Expert Reveals Ancient Oil Hack That Melts Belly Fat During Sleep

Tired of complicated diets and endless workout routines that don't seem to target stubborn belly fat? An unexpected solution might be hiding in your kitchen cabinet. Dr. Janine Bowring, a naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, and mother of five, has rediscovered an ancient remedy that's helping people transform their bodies while they sleep. In this article, she reveals her step-by-step process for using this traditional oil in a modern fat-loss approach.

The Ancient Oil Making a Modern Comeback

"Belly fat is usually the most difficult to deal with and to eradicate," Dr. Bowring says in her post. Her solution draws from traditional medicine: "Castor oil is a vegetable oil made from the seed of the Ricinus communis plant. These are castor beans and they have a very high triglyceride fatty acid composition, and it's 90% of those fatty acids. The active ingredient is known as oleic acid."

Why This Traditional Remedy Works on Stubborn Fat

The science behind this ancient remedy is compelling. Dr. Bowring explains, "What this is known to do is to help to extract toxins. It helps to increase our inner circulation, helps with detoxification and helps to improve our glutathione levels. Glutathione is our mother of all antioxidants, which plays an important role in our liver detoxification."

The Hidden Benefits for Your Body[

This remedy does more than target fat. "Especially for women, but for the guys as well, helps with estrogen detoxification," Dr. Bowring reveals. "We also know that castor oil helps to improve overall circulation. It helps to heat things up as well as helping to eradicate that extra water weight that you may be holding onto in the midsection."

Choosing the Right Oil for Results

Success starts with quality ingredients. "Make sure it's a high quality one and that it doesn't have any hexane. So hexane free castor oil," Dr. Bowring emphasizes. She notes this is "a great and surprising hack that maybe you've never seen before."

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The Nighttime Application Ritual

The application process is specific and purposeful. "I put a couple of tablespoons on my palm, and I do this always at bedtime," Dr. Bowring shares. She continues, "I go around five times clockwise around my abdomen with that castor oil. Then I go over to the ileocecal valve... and then my last move to help to move that lymph is downwards motion. So down each side of the abdomen down five times."

The Essential Wrapping Method

The wrapping technique is crucial for overnight effectiveness. "Get some cotton or flannel, something that has ideally not been bleached or washed in any type of toxic detergent," Dr. Bowring instructs. "All you're going to do now with that cotton or flannel, you are going to now wrap that around the abdomen, the entire midsection where you have applied that castor oil."

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Protecting Your Sleepwear

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A practical consideration is important here. "Don't wear really nice bed clothing, your pajamas. Make sure it's not your best silk pajamas because it will ruin, it will stain. So I just wear like an old t-shirt and shorts to bed when I'm doing this, and because it will, that castor oil will stain your clothes."

Making the Most of Your Materials

Sustainability is built into this ancient practice. "You can actually reuse your flannel. Just keep it in a jar overnight and you reuse it the next night. Now, after about 10 use or so, I wash the flannel and then start using it again."

Tracking Your Transformation

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Documentation helps prove the power of this traditional method. "Take before and after pictures," Dr. Bowring advises. "You will actually be amazed at how well this works, helping from the inside out." For best results, she notes, "You can do this all seven days of the week if you like to help to melt away that belly fat."

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A Complete Wellness Solution

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The benefits extend far beyond fat loss. As Dr. Bowring explains, "That castor oil is great for your kidney health, your liver detox, as well as you're sleeping, and of course for that belly fat." This ancient remedy offers a comprehensive approach to health while targeting stubborn fat deposits.

*Note: For more expert tips on belly fat reduction, Dr. Bowring offers additional guidance in her video series on burning belly fat quickly and effectively. And if you enjoyed this article, take advantage of these 15 Quick Ways to Lose Body Fat Percentage in a Week.

It seems too good to be true, but you can actually burn belly fat while you sleep. Max Posternak, a fitness trainer and influencer who founded Gravity Transformation, regularly shares tips and tricks on how to blast fat and get into shape efficiently and effectively. In a recent viral video, he discusses a few things you can do to accelerate weight loss, even when you are resting. “Here are three extremely effective tips to burn more fat while sleeping,” he says at the start of the clip. Body Network’s Resident RDN, The Diet Diva, Tara Collingwood, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD/N, ACSM-CPT, a Board Certified Sports Dietitian, co-author of the Flat Belly Cookbook for Dummies, also weighs in on his tips.

Make Sure You Are Getting Enough Iodine, Zinc, Selenium, and Vitamin D

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First, you want to “optimize your thyroid function mostly by making sure that you're getting enough iodine, zinc, selenium, and vitamin D,” says Posternak. “Make sure you're having iodine, salt for iodine, oysters for zinc, seafood for selenium and sunlight exposure, or a supplement for vitamin D.” How does this help? “Optimizing your thyroid function can increase your metabolism by up to a thousand calories a day.”

Build More Muscle

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Next tip? Build more muscle. “Not only does muscle mass require a lot of calories to maintain even while you sleep, but it also increases insulin sensitivity and depletes glycogen stores, which will help recycle carbohydrates rather than storing them as fat,” he says.

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Eat More Protein

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“And the third thing is to eat more protein, at least 0.7 grams of protein per pound of body weight,” says Posternak. “This is because protein has a high thermic effect. This means that the amount of energy it takes for your body to digest, process, and store protein is much higher when compared to other nutrients. Some studies estimate that between 15 to 30 percent of the calories taken in from protein are used right back up during the digestion process.”

