5 easy rules

TUMMY FAT COLLECTS WHEN LEVELS OF TWO HORMONES – INSULIN AND CORTISOL – ARE TOO HIGH IN YOUR SYSTEM. THE FIRST STEP OF ANY TUMMY-FLATTENING DIET PLAN IS TO LOWER THESE LEVELS. THE SECOND IS TO STIMULATE FAT-BURNING IN THE TUMMY AREA. SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

1

EAT ONLY LOW-GI STARCHY CARBOHYDRATES WHOLEGRAIN BREADS AND CEREALS, ANY PASTA, BASMATI RICE RATHER THAN WHITE, OR EVEN BROWN. THIS LOWERS

THE AMOUNT OF INSULIN YOU PRODUCE.

2

HAVE BLACK OR GREEN TEA

WITH A CARB MEAL THESE INTERFERE WITH THE ENZYMES THAT BREAK DOWN CARBOHYDRATES, SLOWING THEIR DIGESTION AND REDUCING INSULIN LEVELS AND CUTTING THE CALS YOU ABSORB FROM THEM BY UP TO A QUARTER.

3

EAT AT LEAST ONE DAIRY FOOD AND ONE SOY FOOD CALCIUM IN DAIRY FOODS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO SWITCH TUMMY FAT CELLS FROM STORING MODE TO BURNING MODE.

4

FILL HALF YOUR PLATE WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AT LUNCH AND DINNER PARTICULARLY THOSE PACKED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF ANTIOXIDANTS LIKE BERRIES, DARK GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES AND TOMATOES. THE LOWER YOUR ANTIOXIDANT LEVELS THE HIGHER YOUR LEVELS OF TUMMY FAT.

5

HAVE A PORTION OF OILY FISH OR EAT 25G NUTS, SEEDS, OLIVES AND AVOCADO – OR OILS/PRODUCTS MADE FROM THESE DAILY. THEIR HEALTHY FATS DECREASE INSULIN LEVELS.