abcollins
I completely disagree and there are studies upon studies upon studies that prove that the trans fats in foods caused by hydrogenated oils increase belly fat. It's a fact. I was not advocating any sort of "fad diet" in fact I'm very anti fad diet, what I said was Those are things that the abs diet advocates, of which I didn't know because when I cut those out, I had never heard of the abs diet.
no bad food? What? Highly processed foods are bad. Period.
HFCS and hydrogenated oils and their cousin interpersonified oils are probably 2 of the worst "foods" you can put in your body.
There are different types of trans fats...the ones from beef are being found to be benificial in reducing belly fat, where as hydrogenation increases it.
essentiall margarine = bad real butter = good.
I have removed all margarine from our house, we only use real butter. I have taken out all hydrogenated oils and hfcs also. It's a scientific fact that these cause serious health issues. Mainly the issues in the fatty liver thus increasing your overal body fat, but EXPECIALLY belly fat.
I was what you call "skinny fat" while my outwardly body fat was low, my organs were wrapped in fat. I was 5'7", 118lbs, fit, exercised, but my diet was high in hfcs and hyd oils. so my cholesterol was 299...yes 299! at 300 they put you on meds.
Diet is 80% of your fat loss. If you clean up your diet (meaning eating more whole foods vs. processed), you will lose weight. If you don't then you need to look into other issues, especially thryoid (get checked for hashimotos).
Barring any medical conditions diet will take care of a lot of your belly fat.
