Having a belly fat is bad for our health as it always associated with various diseases that may be fatal if not cured immediately. Some people are trying to lose belly fat simply because it looks ugly carrying a bulging stomach. Lots researches have been done on the effect of belly fat to a person's health risk, and most of the studies have shown that belly fat is associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma, Dementia, and Alzheimer.

Losing belly fat requires a lot of extra efforts, thus, doing crunches and sit ups will not help you burn the fats. Here are some ways which you should include in your healthy routine:

#1 - Drink Water To Keep You Hydrated

Water is very important to regulate your metabolic rate as well as help to maintain the body functions. Experts say that you need to finish your 8 glasses of water a day in order for your workouts and dieting to be as efficient ad effective as you wished. 

#2 - Get 7-Hour of Sleep

Sleeping less than 7 hours a night will never help you lose excessive fats, this is because you tend to eat more when you lack of sleep. Your body will produce appetite hormone known as ghrelin when you don't get enough of sleep, thus making you want to eat high calories or sugary food. Apart from that, your body would produce cortisol because you get stressed resulted from not enough sleep.

#3 - Strength and Burst Training

Cardio, crunches and sit ups are not enough to help you lose your belly fat, in fact, you should consider combining cardio with strength training. Burst training has been recommended by celebrity trainers because it require you to perform short high-intensity training and then at recovery pace for a minute before you start againw ith the high-intensity training (HIIT). This training would not only burn the fats, but also help you tone your muscle even hours after you have stopped your workout for the day.