Dieting

One of the ways to get rid of man boobs is to monitor your diet. Since many cases of man boobs are simply due to excess fat, you should monitor your daily caloric intake. In order to lose weight, you must burn more calories than you intake. To lose one pound of fat, 3,500 calories must be burned. This can be done in multiple ways. A good and achievable goal is to lose 1 pound of fat per week. Therefore, in one week, you need to have a 3,500 calorie deficit which equals 500 calories per day. How do you achieve a 500 calorie deficit per day? The first way is to consume 500 less calories per day. Another way is to perform exercises in order to burn an extra 500 calories per day. Of course, consuming less calories can be combined with exercise. In the next page, exercises to target man boobs will be discussed. Until then, let’s continue with the topic at hand which is diet.

In addition to creating a 3,500 calorie deficit to burn fat, there are several foods or supplements that have been claimed to provide help in fat loss. Some are listed below.

Turmeric
Turmeric is a plant of the ginger family that is found mostly in southeast Asia. Some have claimed that it has helped in fat loss.

Chromium Picolinate
Chromium picolinate is a metabolism booster that is supposed to aid weight loss in the body.

Green Tea Extract
Studies show that green tea increases the body’s metabolic rate by up to 4%, safely and without side effects. Green Tea helps you lose fat by raising your metabolism without exercise. Green tea also contains Theanine, a naturally occurring amino acid that helps the body relax and promotes a sense of well being.

B vitamins
B vitamins especially B6, B9 and B12 is commonly referred to as the anti-stress trio and is well known for it’s anti-aging properties. The anti-aging property is what prevents the loss of testosterone with age. This may help your breasts from growing although it hasn’t been scientifically proven.

Cayenne
Cayenne has also been claimed to increase the body’s metabolism therefore helping the body in burning fat.