Body Network’s Resident RDN Weighs In

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Collingwood agrees that thyroid function is important when it comes to burning fat. However, “eating more of these nutrients isn’t going to necessarily make your thyroid work ‘better’ or burn more calories,” she says. A deficiency in the nutrients he mentions could affect thyroid function, but there are plenty of foods you can eat for these nutrients if you don’t enjoy oysters and seafood,” she adds.

Or, if you don’t like any foods with these nutrients, you can always take a multivitamin just as a catch-all to ensure daily intake. She completely agrees with his muscle-building suggestion. “The more muscle you have on your body, the more calories you burn 24 hours a day, even while you sleep! You also burn more working, exercising, and relaxing,” she notes. And, yes,” protein burns calories while digesting, keeps you full longer, and helps you preserve muscle while trying to lose weight,” she says.

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One More Tip: Move All Day

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Collingwood offers another tip. “Increase your metabolism for the entire day by staying moving as much as possible,” she encourages. “Sitting all day long, which most of us do, significantly reduces metabolism. Try to go for a 3 to 5-minute walk every 60 to 90 minutes throughout your work day to keep that metabolism up!”

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Do you want to get rid of excess fat around your midsection? Jillian Michaels is a fitness expert and star of The Biggest Loser. In a new YouTube video, she discusses blasting belly fat. “Let's talk about belly fat. You guys are constantly asking me how I reduce belly fat. What food should I eat to reduce belly fat? What workout should I do to reduce belly fat? And you guys Google it so often that even I have been guilty of saying, ‘Hey, let's reduce belly fat,’ just to get you to pay attention to the actual answer,” she jokes. In all seriousness, she offers her tips on how to blast belly fat.

You Can’t Spot Reduce Fat

“So first of all, we cannot spot-reduce fat. We can't, it's physiologically impossible. You can go to a doctor. They can lipo-suck it outta your body. It's expensive. There are all kinds of side effects. It's unnecessary. I don't recommend it, but that's the only way to do that,” she says.

Hormone Balance Determines Where You Store Fat

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“The way in which our body stores fat is dictated by your hormone balance. So that's why you see things like a woman is a pear. A woman can be an apple, or we can be evenly proportioned, right? But men are always apples. If you see a guy who has fat on his lower body, he likely has a hormone imbalance,” she says.

Belly Fat Is Based on Testosterone Levels

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“So what is this saying? So, this is saying that belly fat is predominantly based on your testosterone levels. So if we have more testosterone, we are more prone to store excess energy as fat on our abdomen,” she says. “Now, if you're an estrogen-dominant female, you're gonna store more weight in your lower body, which is my blessing.”

The Answer? Reducing Body Fat Overall

“So we can't spot reduce fat. So what do we do? Right? There's gotta be an answer. We've gotta reduce body fat overall,” she says.

No Diet Spot Reduces Fat

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“Now, there is no diet to reduce fat. There are no foods that burn fat. There, there, there, it just, it, it doesn't exist. Okay?” says Michaels.

First, You Need to Manage Your Stress

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“There are ways of eating that will help reduce bloat, right? There are certain foods we can eat that will help inhibit cortisol production because cortisol is actually the belly fat hormone.

So, if we can keep that hormone down, it's a stress hormone. So you gotta manage your stress,” she says.

You Also Need to Get Sleep

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The second thing you need to do? “You gotta sleep,” says Michaels.

Meditation Is Also Key

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Next up, get your zen on. “You gotta meditate,” Michaels recommends.

Avoid Foods Rich in Vitamin C

One thing to avoid? “You can't eat foods that are rich in vitamin C because vitamin C can inhibit cortisol production. You can keep your sodium a little lower because that can also inhibit cortisol production. And it's gonna keep you from storing weight here,” she says.

And, Don’t Drink a Lot of Alcohol

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She also suggests putting down the bottle. “Alcohol and the way that it affects your metabolism will shift your hormone balance. You're gonna store more fat in your belly. So if you're trying to lose weight, don't be drinking so much,” she says.

Hydrate

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Next up, hydrate. “Drink a lot of water to help you flush out any excess bloat,” she recommends.

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Overall, Eat Fewer Calories and Move More

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In terms of exercise, “at the end of the day, there is no exercise to spot reduce fat,” she says. “There is no food to spot reduce fat. So what is going to be the most effective thing is eating less food so that we're reducing our calories and then working out or moving more so that we're increasing our calorie burn. So our body's going into fat stores, and we're burning body fat overall.”

Lift Weights

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“The fitness techniques that are gonna be the most metabolic are gonna be weightlifting or resistance training. So resistance training, weightlifting, circuit training,” she adds.

HIIT Workouts

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She also recommends “exercises in swift succession,” she says. “The way you see me design all my workouts, HIIT intervals are super effective. And the more advanced techniques as you get more fit, like plyometrics, things that are explosive and dynamic burn more calories.”

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Overall, You Have to Take a “Holistic” Approach

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“That's how you gotta think of it. There's no special food. There's no exercise. We just gotta be healthy overall and take it in a very holistic way,” she says, summing up the video. And if you enjoyed this article, don't miss 12-3-30 Walking Method: 20 Proven Tips to Lose Weight Faster.