20 Foods To Avoid If You Want To Lose Belly Fat
Some foods are good for you health.
Some foods are good for your waistline.
The following is a list of foods that are good for neither.
These foods either contain trans fats, are high in animal saturated fats, are highly processed, are highly refined or are full of sugar (or a combination of these...
yuk!) If you want to lose belly fat, you definitely need to avoid these foods.
* Anything that has been deep fried (yes, this includes Mars Bars! Shallow frying in good oil at home may be ok) * Margarine (Can you name the ingredients in margarine? I know I can't, heck I can't even pronounce all of them from reading the label!) * Non lean cuts of meat (including Pork, Porterhouse.
Lean pork and beef are good though) * Lollies (Sugar in different shapes is still sugar, and a lot of those 'sugar free' lollies are just as bad with their modified alcohol sugars) * Chocolate (Some 70% or higher cocoa is OK, but don't fool yourself into thinking you'll get health benefits from milk chocolate) * Cookies, Cakes and biscuits (Danger.
All calories, no fibre, no nutrients.
You'll be hungry in no time and looking to snack again) * Soft Drink and Cordial (Liquid sugar goes straight to the waistline, stick with non calorie drinks like tea and water) * Pies (Fatty pastry with fatty 'meat' = Bad News.
If you want a treat like this make it yourself with quality ingredients) * Donuts (You know they're bad, in fact they are really bad!) * Croissants (Just because they are European doesn't make them healthy!) * Alfredo Sauces (Cream, butter and some flavour.
Generally added to pasta for a double kick) * Potato Chips and Corn Chips (Refined, fried with added salt.
Not even closed to a healthy choice) * Hot Dogs (What's really in a hot dog? Who knows, but it's not pretty) * Take Away Burgers (Cheap, fatty and nasty 'meat', normally with added cheese and bacon!) * Pretend Peanut Butter (Anything but the natural type) * Flavoured Full Fat Milk (Too much sugar, especially when combined with the fat content) * Processed Lunch Meats (Pretend Ham, chicken, turkey) * Salami (See hot dog.
) * Sausages (They're cheap for a reason) * Roasted/Salted/Sugared Nuts (Raw nuts are so much better and actually taste just as good.
Dry roasting can be OK but commercial roasting can change the nutritional profile of the good fats in these otherwise great food) Do what you can to avoid these foods.
There are so many great tasting, healthy options out there that don't really take any more effort to make and are just as enjoyable.
Over time the less you eat from this list the healthier and leaner you will be.
Some foods are good for your waistline.
The following is a list of foods that are good for neither.
These foods either contain trans fats, are high in animal saturated fats, are highly processed, are highly refined or are full of sugar (or a combination of these...
yuk!) If you want to lose belly fat, you definitely need to avoid these foods.
* Anything that has been deep fried (yes, this includes Mars Bars! Shallow frying in good oil at home may be ok) * Margarine (Can you name the ingredients in margarine? I know I can't, heck I can't even pronounce all of them from reading the label!) * Non lean cuts of meat (including Pork, Porterhouse.
Lean pork and beef are good though) * Lollies (Sugar in different shapes is still sugar, and a lot of those 'sugar free' lollies are just as bad with their modified alcohol sugars) * Chocolate (Some 70% or higher cocoa is OK, but don't fool yourself into thinking you'll get health benefits from milk chocolate) * Cookies, Cakes and biscuits (Danger.
All calories, no fibre, no nutrients.
You'll be hungry in no time and looking to snack again) * Soft Drink and Cordial (Liquid sugar goes straight to the waistline, stick with non calorie drinks like tea and water) * Pies (Fatty pastry with fatty 'meat' = Bad News.
If you want a treat like this make it yourself with quality ingredients) * Donuts (You know they're bad, in fact they are really bad!) * Croissants (Just because they are European doesn't make them healthy!) * Alfredo Sauces (Cream, butter and some flavour.
Generally added to pasta for a double kick) * Potato Chips and Corn Chips (Refined, fried with added salt.
Not even closed to a healthy choice) * Hot Dogs (What's really in a hot dog? Who knows, but it's not pretty) * Take Away Burgers (Cheap, fatty and nasty 'meat', normally with added cheese and bacon!) * Pretend Peanut Butter (Anything but the natural type) * Flavoured Full Fat Milk (Too much sugar, especially when combined with the fat content) * Processed Lunch Meats (Pretend Ham, chicken, turkey) * Salami (See hot dog.
) * Sausages (They're cheap for a reason) * Roasted/Salted/Sugared Nuts (Raw nuts are so much better and actually taste just as good.
Dry roasting can be OK but commercial roasting can change the nutritional profile of the good fats in these otherwise great food) Do what you can to avoid these foods.
There are so many great tasting, healthy options out there that don't really take any more effort to make and are just as enjoyable.
Over time the less you eat from this list the healthier and leaner you will be.