Why pot belly occurs those consume regular alcohol

A pot belly is a term for excess abdominal fat around the middle .Whether it's called beer belly, pot belly or spare tire it's a expanding waistline which cause serious health problem. It does not  occur only by drinking beer but from any  alcoholic drink can cause it. Hard liquor alone have less calories than beer, it might take longer time for a beer belly to grow. But it's always possible when you are taking more calories than you burn. You should be worry about the implication it has for your health. The abdominal fat characteristic of a pot belly is called visceral fat. Carrying around excess amount of visceral fat raises your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Too much visceral fat can also put you a higher risk of colon cancer and sleep apnea .

Alcohol consumption is directly associated with waist circumstances and with a higher risk of abdominal obesity. Study shown men who drank more than three drink per day were 80% more likely to have a lot of belly fat than the men who did not drink as much.

How alcohol effect the pot belly 

Alcohol reduces the amount of fat your body burns for energy. it is called fat sparing. where by alcohol presence spare the fat from being utilised for energy. Carbohydrates, protein , fat need to be slowly digested before being used by body. This does not happen  when alcohol is present . In fact alcohol get special privilege and need no digestion . Alcohol molecule use through the stomach wall as soon as they arrive and can reach the brain and liver in minutes.

Alcohol arrives in liver for processing where most of you drink is converted to acetate -this is what your body burn instead of fat. This fat adding weight around your middle.

Alcohol is also very high in calories. Pure alcohol contain 7 kcal/gm which is almost twice than the calories of carbohydrates and protein that is 4kcal/gm. Only fewer less than the caloric value of fat which is 9kcal/gm. more calories means more weight around the belly.

Another reason that alcohol consumption increase your appetite. After alcohol consumption we eat additional unhealthy food which also high in calories such as barbecue meat, sausages and other fatty food. actually drinker said that fatty food reduce the level of drunkenness . This unhealthy and fatty food increase the additional  calories intake and fat accumulation around the belly.

Alcohol also leads to dropping the blood sugar level. This leads to lethargy and lethargy leads to reduce activity which implies that less calories are burned. The burning of less calories increases the accumulation of fat and hence pot belly.

A typical beer has a 150 calories. If you drink several glass of beer in one sitting you end with a serious calorie overload which leads to weight gain and pot belly.

Men have a higher risk than women

The link between weight gain and drinking alcohol is more stronger in men than women. This is because men tend to drink more than women. Men are also much more like to have fat around the belly when they gain weight.

Another reason men may be at higher risk of getting the pot belly is due to alcohol's effect on male sex hormone testosterone. Drinking alcoholic drink lowers the level of testosterone. Low level of testosterone may increase your risk of weight gain, specially around the belly.

women are more like to have a fat at thighs and hips first and then on the waist line when they gain weight. So men are more prone to having a pot belly than women and have more risk to diabetes and heart disease.

Way to reducing the belly fat

An effective way to lose belly fat is putting the fat to good to use to fuel for cardiovascular exercise. Giving up beer and other high caloric foods, in place of these consuming whole grain, green leafy vegetables, fruits, nuts, sea food, lean cut of meat can help to create a calorie deficit of 500 calories daily. This can help you in losing weight.

Beer and any alcoholic drink can cause the pot belly.  person with a pot belly are at high risk of many health problems like heart disease, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, sleep alpnea, some type of cancers. To save ourselves from risk of this type of diseases we have to reduce our belly in a healthy way by balanced diet and exercise. 

Drink moderately to live healthy