Difference of male obesity from female.
The peculiarity of male obesity is that in most cases it passes through the abdominal type with fat deposition in the abdominal region. In women, with obesity, the deposition of fat occurs more in the region of the thighs and buttocks. Abdominal obesity, or central, is considered more dangerous, as it can cause more diseases such as cerebral circulation and stroke, coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
If a man's waist is equal to the volume of his hips or exceeds it, then this is the main sign of abdominal male obesity. Very often, this obesity is associated with abnormalities in the endocrine system of the male body, mainly with the formation of testosterone (the main sex hormone of a man). The amount of this hormone reaches its peak by the age of thirty, and then gradually begins to decrease, which leads to weight gain. Here there is a vicious circle: a small amount of testosterone leads to an increase in the store of fat, and excess fat, in turn, helps reduce testosterone (a substance produced in adipose tissue - leptin, blocks the production of the hormone).
Over time, this condition leads to the fact that a man on the background of obesity and a decrease in testosterone may show irritability, decreased sexual activity, as well as some problems with the sex glands (prostate adenoma, prostatitis).
What should be a diet for men?
A rigid diet for a man is not exactly needed. After some time with such a diet in the brain of a man activates the appetite center, as a result, he will have a brutal appetite. A man will throw a diet and very soon return all lost, moreover, adding to that extra pounds.
However, for weight loss diet is still needed. Need not even so much the diet itself, as the control of calories consumed with food, taking into account the physical exertion. In order to achieve successful weight loss for men, it is recommended to calculate the caloric intake of food that will correspond to the physical loads of the male, after which this calorie content will be reduced by 500 kilocalories each month until the figure that determines the minimum requirements is achieved. For example, for men who do not engage in active physical labor, this value will be 1500-2000 kcal. People who are actively engaged in manual labor are usually not familiar with the problems of excess weight.
To diet was not a burden, you simply need to exclude from it products that increase fat deposits. Such products include fatty meat, fried, smoked, fatty, spicy dishes, alcohol (particularly beer). Under the ban will be and products such as ice cream, cakes, sweet fizzy drinks, although they are much less worried about men.
You can and even need to eat fish and meat low-fat varieties, as well as low-fat cottage cheese, cheese, sour-milk products. Very beneficial for metabolism and digestion are products that are enriched with complex carbohydrates: cereals (in the form of oatmeal and buckwheat porridge), vegetables. Fructose and glucose (simple carbohydrates) can be obtained from fruits.
It is important to know that eating should be 5-6 times a day, in small portions - then there will not be a feeling of hunger, and the energy of the gastrointestinal tract will be constantly consumed for food processing.
There are also emergency cases, and less often than in women. Sometimes it is urgent to lose weight by some day. Especially for these cases, men developed a two-week diet based on scoring. Each food corresponds to its own number of points. Having used this or that product, it is necessary to keep records of the glasses corresponding to it. You can not score more than forty points per day. As a result, you can reset to seven kilograms in two weeks.
Appropriate points for the most common products:
For 1 point - 100 grams of boiled fish, meat, poultry, seafood, mushrooms, boiled egg;
5 glasses - 100 grams of stewed or boiled lentils, beans, borsch or vegetable soup (250 milliliters), 200 grams of cottage cheese, 300 grams of vegetables (fresh, baked, boiled), a glass of kefir, a small piece of cheese;
For 10 points - cookies, medium-sized apple, a slice of bread, a glass of dry wine, 100 grams of garnish (pasta, potatoes, porridge), a glass of freshly squeezed juice;
For 20 points - any cake or candy, two tablespoons of jam, a couple of bits of bitter chocolate, a tablespoon of butter, two teaspoons of sugar, vegetable oil or mayonnaise.
In addition, a day should be consumed from one and a half to two liters of liquid. It can be pure water or mineral water without gas, herbal or green tea.
And remember that men need a diet as much as women.