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Get Your Best Bikini Abs Fast
Posted by Bianca Kellaway on June 19, 2012 
In order to get your best bikini bod, all you need to do is follow these easy tips. You will lose that stubborn belly fat quickly and without too much pain.
How to Lose Stubborn Belly Fat
Until recently, everyone thought endless hours of cardio and 1,000 crunches per day were necessary evils if you wanted to achieve a rocking bod and a six pack. Discard that notion. The latest respected research shows that getting a great bikini body is easier and much less painful than we thought.
What they’ve discovered is that there is actually a lot more to losing belly fat than working out like a maniac, or depriving yourself of some of your favorite foods. In fact, the most recent and respected research tells us anyone can do it, no matter how they’re “wired.”
Hormones actually play a more important role than either food, or exercise when it comes to losing belly fat. These can be managed rather easily and quickly.
Hormones: Lose Belly Fat by Learning to Control Them
Hormones are kind of like the body’s soldiers; the brain signals hormones to be released into the bloodstream and perform a certain job. The two most important hormones that have the biggest impact on losing belly fat are cortisol and insulin.
Insulin is related to blood sugar and diabetes. You’ve probably heard that those with insulin resistance may have more belly fat. Here is how insulin works and what it can do for you.
Your body converts food (mainly carbohydrates) into glucose (a form of sugar) so that it can be used for energy. Every cell in your body uses glucose, but muscle cells use it the most. Glucose can’t pass thought a cell’s wall without the help of insulin, however. When your body senses glucose in your blood, it sends insulin out to transport it into your cells.
If your metabolism is not running right, either due to disease or bad eating habits, your cells become resistant to insulin. When this happens, glucose wanders aimlessly through your bloodstream and high blood sugar results.
How does this affect belly fat? Since your body can’t get this glucose you’re your muscle and organ cells, it converts this glucose into fat and stores it in your abdomen.
Cortisol is a stress hormone. It directs the storage of belly fat in times of crisis or extreme hunger. Many of us are stressed on a daily basis and also skip meals frequently due to busy schedules. Both of these things send a shot of cortisol directly into the bloodstream, where it takes the fat we eat and stores it for later instead of allowing your body to use it as fuel.
So How Do You Control These Hormones?
Listen up: this is where the news gets really, really good! You can make a huge impact on these hormones and lose belly fat quickly simply by reducing stress and eating a lot. Yes, to lose belly fat, eat more food and eat it more often. Also, get enough sleep, laugh more and relax. Here’s why…
Studies show that skipping meals or even going a few hours between meals releases tons of both insulin and cortisol. By eating regularly, you’ll keep your blood sugar steady and your brain won’t think there is a food shortage and will not release either hormone. Without that release of cortisol, your body will see no reason to store that fat, or to keep the belly fat that’s already stored. It will begin turning this belly fat back into glucose and burning it for energy.
Research shows that lack of sleep and irregular sleep also releases cortisol. People who sleep less than six hours a night have as much as 20% more belly fat and an additional six inches around their waistline than people who sleep 8 hours a night.
Vitamin C plays a powerful role in balancing cortisol and insulin as well. Vitamin C lowers the amount of cortisol released and stimulates carnitine production, which is involved in fat storage. Take at least 500 mg twice per day for fast fat burning results.
How to Use This Knowledge
Get motivated and use this knowledge to lose that stubborn belly fat! Combined with a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise, you will begin to see a dramatic difference in your body.
So, what are you waiting for? Get out there and flaunt your hot bikini-ready bod. After all, you’ve worked hard for it, but shhh, don’t tell anyone it wasn’t that hard!