“Crunches only work the superficial muscles at the front of your torso,” says Shawn McCormack, director of and head instructor at the Body, a Manhattan fitness studio. People who chose white bread over whole grains gained about half an inch around the middle every year, according to a study from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. What to avoid? White, starchy carbohydrates top the list. Zemel, director of the Nutrition Institute at the University of Tennessee. Getting three daily servings of dairy is a reasonable goal, says Michael B. On the pro side: In a University of Tennessee study, overweight adults on a low-calorie diet who had 1,100 milligrams of calcium daily lost 81 percent more stomach fat than those who got only 400 to 500 milligrams of calcium per day. Roberts suggests one to three cups of coffee a day.ĭairy’s role in weight loss is controversial (some studies have shown a strong connection others haven’t). Drinking coffee - when part of a weight-loss diet - may also trim the stomach slightly, and the caffeine may speed up the metabolism. Roberts, a professor of nutrition and psychiatry at Tufts University in Boston and author of “The Instinct Diet” (Workman Publishing Company).Īnd there are tricks that help, too. “That means cutting calories,” says Susan B. Without the right diet, even the most rigorous cardio regimen is useless. Researchers believe that interval training triggers the body to release adrenaline, a hormone that tells the body to burn stored fat - which is often found in the stomach area. Interval training is the most effective way to exercise.Ī study in the International Journal of Obesity found that women who put in 20 minutes on a stationary bike three times a week - but alternated 8-second bursts of speedy pedaling with 12-second rest periods - trimmed more from their midsections over 15 weeks than those who cycled at a slower, but steady, pace for 40 minutes.
“No one’s ever going to see those strong muscles as long as a layer of fat sits on top of them,” says personal trainer Gunnar Peterson, who works with Jennifer Lopez and Gisele Bundchen.
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