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The Flat Belly Diet: Just Another Fad?
Q: I’ve been reading about this new Flat Belly Diet and it sounds too good to be true. What do you think?
A: The Flat Belly Diet is the hot new diet, and pretty much it details the basic premise for losing weight: Eat healthy whole foods in moderation. Do you need to buy another book to tell you that?
The gimmick of this diet (all diets have one) is the promise that eating a diet higher in mono-unsaturated fats will help you lose weight specifically in the abdominal region. This a very bold claim and unfortunately there is no evidence to back it up.
When body fat is lost it tends to disappear from all over the body. There has been one small study that showed that all things being equal, people who watched their calories and incorporated more fiber into their diet, did tend to reduce their waist size by more than people who consumed the same calories but less fiber.
Dr. Brent Ridge is the health expert for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You can call and ask him a question live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 112 (1.866.675.6675). You can also follow along as he learns to grow his own food and raise goats on his farm in upstate New York by visiting www.beekman1802.com.
Got a health question for Dr. Brent? E-mail him at drbrent@care2.com.
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Bellies unite...I care about my body so I try to treat it well. If people only put in 10% of the energy they use in their physical appearance to help another human the world would be a far better place.
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Eat less, eat better, get off your a** and move!!
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Dancing on the rebounder while watching tv and running a water aerobics class twice a week has been my way of keeping slim and happy with energy to spare.I enjoy a mainly vegetarian diet with home-made low-fat cottage cheese and flaxseedoil.Last month I celebrated my 75th birthday,yay.
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Eating whole foods in smaller portions is the secret. One of my friends did a What would Jesus eat? diet. He only ate whole foods and cut out everything process. Did Jesus have soda? No. Oreos? No. Slushies? No.
He said the first 2 weeks were really tough because he had a weakness for soda and cookies in the afternoon. But in a couple months he lost a lost of weight as took up more exercise.
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Thanks Rana C and Mary Ellen E!! Love the body you're in and you'll never have to worry about 'diets'
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Thanks for the article! I'd rather know the truth now than to upset later:)
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Well, I know this problem too, especially when I look at my
profile passing a mirror. What is my reaction? I pull it in, make those muscles work and boy, the result is instant.
Waiting in line anywhere gives us a chance to continue doing the trick. Doing it often enough, you get into the habit, you even straighten up at the same time and you look sooo much better. (Free of charge) DO IT !!!!
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Dance is the best exercise for the waist and the mind, but we all have to accept that having a belly is part of being a woman.
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You go Rana C.!
My sister (and sometimes myself) has always had a cute little Cupie Doll belly. She's pushing 60 now so naturally it's more pronounced but the rest of her figure is an hour glass and she looks damn good for 58! The only thing I hate about middle-age is the menopausal bloating and thickening. I don't mind my belly sticking out a little, but the thicker waist (no matter how much I exercise) makes it difficult to fit into some of my clothes. Other than that, let's sing the praises of curvy women, bellies and all!
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