Everybody knows how great vegetables are but can vegetables really help to burn belly fat? Outrageous you say?
Well not at all...
You see we exist in a world where our food systems contain many chemicals and our surrounding is exposed to pollutants such herbicides, pesticides and petrochemicals agents. Even if live in a low pollution neighborhood and try to eat organically, there is in reality no way to totally stay away from them. Now some of these chemicals and pollutants in fact have the effect of increasing the belly fat on both men and women.
The type of chemicals that have this effect are called xenoestrogens and they can be found virtually everywhere in our modern world in our food, our environment, in our water supply and even in our cosmetics and household cleaners. It is just about impossible to completely avoid being exposed to these xenoestrogens.
So what is the effect of these xenoestrogens?
Simple. They stimulate our bodies to keep the belly fat which means over time, our belly fat will increase.
Since you cannot avoid xenoestrogens, so what can you do to defend yourself?
Fortunately, we can do a lot regarding it. Most significantly, you can protect yourself against the effect of xenoestrogens by eating certain types of food. Certain spices, tea and vegetables have been shown to combat the effects of xenoestrogens and assist you burn belly fat. But if you truly need to know, one of the best types of food is cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, brussel sprouts, kale, bok choy, broccoli and cauliflower.
Cruciferous vegetables contain some terrific compounds and one of these is phytonutrients. There is one unique phytonutrient called indole-3-carbinole (I3C) that have been revealed to fight the effect of xenoestrogens and help you burn belly fat quicker and more efficiently. It is great to know too that indole-3-carbinole also has strong anti-oxidant and anti-cancer effects and helps to improve heart health.
Now that's proof yet again how indispensable vegetables are to healthy living.
So add these cruciferous vegetables to your daily food intake and burn belly fat earlier than you think possible.
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