Get a Flat Tummy This Year

The latest nutrition research has shown that there’s a link between digestive issues and weight. By eating the right foods, you can trim your belly while simultaneously easing tummy troubles.

How? These “Belly Buddies” actively combat the twin evils of inflammation and imbalanced gut flora (the bacteria in our GI tract). They’re light in carbs, and especially low in
fermentable carbs – sugars that lead to excess acid and gas in your gut, such as fructose (fruit sugar) and lactose (milk sugar). Fermentable carbs can also cause inflammation, bloating and belly fat.

In order to help you get a flat tummy while keeping your digestive system humming, our recommended fat-loss foods feature these stomach-soothing ingredients:

• Fiber is key to keeping things moving in our digestive tract. But certain types are rapidly fermentable and can therefore knock our GI system for a loop, so we focus on foods that contain insoluble fiber and select soluble fibers.
  
  
• Magnesium is a mineral that your cells need to make energy and your muscles need to relax; a deficiency in this critical nutrient has been strongly associated with increased inflammation.
  
  
• Anti-inflammatory fats, including monounsaturated fatty acids and omega-3s, can both help keep inflammation at bay and target the fat in and around your belly.

The best part? These foods are delicious! And don’t worry, you won’t have to make a special trip to a gourmet grocery to find them – in fact, they might already be in your fridge.