Is there any fresh fruit juice helpful in belly fat loss?

ctubd1

I’m walking daily 5-7 km but my belly fat is stubborn, especially waist line.

Alatariel75

There's no food, drink, or supplement that's capable of targeting particular areas, unfortunately.

neanderthin

Not really and there's nuance that needs to be taken into account but fruit juice has about half of it's sugar that contain fructose, which doesn't go to muscle glycogen and only replenishes liver glycogen, which isn't very much, and when that's full it's converted to triglycerides and stored in adipose tissue and elevated trigs can be very inflammatory. Also fructose isn't really our friend, it's the first thing that contributes to fatty liver, it doesn't suppress appetite as well as glucose for example so you might not feel as full and it can actually cause leptin resistance, another appetite hormone which also helps regulate body fat and a few other bad actors that can cause harm, especially when over consumed. If your going to consume fruit of any kind, eat whole fruit and not fruit juice simply because of the volume when compared and of course fiber.

On a personal note I would also consume fruit after other foods have been consumed and by that I mean protein and fat because this will pretty much diminish the blood glucose spike that would otherwise occur and one of the main pillars of health imo is to reduce glucose spikes as much as possible for the simple reason they cause glycation which is not what we want to happen (it's basically the main aging factor in every cell and our mitochondria and effects mortality) and if someone's spiking their blood glucose on a regular basis, that's when the poo hits the fan as far as our health is concerned. Personally almost all of my fruit are berries, especially blueberries and with a CGM blueberries don't actually raise my blood sugar at all, and that's in isolation and not with other food, so I eat those mostly.

ninerbuff

Lol, the only fruit juice that works for me is grapefruit juice.........................cause I'll NEVER drink it.


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ctubd1

ctubd1

neanderthin wrote: »

Not really and there's nuance that needs to be taken into account but fruit juice has about half of it's sugar that contain fructose, which doesn't go to muscle glycogen and only replenishes liver glycogen, which isn't very much, and when that's full it's converted to triglycerides and stored in adipose tissue and elevated trigs can be very inflammatory. Also fructose isn't really our friend, it's the first thing that contributes to fatty liver, it doesn't suppress appetite as well as glucose for example so you might not feel as full and it can actually cause leptin resistance, another appetite hormone which also helps regulate body fat and a few other bad actors that can cause harm, especially when over consumed. If your going to consume fruit of any kind, eat whole fruit and not fruit juice simply because of the volume when compared and of course fiber.

On a personal note I would also consume fruit after other foods have been consumed and by that I mean protein and fat because this will pretty much diminish the blood glucose spike that would otherwise occur and one of the main pillars of health imo is to reduce glucose spikes as much as possible for the simple reason they cause glycation which is not what we want to happen (it's basically the main aging factor in every cell and our mitochondria and effects mortality) and if someone's spiking their blood glucose on a regular basis, that's when the poo hits the fan as far as our health is concerned. Personally almost all of my fruit are berries, especially blueberries and with a CGM blueberries don't actually raise my blood sugar at all, and that's in isolation and not with other food, so I eat those mostly.

So for belly fat, what you suggest ?
Exercise ?

neanderthin

ctubd1 wrote: »

neanderthin wrote: »

Not really and there's nuance that needs to be taken into account but fruit juice has about half of it's sugar that contain fructose, which doesn't go to muscle glycogen and only replenishes liver glycogen, which isn't very much, and when that's full it's converted to triglycerides and stored in adipose tissue and elevated trigs can be very inflammatory. Also fructose isn't really our friend, it's the first thing that contributes to fatty liver, it doesn't suppress appetite as well as glucose for example so you might not feel as full and it can actually cause leptin resistance, another appetite hormone which also helps regulate body fat and a few other bad actors that can cause harm, especially when over consumed. If your going to consume fruit of any kind, eat whole fruit and not fruit juice simply because of the volume when compared and of course fiber.

On a personal note I would also consume fruit after other foods have been consumed and by that I mean protein and fat because this will pretty much diminish the blood glucose spike that would otherwise occur and one of the main pillars of health imo is to reduce glucose spikes as much as possible for the simple reason they cause glycation which is not what we want to happen (it's basically the main aging factor in every cell and our mitochondria and effects mortality) and if someone's spiking their blood glucose on a regular basis, that's when the poo hits the fan as far as our health is concerned. Personally almost all of my fruit are berries, especially blueberries and with a CGM blueberries don't actually raise my blood sugar at all, and that's in isolation and not with other food, so I eat those mostly.

So for belly fat, what you suggest ?
Exercise ?

There's no specific thing that focuses on belly fat and we don't have any of your stats so it's hard to give advice. Someone that is obese compared to someone thin but has a lot of stomach fat might be a different strategy. I would never run, I hate running but for cardio I've played hockey my whole life and still do at 71 and I play squash, swim and play golf but for your goal, weight training would be the key facilitator. You need to be in a deficit in order to lose your belly fat and the weight training and higher protein and a quality protein is preferable, which to me that means animal protein and that will help maintain the lean mass you have so when your losing weight it will be mostly body fat and when your particular genetics allow, your gut fat will also come down, but that is really based on your commitment and really utilizing the weight training in a progressive way where you continually add weight, building mostly strength and if weight training is something new to you, then you will more than likely put on some muscle in the first 6 months or so.

Personally I had a few health issues many years ago like insulin resistance, arthritis, stomach and skin issues and I wanted to lose 60 lbs and after fumbling around for almost 2 years without much success I eventually ended up on a low carb diet, which progressed to a ketogenic diet which helped me personally ameliorate all of my problems but your going to need to find what works for you as far as diet is concerned and a lot of people are going to say it's all about calories, but just keep in mind when they say calories it really means food, we don't actually eat calories, we eat food and like I said I would focus on protein. Good luck, I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Retroguy2000

The simple answer is you need to lower your calories in.

tomcustombuilder

There is nothing, no food, drink or pills that burn fat.

Where fat comes off of your body first and last is determined by your genetics. Take in fewer calories than you burn and you’ll lose fat. Be sure to get in enough protein.

Fatloss is a product of a consistent weekly calorie deficit over time

ctubd1

Thanks a lot guys
I am keeping the deficit and walking
Let’s see how far that takes me to.
I’m feeling that I am losing inches but weight wise nill

Corina1143

Keep losing inches and eventually weight loss will follow.