Flat Belly Diet: How To Eat Your Way Thin

The internet is a-buzz with the latest in food fads: The Flat Belly Diet.

So what's it all about? According to MSNBC, the "Flat Belly Diet" wants you to eat more MUFAs!

MUFAs are foods rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, healthful fats that research links to less belly fat and better overall health. The best part: MUFAs are found in rich, delicious foods like olives, nuts and seeds, oils, avocado, and (yes!) dark chocolate. Incorporating a MUFA into every meal is easy; we made it even easier by combining them with our favorite new supermarket products.

Prevention.com notes that one of the most important aspects of the Flat Belly Diet is the "4-day jumpstart and one key ingredient is Sassy Water."

So what is Sassy Water? Looks like you have to sign-up to find out.

But the Daily Mail swears you'll "lose up to 7lb and more than five inches all over in just FOUR DAYS." They've also got a "Flat Belly Diet" Quiz to help you accurately ascertain your risk of bloating.

And lastly, New York's Examiner.com has a review of the upcoming book, "Flat Belly Diet."

The only part of the Flat Belly Diet that gives me pause is its assertion that eating monounsaturated fatty acids specifically targets belly fat; unfortunately, many people may purchase this book under the false impression that the exercises and meals in it are designed especially for decreasing their tummy girth. A good deal of research has gone into stomach-shrinking methods, and they universally find that, while eating less and exercising decreases the fat in your body OVERALL, you can't just target one area alone. You'll lose weight and inches from your stomach, in other words, but you'll lose it from everywhere else too, and possibly not quite in the proportions you had wished. And no amount of stomach crunches will burn fat only in your stomach. You'll develop some kicking stomach muscles and burn fat all over your body, but not just in your stomach.

Comments

[mybigfatdiary]

Eat Healthy Food and Exercise and you'll lose weight. Not a novel concept but it wont make a book company money. http://www.mybigfatdiary.com

[drDaveLiveLongAgeWell]

A few friends asked me about this Flat Belly Diet so I gave my thoughts in a blog post on LiveLongAgeWell.com

http://www.livelongagewell.com/2008/11/11/book-review-flat-belly-diet/

These Prevention people have great marketing for sure"
wish the science was half as good
drDave

[bdyszel]

This new year I'm sticking with the Fast Cheap & Easy diet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc4aLUmwQLg

[DietTired]

The science in this diet book is the same science that lead to creationism. Distort the facts, create controversy when there isn't any and defend your stance no matter how much evidence there is against it. Too bad evolution seemed to escape the diet book industry.