More Food Choices To Help You Get Rid Of Belly Fat

Lean Meat

The protein in foods is quite hard for the body to break down and metabolise so when you eat lean meat the protein in the foods is called a thermo genic - meaning it increases the metabolic rate. In actual fact you burn 30% of the calories that the foods contain just to digest it when its high in protein so quite often a high protein diet cancels out a lot of the calories.

The calorie burn on a 300 calorie steak would be 90 calories just to digest it!

Green Tea

Green tea has quite recently been associated with increasing weight loss. It is actually found in most fat loss supplements or diet shakes that are on the market to help people lose weight but why? In a study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition they found that the elements within green tea drinks increased energy expenditure by 4% allowing more calories to be burnt and thus shifting and burning fat from stubborn areas like the belly. Other studies have also linked green tea with increasing fat oxidation (fat burn) by as much as 17%. So try drinking a cup or two a day.

Hot Peppers

Peppers and chilli's may taste hot but they have the same effect in the digestive system. There increase the temperature in our digestive tract which stimulates and increased metabolic rate. And as seen earlier the higher the metabolic rate the more calories are being burned while digesting food. Adding peppers to a meal is really easy, chop some up in a salad or put some into a hot meal like spaghetti bolognese to increase the calorie burn.

Low Fat Dairy

Dairy products receive a lot of bad press because they are very high in fat. Cheeses in particular are packed with fat but they do have some benefits if you pick the low fat options that all supermarkets offer, for example 1% fat milk is a great alternative for hot drinks and cereals.

The more muscle your body has the more calories it burns when exercising - this is why lifting weights burns huge amounts of calories compared to cardio.

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Oily Fish

You really should be eating at least 1 piece of fish per week and good choices are mackerel, haddock or salmon as they are oily. This means they are full of the healthy fats that are body needs to keep our gut functioning and metabolising food efficiently. Fish can be high in calories so be careful with portion sizes but it is also full of protein so will increase the recovery between exercise. Change one evening meal to a fish based meal a week and you will see changes in the fat burn and hopefully shift that belly fat.  

If you are looking to cut the amount of fat in your belly region try adjusting your diet slightly to include some of the foods above and you will start to see great changes and quite quickly.