyes were in a good condition but the only problem was that the veins supplying blood to his eyes were dried up and he would never be able to see again.

According to Science, the first part created after conception takes place is the belly button. After it’s created, it joins to the mother’s placenta through the umbilical chord. 

Our belly button is surely an amazing thing! According to science, after a person has passed away, the belly button is still warm for 3 hours the reason being that when a woman conceives a child, her belly button supplies nourishment to the child through the child’s belly button. And a fully grown child is formed in 270 days = 9 months.

This is the reason all our veins are connected to our belly button which makes it the focal point of our body. Belly button is life itself!

The “PECHOTI” is situated behind the belly button which has 72,000 plus veins over it. The total amount of blood vessels we have in our body are equal to twice the circumference of the earth.

Applying oil to belly button CURES dryness of eyes, poor eyesight, pancreas over or under working, cracked heels and lips, keeps face glowing, shiny hair, knee pain, shivering, lethargy, joint pains, dry skin.

*REMEDY For dryness of eyes, poor eyesight, fungus in nails, glowing skin, shiny hair*

At night before bed time, put 3 drops of pure ghee or coconut oil in your belly button and spread it 1 and half inches around your belly button.

*For knee pain*

At night before bed time, put 3 drops of castor oil in your belly button and spread it 1 and half inches around your belly button.

*For shivering and lethargy, relief from joint pain, dry skin*

At night before bed time, put 3 drops of mustard oil in your belly button and spread it 1 and half inches around your belly button.

*WHY PUT OIL IN YOUR BELLY BUTTON?*

You belly button can detect which veins have dried up and pass this oil to it hence open them up.

When a baby has a stomach ache, we normally mix asafoetida (hing) and water or oil and apply around the naval. Within minutes the ache is cured. Oil works the same way.

Try it. There's no harm in trying.

You can keep a small dropper bottle with the required oil next to your bed and drop few drops onto navel and massage it before going to sleep. This will make it convenient to pour and avoid accidental spillage.

I am forwarding this valuable and very useful information received from a very good friend. Its really amazing. A million thanks to the friend. Happy to share it with friends and family

http://healthycarestuff.com/belly-button/

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Managing High Blood Pressure with Nutrition

High blood pressure is one of the most common ailment that most Nigerians battle with from 35yrs and above and sometimes younger adults below 30yrs are being managed for high blood pressure. Nutrition and lifestyle is one of the leading causes of these problems: The subject matter shall be discussed under the following headings:

1.  What is high Blood Pressure
2.  Those at risk of high blood pressure
3.  Causes of high blood pressure
4. Symptoms of high blood pressure
5.  Complications of high blood pressure
6.   Natural foods that reduce high blood pressure
7.  Foods that can raise high blood pressure
8.  Habits that raise blood pressure
9.  Juice and fruits for blood pressure
10.  Spices that tones down blood pressure
11.  Essential oils that helps reduce high blood pressure
12.  Conclusion

1. WHAT IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

When your heart beats, it pumps blood round your body to give it the energy and oxygen it needs.  As the blood moves, it pushes against the sides of the blood vessels.  The strength of this pushing is your blood pressure, if your blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain om your arteries and your heart and this may lead to heart attacks and strokes.

What is normal Blood Pressure

Many people worry about low blood pressure (hypotension) but probably don't need to .  Some people have a blood pressure level that is lower thn normal in general this may be good new, because  the lower your blood pressure is, the lower your risk of stroke or heart disease, however, in a few cases, having low blood pressure can cause problems, so you might need to see a doctor or carry out a test to find our the likely cause.

Two Titles are Generally Used to Refer to High Blood Pressure
They are"
1  Essential Hypertension
2. Secondary Hypertension

1  Essential Hypertension: 

 In as many as 95% of high blood pressure cases can not be found or traced to the cause.  This type of high blood pressure is called essential hypertension.  Though essential hypertension  remains somewhat mysterious, it has been linked to certain risk factors.  High blood pressure sometimes runs in some families.  Age play a major role in all types of high blood pressure

Essential hypertension is also seen to be greatly influenced by diet and lifestyle.  The link between high salt consumption and high blood pressure is no longer news; for instance, people living on the northern islands of Japan eat more salt per capita than anyone else in the world and are known to have the highest cases of essential hypertension.  on the contrary, people who hardly add salt to their food show virtually no traces of essential hypertension.  Most  people with high blood pressure are "salt sensitive, meaning that anything more than the minimal bodily need for salt is too much for them and increases their blood pressure.  Other factors that can raise the risk of having essential hypertension  include:  obesity, diabetes, stress, insufficient intake of potassium,calcium, and magnesium, lack of physical exercise and too much alcohol.

2.  Secondary Hypertension

When a direct cause for high blood pressure  can be identified, the condition is described as secondary hypertension.  Among the known causes of secondary hypertension, kidney disease ranks highest.  Hypertension can also be triggered by tumors or other abnormalities that cause the adrenal glands to secret excess amount of the hormones that elevate blood pressure.  Birth control pills especially those containing estrogen and pregnancy  can boost blood pressure, and are responsible in some cases.

There are two types of blood pressure that exist:

1.  Systolic Blood Pressure:  This is the pressure at the moment the heart pumps the blood

2.  Diastolic Blood Pressure:  This is the blood pressure at the moment the heart relaxes  and takes in blood

2.  THOSE AT RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Certain risk factors or conditions can dis[ose or place you at risk of developing elevated blood pressure, they include:

• Age:  Of course we know that the older you get the more at risk you are, However, there are cases of blood pressure with younger adults probably due to excess weight or other unhealthy lifestyles or medical conditions.
• Too much salt:  People addicted to consuming foods cooked with too much salt especially table salt
• Being Overweight:  Excess body weight will definitely require more pressure for the hert to pump though some cases of overweight do not come with high blood pressure if the person maintains healthy lifestyle., moderate exercise and healthy cholesterol.
• Stress:  Too much stress makes everything worse including high blood pressure
• Too little potassium
• Thyroid problems
• Certain medications such as cold remedies, birth pills
• Family History
• Certain defects may be from birth  can predispose you to high blood pressure

3.  WHAT CAUSES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

The exact cause of high blood pressure sometimes are not known, but several things may play a role including:

• smoking
• being overweight
• Lack of physical exercise
• Too much salt
• Too much alcohol consumption
• Stress
• Old age
• Genetics
• Family history of high blood pressure
• Chronic kidney disease
• Adrenal and thyroid disorders
• Sleep apnea
• Worry - Our lord Jesus says, "
  Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereoff" Carrying  yesterdays pains, todays frusrations, and tomorrows apprehensions may place pressure on the arteries.  They were not designed to work that way, the Creator cautions  "Cast Your Cares upon me" but we wont listen.  Hence High Blood pressure. 

4 \.  SYMPTOMS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE  To be continued

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