Foods That Cut Belly Fat
- Ginger: spikes metabolism and reduces hunger
- Turmeric: prevents human fat cells from taking up fat
- Green tea: for 10x extra strength, choose matcha
- Grapefruit: especially red grapefruit. Also lowers cholesterol
- Apple Cider Vinegar: as little as 1 tbs per day
- Soy: the protein in soy causes abdominal fat to shrink
Foods that Increase Belly Fat
- Milk: the protein (casein) increases abdominal fat
- Meat: many studies meat increases obesity - especially abdominal fat
- Low calorie sweeteners: tricks the body into overcompensating
- PCBs (pollutants found in fish oil)
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