One of the most common embarrassing problems endured by modern men is gynecomastia or man boobs.
Now they're not medically dangerous, unless combined with extreme obesity, but understandably most men would prefer not to put up with them.
If suffer from this problem, you'll be looking for ways to rid yourself of it.
Essentially you have two options: Diet and Exercise or Surgery.
Diet and Exercise Man boobs consist of fat on the chest that developed most often when a man becomes overweight or obese.
So, like other areas of the body, a combination of diet and exercise is needed to reduce the amount of fat covering the chest.
Diet If you are serious about losing your man boobs, switching from the Standard American Diet is important.
Essential this can be encapsulated as the following.
Increase the amount of vegetables and fruit, whole grains, legumes, and fish.
Reduce the amount of fatty foods (and junk foods), including the amount of meat you eat.
You might have heard that there are some supplements marketed towards men with man boobs, but there is little evidence that they are at all effective.
Of course, if you'd prefer to waste your money with the hope they work, go ahead.
That said, there is some benefit in taking a general multi-vitamin, but if you eat a nutritious diet, there is little need.
Exercise Along with dietary changes, exercise is an essential component to ridding yourself of man boobs.
You'll want to be doing both weight training and cardio exercises.
Cardio (or aerobic) exercises are a great way to burn off the excess fat, while weight training (or anaerobic exercise) is an excellent means of tightening the chest.
You might think that concentrating on exercises that work the chest muscles is the logical way to approach exercising to lose those man boobs.
However, while it is important to include them, it almost as important to work the rest of your body.
That way you ensure that you don't end up looking unbalanced.
A word on cardiovascular exercise.
Keep your cardio sessions on the short side, say 20 minutes 3 times a week, depending on your fitness level.
That way you'll ensure that you don't end up as another Richard Simmons, i.
e.
slim and shapeless.
Surgery The other option is to remove your man boobs with surgery.
Now, this does have the advantage of being a quick way to rid yourself of those man boobs, but it does have higher risks than diet and exercise.
There are essentially two options in the surgical removal of man boobs.
The options are cutting away the fat (a mammaplasty reduction) or removing it by means of liposuction, or possibly a combination of the two.
Not everyone is a candidate, so if you've got the ability to move yourself why not take the far safer option.
Now they're not medically dangerous, unless combined with extreme obesity, but understandably most men would prefer not to put up with them.
If suffer from this problem, you'll be looking for ways to rid yourself of it.
Essentially you have two options: Diet and Exercise or Surgery.
Diet and Exercise Man boobs consist of fat on the chest that developed most often when a man becomes overweight or obese.
So, like other areas of the body, a combination of diet and exercise is needed to reduce the amount of fat covering the chest.
Diet If you are serious about losing your man boobs, switching from the Standard American Diet is important.
Essential this can be encapsulated as the following.
Increase the amount of vegetables and fruit, whole grains, legumes, and fish.
Reduce the amount of fatty foods (and junk foods), including the amount of meat you eat.
You might have heard that there are some supplements marketed towards men with man boobs, but there is little evidence that they are at all effective.
Of course, if you'd prefer to waste your money with the hope they work, go ahead.
That said, there is some benefit in taking a general multi-vitamin, but if you eat a nutritious diet, there is little need.
Exercise Along with dietary changes, exercise is an essential component to ridding yourself of man boobs.
You'll want to be doing both weight training and cardio exercises.
Cardio (or aerobic) exercises are a great way to burn off the excess fat, while weight training (or anaerobic exercise) is an excellent means of tightening the chest.
You might think that concentrating on exercises that work the chest muscles is the logical way to approach exercising to lose those man boobs.
However, while it is important to include them, it almost as important to work the rest of your body.
That way you ensure that you don't end up looking unbalanced.
A word on cardiovascular exercise.
Keep your cardio sessions on the short side, say 20 minutes 3 times a week, depending on your fitness level.
That way you'll ensure that you don't end up as another Richard Simmons, i.
e.
slim and shapeless.
Surgery The other option is to remove your man boobs with surgery.
Now, this does have the advantage of being a quick way to rid yourself of those man boobs, but it does have higher risks than diet and exercise.
There are essentially two options in the surgical removal of man boobs.
The options are cutting away the fat (a mammaplasty reduction) or removing it by means of liposuction, or possibly a combination of the two.
Not everyone is a candidate, so if you've got the ability to move yourself why not take the far safer option.