Beer Belly

You have heard a lot about beer and the effects of drinking too much of it. One of the effects that you have been hearing is the "Beer Belly". Have you heard about it? What you have heard about beer belly? 

Some would say that beer belly is caused by drinking too much beer or drinking regularly. People say that when men and women have big bellies, they might assume that they are heavy drinkers of beer.

If you are one of those people who have same conclusion then you are one of them who have wrong premises therefore arriving at the wrong conclusion.

Drinking beer is not the sole reason for getting big waist size. There's a big probability that you have met people with big stomach and yet they are not drinking beers nor have even tasted it in their entire life.

Having big tummy is called abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity, popularly known as belly fat, is the accumulation of abdominal fat resulting in an increase in waist size. (Wikipedia)

There are few questions listed below why there's such thing as beer belly. Here's some of it and the answer.

Why the term Beer Belly was coined?

Everytime we eat, we consume calories. Beer is rich in calories. If drinkers take too much of it then there's a likelihood that beer drinker will have fat bellies.

What are the other reasons why people are getting fat stomach?

Net energy imbalance is the explanation why we have large bellies. This is the imbalance of energy usage of our body and calorie consumption. Calories will be converted into energy if used. As we already know, calorie came from whatever we eat. You will definitely have big belly if you are consuming too much food and won’t use it.

How can we avoid getting beer belly? 

There are two simple things you should remember - balance lifestyle and eating properly. Eating too much is not good. Being slothful too will not just make you plump, it will make you worthless in life.

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