Cooking oil that can help you do away with the stubborn and harmful belly fat

Dhwani Vora | Mar 17, 2020, 11:14 IST
If you're wanting to lose some weight and dread belly fat, you must keep a check on the food that you eat. Refined carbs, sugar and saturated fats is the major reason why you have a protruding belly. Your diet is very important when it comes to losing the dangerous belly fat. This kind of fat is a build-up of intra-abdominal adipose tissue, a type of fat that sits around the major organs that includes kidneys, pancreas and the liver. Hence, it becomes really important to pick on what goes in your system and what doesn't.

One such cooking oil that can come to your rescue is the very healthy and versatile - coconut oil. Coconut as well as all its forms including the oil are under the category of a superfood that contain many health benefits. The content present in this oil have a positive effect on your body which also includes fat loss, better functions of other organs and heart health. The oils can really help you even out the belly fat and overall excess weight as well.

Here's how the coconut oil can reduce the dangerous belly fat:

- Increases good cholesterol: Coconut oil has natural saturated fats that increases HDL (good) cholesterol levels in the body and it can also reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. The same indirectly leads to loss in fat.

- MCT factor: Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) can increase the number of calories that your body burns. One more good part of MCT based oils is that they can very much reduce hunger pangs that keeps you away from unwanted calories. MCT oil leads to weight loss as well as increased expenditure.

Bottom line: Apart from including coconut oil in your diet, you can also maintain a healthy and well-balanced diet. You also need to give your body some activity or exercise for 30 minutes a day in order to do away with the belly fat. Although, this oil is also high in calories so only consume it in small quantities and keep a track on your calorie intake.
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