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Are you gaining belly fat with age and frustrated that restricting calories and ab exercises aren't working any more (if they ever did)?

Discover the 7 root causes of midlife belly fat, most having nothing to do with what you're eating or how you're training. 

Understanding these physiological mechanisms helps create targeted solutions that address the real reasons fat is being stored around your midsection rather than simply doing more of the same.

Main Takeaways:

• Root cause #1 tells your body to store fat centrally, even in a calorie deficit
• Root cause #2 disrupts hunger hormones and directly raises insulin resistance
• Root cause #3 shifts fat distribution to the abdomen with age
• Root cause #4 promotes belly fat storage, especially liver and visceral fat
• Root cause #5 suppresses fat-burning enzymes independent of exercise
• Root cause #6 slows metabolism and favors central fat storage
• Root cause #7 suppresses fat oxidation while raising cortisol and lowering testosterone

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Why you gain more belly fat with age
5:06 - The 7 root causes
41:13 - Why belly fat responds fastest when you fix the right things
42:17 - How to get deeper answers about the 7 root causes

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