3 Super Foods that Burn Belly Fat

3 Super Foods that target Belly Fat Fast

Research found that dieters who fill up on these foods that burn or target belly fat helps women reduce abdominal fat by up to 50 percent.

Mushrooms: Women who enjoyed a mushroom-based lunch ate 400 fewer calories throughout the day compared with those who ate a meat dish, according to a study at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Follow-up research confirms that a daily cup serving of mushrooms instead of an equal portion of animal protein can help women shed 10 pounds of belly fat in two months.

Edamame: Consuming two daily servings of soy foods such as edamame or tofu helps target abdominal fat at the cellular level, note researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their studies show that soy activates fat burn inside cells, stimulating weight loss within 72 hours, without calorie restriction. Plus, it cuts the production of new abdominal fat by 57 percent.

Beans: Eating 1 cup of protein- and fiber-rich beans daily cuts the risk of an expanding waistline by 23 percent, say scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additional research shows the same daily dose can help dieters more than double abdominal-fat reduction. Plus, preliminary studies suggest that bean fiber binds to fat-storing toxins in the intestinal tract, speeding their elimination from the body.

Slimming Tea: Lose 10 pounds every week!

Research reveals an approach that turns Tea into a slimming agent so effective, women are losing 10 pounds every week.

With a few strategic adjustments to the normal routine of most tea drinkers, tea can seriously fast-track weight loss, helping millions of women losing 10 pounds every week.

Here are the benefits you’ll enjoy just by following these smart –sipping strategies that will make slimming a cinch.

1. Drinking tea calms cravings. Savoring a strong cup of tea when you feel the urge to eat shuts down food cravings in as little as two minutes. In fact, the slimming magic of tea sets in before you even take the first sip. “When inhaled, tea’s odor molecules travel from the olfactory bulb to the limbic lobe of the brain, where they activate the brain’s satiety center”, explains Alan Hirsch, M.D., neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.

2. Drinking tea soothes stress eating. Ingesting L-theanine, an amino acid in tea, stimulates the production of alpha brain waves, UCLA scientists report. This includes a calm state that inhibits stress eating in as little as 10 minutes.

3. Drinking tea speeds metabolism. Research suggests that within 24 hours of starting a tea-drinking habit, your resting metabolic rate rises. “This helps the body burn 100 additional calories daily,” says Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Ph.D., senior scientist at Tufts University at Boston. That alone can shed 10 pounds a year. Thanks to tea’s catechins, they block the breakdown of noradrenaline, a hormone that stimulates the release of trapped fat so it can be rapidly burned for energy.

4. Drinking tea steadies blood sugar. Drinking 8 oz. of tea 15 minutes before meals helps dieters lose four times more fat than women who count calories without adding slimming tea, according to research in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “The credit goes to tea’s theaflavins, tannins and other polyphenols,” says Steven Pratt, M.D., assistant clinical professor at the University of California at San Diego and coauthor of The SuperFoods Rx Diet (Rodale, 2008). “These antioxidants nourish the body’s insulin-regulating system and optimize the burning of carbs and fat.”

5. Drinking tea targets belly fat. Women who switched from coffee to green tea reduced visceral fat (the kind that accumulates in tissue surrounding the abdominal area) by 76 percent in four months, according to research in the journal In Vivo. “Tea’s L-theanine reduces production of the stress hormone cortisol by as much as 47 percent,” explains Mark Ukra, author of The Ultimate Tea Diet (Collins Living, 2008). “Cortisol increases belly-fat deposits and prevents fat breakdown, so as cortisol levels drop, belly fat is lost, slimming your waist line.”

6. Drinking tea keeps weight off. “On most diets, at least half of the weight lost is calorie-hungry muscle, which is a recipe for disaster because less muscle means a sluggish metabolism and a higher risk of regaining pounds,” says Harry Preuss, M.D., professor of physiology and biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. “But on a tea-rich diet, up to 90 percent of weight lost is fat, and many women actually gain three to four pounds of metabolism-boosting muscle. This makes it easier to stay slim since metabolic rate hasn’t slowed down”. What’s more, preliminary research reveals that the powerful tea antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) helps block the formation of new fat cells. In one study, taking EGCG helped women keep off 60 percent more weight than those taking a placebo.

Look at what Tea can do:
Tea’s health benefits extend beyond slimming. It’s a proven remedy for bad breath and dry mouth, it lowers blood pressure and cholesterol, and it doubles the effectiveness of antibiotics.

Drinking five cups a day can also reduce:
1. Breast and colon cancer risk by 30%.
2. Ovarian cancer risk by 46%
3. Rheumatoid arthritis risk by 50%
4. Stroke risk by 69%

Drink five-plus servings of tea a day, including one cup before each meal. For best results, eat three balanced meals that contain at least 50 percent veggies, fruit and whole grains, plus a serving of lean protein and a bit of fat.

