In middle age, many male friends found that in addition to facing the trouble of baldness, their belly is also constantly changing, and their belly is getting bigger and bigger, making them classified as greasy uncles from the outside.
A bigger belly will not only affect your image, but also affect your health. This makes many men wonder why the handsome guy with a plain belly when he was young became a greasy uncle with a big belly when he reached middle age?
Why do men get bigger and bigger when they reach middle age?
Reason 1: Hormone level drops
When people reach middle age, hormone secretion will also be affected, and the amount of androgen secretion will decrease, Growth hormone , testosterone levels will change, so that the body's ability to synthesize muscles will become worse, the abdominal muscles will become loose, and fat will easily be produced, and internal organs will sag, so that the stomach will gradually grow bigger.
plus many office workers like to sit for a long time or cross their legs. The abdominal stress is the weakest, and the abdominal muscles will gradually become loose. The abdominal muscles are the least memory-free of all muscles and the easiest to disappear first. Once they become loose, the internal organs will easily sag, and fat will accumulate more easily, forming a vicious cycle, and easily grow beer belly.
Reason 2: Bad eating habits
In life, many men prefer big fish and meat, like to gather with friends and colleagues and drink and play cards. Some men may have to socialize frequently due to work reasons. In this way, they often eat these foods with high fat, sugar and salt content. In addition, smoking and drinking, their metabolic ability will become worse over time, and fat will slowly accumulate, thus making their stomachs bigger.
Reason 3: High pressure, often staying up late
Many male friends have a lot of stress in their work and life, often working overtime and staying up late. Some men like to play games at night and will go to bed very late when watching games. This way, lack of sleep for a long time and excessive stress will easily cause hormone secretion in the body to be disordered and the basal metabolic rate will decrease. In addition, if you do not pay attention to diet and exercise, your stomach will naturally become bigger.
Reason 4: Cause of the disease
Spleen deficiency can also easily make the stomach bigger. People with spleen deficiency have poor ability to transport and transform water and grain essence and weaken their digestive function, which will easily cause fat accumulation, edema, and their stomachs will not be small.
If you not only have bigger stomachs, but also have loose stools, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and edema on your legs, it is likely that you have spleen deficiency.
and Diabetes may also cause the stomach to grow bigger. Many people may think that people with diabetes are mostly thinners. In fact, many people with type 2 diabetes are fat. After all, individual differences are different, and diabetes is a metabolic disease. With the influence of drugs and diseases, some people may become bigger.
Know the reason why the belly becomes bigger, so we can fundamentally solve the problem of big belly.
How do middle-aged men lose their big belly?
If it is caused by a disease, you first need to regulate your body and control the disease, so that your belly will naturally shrink.
If it is caused by diet, you must control your daily total calorie intake, keep your diet light, eat less high-calorie and high-fat foods to avoid fat accumulation.
If it is caused by low exercise, you need to increase your exercise volume and burn excess fat to lose weight, and your belly will naturally lose.
If it is caused by stress and sleep, then you must learn to release stress, regulate your mood, change the bad habit of staying up late, and develop regular routines. If you persist in this way, your big belly will gradually decrease.
