A particularly rebellious area
In his view, therefore, both factors are important. “Both diet and exercise are essential to get a flat stomach. Maybe the priority is diet that makes us lose fat in general and also exercises focused on the abdomen. If only the first one is done, we will lose fat, but not the desired abdominal fat “, explains the doctor.
And we can not forget that the abdomen is an area of the body in which more tendency to accumulate fat, in both men and women, especially with his arrival menopause. “There are many layers of fat in the abdomen, some of which are very old and therefore very attached to the abdomen, so it is quite difficult to eliminate them only with diet. If cardio and abdominal exercises are performed at the same time as the diet, the oldest and deepest layers of fat will be welded from the abdomen, so it will be easier for them to be eliminated, ”says the doctor.