Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Losing Love Handles - Cardio is More Than Burning Unused Calories


Losing Love Handles - Cardio is More Than Burning Unused Calories: "You’ve probably heard enough about getting off your butt to lose belly fat. Fair enough. What you didn’t know is that getting your body moving is more than just the traditional view of “burning fat” and making love handles go away.

Most people don’t understand that one of the greatest values of keeping your body moving to keep blood flowing.

Everybody learns in third grade that blood carries nutrients to the cells of the body. But what we all fail to fully understand is that blood also carries the weight of functions and systems that keep the body clean and efficient.

Besides delivering the white blood cells that fight infection and germ invasion, the cardiovascular system also runs the lymphatic system, which cleans out toxins.

Your body, believe it or not, creates fat to protect itself from toxins and acidity in your system. So your love handles aren’t just the result of eating fatty, sugary foods. They’re actually working to save your life!

That’s right -- excess body fat is a symptom of a bigger problem."

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