Finding The Underlying Cause Of Gynecomastia

When trying to lose the man boobs, its important to find the underlying cause of your Gynecomastia. There are many different things that can cause you to gain fat in the chest area. They include weight gain (obesity), poor diet, lack of exercise, taking prescription medication, puberty, aging, steroid abuse, hormonal imbalance and other health problems. In order to lose the man boobs, you will need to understand what is causing your Gynecomastia. A lot of cases can be attributed to hormonal imbalance. This is when the androgen / estrogen ratio is lower than it should be. It could be due to a rise in estrogen production as a result of your diet. There are certain foods that can trigger estrogen production. They include apples, dates, plums, cherries, beets, carrots, yams, tomatoes, soybeans and soybean products, sunflower seeds, garlic, parsley, ginger, hops (which are found in beer), alfalfa and others. Hormonal imbalance has been attributed to most Gynecomastia cases. There is too much male estrogen in the body. If your man boobs are because of hormonal imbalance, there are certain foods that inhibit estrogen. They include citrus fruits, berries, grapes, nuts, avocado, fertilized eggs, polyphenols tea, organic milk products. A good diet is very important if you want to flatten your chest, but its still not enough. You will also need to cardio and resistance exercises. For cardio, you can go running, jogging, swimming, cycling or rowing. If you like playing sports, soccer and basketball are great sports. When it comes to resistance training, you can do diamond push ups, chest flies, dumbbell press, cable crossover, and dips. In conclusion, to lose the man boobs you will need to know what causes them. Hormonal imbalance is a very common reason for man boobs and can be seen in puberty. To balance your hormones, you will have to eat certain foods or take certain supplements. Lastly, exercise is very important to lose the man boobs. You must perform resistance and cardio exercises. Resistance exercises should be done with high repetition and low resistance. With either case, you will have to do exercises to get rid of your man boobs. Some of the exercises you may want to considered doing include inclined bench press, chest flies, flat bench press, diamond push ups and chair against the wall position. Secondly, you will want to do cardio to burn the fat. You can do 25 minutes of swimming, cycling, running, jogging or just playing sports. The idea is to make your cardio workout quick, intense and in the fat burning zone. Also, you must do it on a regular basis to maximize results. If your man boobs are caused by a hormonal imbalance, you will probably have to change your diet. There are certain foods that trigger estrogen production and you will probably want to limit/avoid them. They include soybeans product like soy milk, alfalfa, cinnamon, dairy foods, eggs, tomatoes, flax seeds, chickpeas, potatoes, sunflower seeds, yams, apples, beets, celery and others.