nigeria food responsible for your fat belly

 1. Pounded Yam

2. Fufu

3. Garri

4. Starch

5. Rice

6. Bread (Agege & Sliced)

7. Excess Palm Oil based soup/stew

8. Biscuit

9. Soft Drinks

10. Fries

11. Alcohol

12. Flour Snacks from eateries (e.g. Meat pie)

13. Canned Foods & Bottled Drinks

The above foods are the REAL reason why we now grow fat, have big tummy, grow love handles and get “Christian mother arms” and have a huge waist line.

Truth be told, our Nigerian foods (listed above) are EXTREMELY fatty. This is because they contain simple-to-digest, basic sugars that has little real value for your body.

ANd that is why they are referred to as “simple Carbohydrates”.
We’ve been made to believe that eating fats or food that contains fat are responsible for making us fat.
This is the BIGGEST lie that has EVER been told to Man kind. Infact, this Lies has caused a lot of people to get fatter and even sicker.

But today, I’m here to tell you the truth.

The SHOCKING truth is that….

Carbohydrate is RESPONSIBLE for making us fat. To understand Why, let me open your eyes to the science of how fat is being stored in the body.

When you eat carbohydrates based food like Rice or Poundo Yam, your body automatically releases a hormone called “Insulin”.

This insulin controls the level of sugar (which is a by product of carbohydrate) in our body by transporting the excess sugar from the carbohydrate foods into the major organs like the muscles, liver and then STORE the rest of it (excess) in your body fat cells.

When it stores the excess sugar in your body fat cells, that is EXACTLY when you stat seeing the manifestation in the form of bulky thighs, big tummy,flabby arms and love handles etc.

The secretion of insulin in our body is a NATURAL process which is needed to prevent your body from shutting down.

If insulin is not produced to take care of the excess sugar (as a result of the carbohydrate Nigerian foods we eat) in the body, this sugar (which is toxic) can damage some vital organs & clog you arteries and block capillarries.

When you hear that someone has what is called “type 2 diabetes”, this is exactly what is happening to them.

It simply means that their body is no longer able to produce insulin that can handle the large amount of sugar in their blood stream.

In plain terms, they have what is called an elevated level of blod sugar. That is why the Yoruba’s call it “Ito Sugar”

Anyway, from a weight loss point of view….the more food you take from simple and refined carbohydrates, the more insulin your body produces.

…And the more insulin your body produces, the more fat your body will end up storing.

Therefore, to reduce the level of sugar in your body that is being stored in the fat cells by insulin, the best ACTION to take is to cut down and reduce the major fat INDUCING foods that I have listed below in your food diary.

Now you might say…..Olu….if I cut out all these fat inducing simple carbohydrate food, what will I eat?

My answer is….Don’t Panic!

I want you to know that Carbohydrate is very essential for energy production, long life and good health, But that only applies to “Good” carbohydrate.

While bad carbohydrates foods (like the 13 foods above) are referred to as simple carbs, the good carbohydrates are referred to as complex carbohydrates.

Research shows that good carbohydrates increases energy naturally, induce fat burning and improve long-term health

These 17 foods contain a list of Good carbohydrates that you can use to SUBSTITUTE the bad carbohydrates that already exist in your food diary.

I believe that so far, I have been able to OPEN your eyes to defend the lie that Fatty foods are responsible for fatness

In the meantime, I would love you to please post your comments on your experience with this article. Also, if you enjoyed this article, please share the content with your family and friends about these 13 Nigerian Foods that causes Fat!

Thanks for reading.