Flat Belly Diet
The flat belly diet seems to be the latest attempt to part slimmers from their money. The flat belly diet is based upon the idea that certain sorts of fats, if eaten, (MUFAs, or mono unsaturated fatty acids) help you to lose weight.

While MUFAs (such as olive oil) are indeed better for you than some other fats, this isn't going to make your belly flatter.

With the weather heating up, flat stomachs will soon be fully back in vogue. So how can one regain their svelte form after a long winter full of calorie-laden feasts?Enter the flat belly diet, an innovative new regimen from the editors of Prevention magazine.....Dietician Lisa Richardson said she likes the balance of nutrients, but is skeptical at the claim of a flat stomach due to vital external belly fat factors such as genetics, sleep and stress.Richardson said sit-ups are a better alternative to those aspiring to flatten their stomachs.

Yup, really: forget the flat belly diet. You lose weight by consuming fewer calories and you get a flatter stomach by taking exercsie. End of.

-----FLAT BELLY DIET----- Eating healthy fats reduce belly fat. Here with us to show us how that works is Cynthia Sass, the co-author of the new flat belly diet book and the nutrition director of Prevention Magazine. How does this diet differ from others out there and why is it considered a breakthrough diet? There are 4 things that set this diet apart: # It's based on solid research, including long-standing studies and brand new studies. # It was developed by Cynthia Sass, one of the most well known registered dietitians in the country. Cynthia holds masters degrees in both nutrition science and public health, was a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for six years, and has counseled real people for nearly 15 years. # This diet was tested on a group of 10 women and 1 man in the summer of 2007. # There is no "maintenance phase" - it's a plan you can stick with for life. Do you advocate people remaining on this diet for life? Yes

That's not so much a diet as an entire lifestyle change. Again, whatever gains come from this are coming from simply eating less than previously. The flat belly diet won't whatever they tell you, give you a flatter belly or a faster weight loss than absolutely any other method of reduced calorie intake.

And a six pack will only be achieved by exercising. Sorry, but there it is.

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