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If you are trying to get a flat stomach and are frustrated with not seeing the results you want chances are you aren’t eating the right food’s that will help you get it.

The fact of the matter is no matter how much work you put into your mid section (weather it be doing 100 crunches, sit ups, etc)if you aren’t eating right you are just wasting away your hard work.

New research backs up my claims that if your eating the right foods you can get a flat stomach and is just as crucial as the workouts itself. Here’s a step by step guide to helping you get a flat stomach through eating!

The first important step is to eat more fiber. You should consume at least 25 grams of fiber a day. The reason more fiber is better is because it act’s like a sponge which, when combined with water, moves the fat through your body more quickly.  

The best foods that are high in fiber are fruits and vegetables. In addition to having a lot of fiber naturally, fruits and vegetables are very low in calories and help boost your immune system.  Whole grains are preferable to processed flours for the same reason.

Part of what makes natural food so good for you is the ìchewî factor.  It takes longer to eat these foods, so your brain has time to get the signals that your stomach is sending that it is full. Research has proven that consuming high fiber plant food with any meal reduces the average amount of calories by 100.

The next step:

Eat  a sensible amount of high quality carbs.  To get a flat stomach you aren’t required to dramatically limit your carbohydrates the way the Adkins or South Beach plans do. However, if you want to lose your belly fat, you will have to control your carb intake.

Again, fruits and vegetables provide the highest quality carbs available.  They are the foods least likely to promote bloat.  Since they are composed of a lot of water, they have fewer calories and carbs for their volume.

You should have not consume more than 65 percent of your diet in carbs.  That means that on an 1800 calorie diet, you will have between 200 and 300 grams of carbs. On the Adkins diet, you can have no more than 35 grams of carbs, so as you can see that this is a little more sensible.

Next Step:

Drink lots of water- at least eight 8-ounce glasses a day.

Many people think that drinking water will make them bloat when the opposite is actually true.  Water washes away the sodium in the body and thus reduces bloat.
If you are having trouble consuming that much water, try these variations:

• Drink 2 glasses of lukewarm water twice a day.  It is easier to consume lots of water in a single setting if it is not ice cold.

• If you like cold water, freeze fruit or small pieces of fruit and float it in your water.  It will keep the water cold and add a nice flavor to it.

• Use small amounts of fruit juice or other extracts such as mint to flavor the water.

Along those lines, tip number 4 to getting a flat stomach is to avoid sodium wherever possible.

A woman needs 500 mg. of sodium to keep her body functioning regularly but the average American woman gets between 3000 and 6000 mg. daily. If you eat a typical meal at a Chinese restaurant, you will get about 3000 mg. of sodium. The body responds to this sodium intake by retaining water.

The next day, you will see the result in a huge way on the scale and in the mirror.  Itís not that the Chinese food has a high amount of calories but more of the sodium that is extremely high!

Finally, the last bit of advice to getting flat abs has nothing to do with food at all.  Instead, you will want to work on reducing stress.

Stress triggers the hormone cortisol which turns up your appetite and directs your body to deposit fat around your abdomen.  One way to eliminate stress (and lose weight) is to exercise.  You should also practice ways of relaxing when you get into a stressful situation (like my boxing programs).

So, there you have it.  A complete no B.S plan to getting flat abs!