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Foods That Shrink Your Waist Line
By Susan Callahan, Health Editor and Featured Columnist
Updated July 9, 2010
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Why Waist Size Matters
First the bad news. You know all those late night infomercials
promoting those gadgets that will shock your waistline into smaller
numbers.
Or those endless crunches in the gym you've done in search of a
whittled waist? They don't work.
True, exercise helps to build muscle mass generally. But if you are
looking for a Six-pack (at my age a One-pack will do, thank you), then
only dieting will help to shrink your waistline. Once the extra layer of
blubber is reduced by dieting, then the Six-pack that your 100
crunches have earned you will be revealed to the world. To reduce
your waistline, you must reduce the blubber. And reducing your
waistline will not only help you look better, it may save your health.
See Waist Size Matters.
Studies have shown that protein may be your best ally in obtaining a
youthful waistline. A study of 100 women in Australia discovered that
women who ate low calorie diets rich in protein from red meat and
dairy lost more weight than those who ate a diet with the same
amount of calories but with little meat and more carbs. Article
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According to the study's author, Manny Noakes, Ph.D., associate
professor with the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research
Organization (Australia's national science agency) in Adelaide,
Australia, protein can reduce hunger.
Also, high insulin levels convert excess blood-sugar into belly girth.
We start to take the shape of apples or pumpkins rather than pears.
(Read more about Sugar and the Disease Connection).
Are there other foods that can help top specifically reduce your
abdomen? According to new research, blueberries help to reduce belly
fat.
What is the ideal waistline number? As you might expect,
recommendations vary. Under the guidelines of the International
Diabetes Federation, a normal waist measurement for a woman is 32
inches or less, and for a man is 38 inches or less. Many doctors are
even more stringent, recommending a target of 30 inches or less for a
woman and 35 for a man.
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