Hello!
In my previous email, I outlined the 3 different reasons why we can get back fat.
- High Insulin- The hormone that creates the muffin top AND back fat
- Cortisol- The stress hormone. Cortisol releases excess insulin as a stress response
- Atrophy. The accelerated wasting away of actual muscle.
Lets start with how to lower insulin-
-Stop mindlessly snacking and grazing.
-Lower your sugar intake by using my Sugar Formula -
Take the amount of carbohydrates in a product on the ingredient label and divide it by 4.
This tells you how many teaspoons of sugar are actually in the product.
Here is an example:
Corn vs broccoli –Corn has 19 carbs (about 5tsps of sugar) vs broccoli has only 7 carbs per serving= (1.75 tsps of sugar).
Just changing the vegetable you eat cuts down the amount of sugar you have at that meal profoundly!
Speaking of vegetables, that is the next way to help lower insulin.
Eat more greens for their potassium content.
Greens are a wonderful source of potassium.
Potassium decreases the need for insulin meaning they can help stop you from creating more back fat!
Stay tuned for how to get your cortisol levels in balance!
In Health,
Christine Fitzgerald
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