Smoothy Slim
Smoothy Slim
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Are you looking for a way to lose abdominal fat? Patrick Friedli, MD, the medical director of Munson's Healthy Weight Center, may have one of the simplest ways to shed a few pounds: Eliminate sugary beverages from your diet. Yes, that means you should quit drinking pop.
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Learn More »Are you looking for a way to lose abdominal fat? Patrick Friedli, MD, the medical director of Munson’s Healthy Weight Center, may have one of the simplest ways to shed a few pounds: Eliminate sugary beverages from your diet. Yes, that means you should quit drinking pop. “Time and time again, if I can convince someone to give up pop or sugar-sweetened beverages, they drop weight,” Dr. Friedli says. Sugary drinks lead to a vicious cycle of cravings and additional sugar intake—a path he has fallen into as well. “I’m a recovered Diet Coke-aholic,” he says, sharing that his sugar-drinking habit led to more sugar in his diet. “Even though the label says no calories, it’s a false assurance.” A typical 12-ounce can of pop contains the equivalent of nine sugar packets—just like the type of packets you put in your morning coffee. And a 20-ounce bottle contains close to 17 sugar packets. That’s a lot of sugar in a serving that can impact your waistline quickly. To explain the process of how drinking sugar leads to an increase in waistline, Dr. Friedli likes to use a clock metaphor. Imagine that 12 o’clock represents when you intake sugar. By 3 o’clock, you have a spike in insulin. Insulin’s job is to regulate body sugar. If you’re not physically active, your muscles don’t need the sugar so it’s delivered to your liver, and the remaining sugar goes to belly fat. When this belly fat accumulates sugar, 6 o’clock represents insulin resistance, or Type 2 Diabetes. “This has a lot to do with abdominal circumference,” Dr. Friedli says. “When it comes to our waist size, the so-called ‘beer belly’ can be renamed ‘sugar belly’ or ‘extra carbohydrate belly.’ When we consume more carbohydrates than we can burn, the insulin is going to dump it to where it’s easiest—which is belly fat.” Abdominal circumference is part of what the Healthy Weight Center measures in their healthy weight program. A circumference above 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women is considered high risk for Type 2 Diabetes or insulin resistance. Back to the clock metaphor, when we accumulate too much abdominal fat—also known as visceral fat—we look at 9 o’clock. Visceral fat sends signals to our brain to make us hungrier and we crave what started the whole process to begin with—sugar. We’re now back to 12 o’clock, consuming more sugar. In addition to pop, juice can also spike insulin and cause weight gain. While there are vitamins in juice, these vitamins don’t outweigh the negative effects of drinking too much sugar.
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Learn More »So how can you quit drinking sugar? Well, it’s certainly not by switching over to diet sodas. “There’s no benefit to diet soda,” Dr. Friedli says. “It’s terrible. It adds to your cravings.” If you are contemplating making the switch, Dr. Friedli recommends a rewards system to act as a diversion and making sure your environment encourages this change. “If pop is in the environment, relapse rates are high, similar to quitting smoking—if you see it, you’re more likely to relapse. Out of sight, out of mind would be essential.” While making a lifestyle change, Dr. Friedli also recommends keeping his “75210 Zip Code for Health” in mind. 7 – How many breakfasts a week you should be eating. Preferably not high-sugar cereal, but foods with more protein.
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