Some of the benefits of fat in our diet
Brain health – Our brain is made up of mainly fat and water protein. It needs fat to function properly. Not only this, fat regulates our heart beat and maintains our blood pressure.
Fat maintains our hormonal balance. Many complications in our body are mainly due to the hormonal imbalances which cause food cravings, increase in hunger, tiredness, and weightgain. It satisfies our hunger and controls our cravings. It strengthens our immune system and prevents us from falling sick easily. It keeps our nail, skin and hair healthy. Not only this Fat actually helps in burning of fat.
We need to increase the intake of Good fats such as nuts, avocados, olive oil, sunflower oil, salmon, peanut butter and avoid bad fats such as margarine, cheese, icecream, cakes, French fries, burgers etc.
Our body needs fat to function normally. So instead of avoiding fat, enjoy healthy fat in moderation.
2. Lifting weights will make women look like Hulk.
Most women are scared of weight training thinking it will make them muscular like men. The fact is that we women do not produce the right hormones to produce large bulky muscles. Our body needs specific diet and supplements and weight training programs to bulk up.
Whether men or women, muscles are beneficial for everyone. Having muscles in our body have many benefits and weight training must be introduced in everybody's workout routine.
Benefits of muscles
Muscles increase our metabolism. They help us lose calories even when we are resting. Muscles make our body lean by replacing fat. Weight training makes our bones strong and prevent us from diseases such as osteoporosis, a condition of brittle bones, most common in women. Weight training reduces our tummy fat and gives us a flatter stomach.
3. No Pain No Gain
When you get into exercising, you might experience some muscle soreness because of the workout and the muscle contractions during the workouts. This is expected, but if you are experiencing pain in the back, neck and joints then you need to listen to your body. More pain doesn’t always mean more gain.
It is fine to push yourself, to challenge your body to the next level but there is a difference between pain and discomfort . if you are in genuine pain, then that’s a sign that you are doing something wrong and that you need to change your workout or slow down, before you hurt yourself.
4. If you are not sweating enough, you are not working hard enough
It might be true to some extent, because when you are sweating, you are losing water, so it’s the water weight that you are losing which will be regained once you rehydrate. You are sweating because your body is overheated and that’s just a way for the body to cool down. But sweating doesnt mean that you are losing weight. You can avoid sweat and still burn plenty of calories for example by going for a long walk or doing some light weight training. You will sweat less but still be burning calories.
5. Ab training will burn belly fat
Ab training does not reduce belly fat. Rather, it helps in strengthening the Core muscles. In order to have those visible abs, you need to first reduce the belly fat to some extent. You need to have a low percentage of belly fat for those visible abs.
6. If you didn't exercise when you were young, its dangerous to start when you are older
Whether you are young or old, you will only benefit from exercise so do not worry about being too old to start exercising as long as you pay attention to your body’s limits. In fact, exercise at older age must be encouraged even more, because of the benefits it brings. It will improve the blood circulation and will lead to faster recovery. It will improve the body and make the older people less susceptible to falling and injuring themselves. Exercise will improve their memory. So never think twice to encourage your elders to exercise. You will only be helping them become less dependant on others.
