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Washing Enzyme Hmmm! Rich, chocolate-covered desserts, olives and all kinds ofdelightful nuts and seeds. Sounds scrumptious and, at last, allpart of a waistline-friendly diet that doesn't tell us to eattasteless rice cakes and drink cabbage soup. Foods like these are now being called 'flat-belly foods'. Quite afew studies and a recently published diet book called, The Flat Belly Diet , have been touting the idea that we can lose belly fat by eating a1,600-calorie diet which is rich in monounsaturated fats (MUFAs). Chocolate, olives, seeds and nuts, avocado and some oils (forexample, canola, flaxseed, olive, safflower, sesame, walnut) areall rich in MUFAs. The studies are indicating that diets rich inMUFAs reduce belly fat as these healthy fats are said to increasepeople's fat burning ability and to attack the fat that sits aroundthe waistline. MUFAs, polyunsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids - the healthyfats - have long been prized for lowering heart disease risk bycutting total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levelin blood. Cholesterol, produced by the body for cell building, isthe main substance in fatty deposits or plaque that can develop inarteries. No magic foods But not all nutrition scientists are gung-ho about MUFAs asflat-belly foods. Some international experts say that most peopleon a diet of 1,600 calories will lose weight anyway and questionwhether there can be magic foods or even exercises that canclinically target belly fat. (You can read more of their views onwww.webmd.com.) Other critics also say that MUFAs, though they are healthy fats,like all fats have nine calories per gram which is more than twicethe amount of calories per gram in proteins and carbohydrates, eachof which carries four calories per gram. These experts, however,are not gainsaying that MUFA-rich foods are good for us with provenhealth benefits.
2008-06-12 09:47:43