Cook with Tea to Slim even faster.
Seasoning dishes with tea (pulverize loose tea in a coffee grinder for one minute) will significantly up your antioxidant intake. "Fruity teas can eliminate the need for sweeteners in breakfasts or desserts", says Ukra. "Or use tea as a seasoning, which enhances flavor and seals the juices into meat so less fat, sugar and salt are needed. This simple step can help you shed an additional two pounds weekly."

For a healthy spice rub: In bowl, mix 2 tsp. ground black pepper, 1 tsp. dried thyme, 1 tsp. kosher salt and 1 tsp. finely ground oolong tea. Sprinkle on chicken before baking for a full-bodied smoky flavor. Slimming benefit: Blending black pepper with tea leaves enhances absorption of pound-paring catechins by 60 percent.

Enjoying these tea-packed products can deliver similar slimming benefits as drinking the brew:

Overwhelmed by Stress? Each packet of Kashi Heart To Heart Instant Oatmeal contains a hefty dose of green tea (100 mg) and white tea (50 mg). For a sweet start to the day, try the apple cinnamon flavor.

Craving Fizz? A 12 oz. bottle of fruity pomegranate or raspberry Steaz Organic Sparkling Green Tea fills in for an afternoon soda while delivering the health benefits of a cup of green tea.

Need a Chocolate fix? Smile Chocolatiers Choclatea bars (at Whole Foods Market stores)are an infusion of crushed tea leaves and chocolate. Coconut-Green Tea dark chocolate is truly tasty.

Hollywood's Rx for a Mushy Middle

How did Tori Spelling tighten her loose belly skin after having her second baby? She rubbed Mama Mio Tummy Toner on her belly twice a day.

Mama Mio Tummy Toner contains a soy protein complex (to tighten), hyaluronic acid (to speed skin-cell renewal) and papaya enzymes (to exfoliate). The result: fewer jiggles in two weeks.

Tummy-Trimming Strategies at the Salad Bar

1. Start with a generous base of mixed greens and baby spinach.
2. Add a layer of bell pepper slices.
3. Top with cherry tomatoes and broccoli florets.
4. Sprinkle with slivered almonds.
5. Drizzle with oil and vinegar.
6. Enjoy a whole-grain bun on the side.

Get a Firm Tummy with Cranberries

Get a taut tummy just by eating Cranberries.

Cranberries contain the hard-to-get trio of malic, citric and quinic acids. These compounds bind fat in the belly region to cellular fluid for efficient removal by the lymphatic system, giving you a flat belly.

Plus, the berries' arbutin mimics the hormone insulin to prevent unhealthy fluctuations in blood sugar- and the cravings that accompany them.

Other health benefits of Cranberries: Clearer Arteries

These red gems are so powerful, just sipping their juice has been shown to reduce heart disease risk by 40 percent. Thank cranberries' phenolic acid, an antioxidant that repairs free-radical damage to the liver. This optimizes the organ's breakdown of blood fats, keeping arteries free of blockage.

Even more: Free UTIs

Eating a handful of dried cranberries everyday can slash a woman's risk of developing a urinary tract infection by 42 percent, say researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston. That's because the berries are packed with proanthicyanidins. These compounds work with the berries' natural sugars to stop UTI-causing E. coli bacteria from adhering to the walls of the bladder and urethra.

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Get Rid of Love Handles by Eating Broccoli

Have a Mushy Middle? Add Broccoli florets to your Salad to rid your love handles

Add four or five broccoli florets if you're having a salad to raise the body's levels of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase (GST) by up to 42% and lose that stubborn belly fat.

GST quadruples the rate at which the liver flushes the body of fat-trapping toxins and burns fat for fuel, tapping into the fat stores located nearest to it (the belly) first!

Love making a salad? Here's a startling advice: 
Did you know that fatty dressings can be good for you?
Walk right past the fat-free dressings in favor of regular varieties. When paired with fat-free dressing, practically none of the beneficial antioxidants in salad, such as beta-carotene and vitamin E, is absorbed by the body, reveals research from Iowa State University in Ames.

In combination with healthy fats like those in avocados and olives, 1 Tbs. to 2 Tbs. of full-fat dressing enhances antioxidant absorption from veggies by 92 percent.

Get Rid of Abdominal Fat by Eating Avocado Fruit

Eating avocado reduces belly fat

Actually, the key to getting rid of abdominal or belly fat is eating more fat - specifically, monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs),

which fuel brainpower and prevent the body from becoming physiologically stressed.

Without enough MUFAs, levels of the stress hormone cortisol spike, and new research has linked excess cortisol with fat accumulation in the abdomen. Avocados and peanuts are some of the rich sources of MUFAs.

Avocado is rich in magnesium that reduces risk of excess belly fat,

high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar- the symptoms of metabolic syndrome.