This article will discuss the best diet to lose belly fat. Your favorite food could be hindering your weight loss goals. Certain foods send the wrong signals to our body and weight loss never occurs. What is on your plate? 

#1 Eat Natural Foods to Lose Belly Fat

75 to 80% of your belly fat loss results will derive from what you eat. Certain foods alert the body differently than others. You want a diet that alerts the body to burn belly fat.

You want to charge your body with natural foods like lean meat, fish, vegetables, eggs, nuts and fruit. To keep it simple, if it grew from the earth or it had a parent it’s ok to eat. Stay away from foods that have more than one ingredient.

Types of foods to stay away from would be sugary drinks, bread, rice, pasta and white potatoes. Also salt, flour, sugar and milk are all no no’s when you’re trying to lose belly fat. These foods immediately raise your insulin levels and losing weight becomes impossible.  

#2 Learn to realize when you’re full

Overeating will destroy all chances of losing belly fat. Your body must be in a caloric deficit in order for belly fat loss to occur. If you’re putting in more calories than what you’re putting out, your goals will be more challenging than what they should be. 

Typically to maintain weight women will eat around 2,000 calories a day and men will eat around 2,500 calories a day. In order to lose 1lb a week, women will reduce their intake to 1,500 calories a day and men will reduce to  2,000 calories a day. 

Overeating will keep insulin present which alerts the body to store fat. We want to lose belly fat, not store fat. Eating a little less than what’s required to maintain weight will put your body in a caloric deficit and insulin stays low.

#3 Intermittent Fasting to Lose Belly Fat

Intermittent fasting is choosing to eat within a window of time. Usually you fast 16-18 hours in a 24 hour period which gives you 8 hours to eat. This sounds difficult but 8 hours of sleep time is included in the 16-18 hours.

Two things must occur in order for belly fat loss to happen

1. Caloric deficit
2. Low insulin levels. 

Fasting for 16-18 hours will typically place the body in a caloric deficit. The catch to this  is not to pig out during your window. 

Also during the time you’re fasting your insulin levels will remain low. Insulin responds to sugar. Many processed foods break down in the body as sugar. Keep insulin levels low and belly fat is sure to go. 

 Implementing a basic fast once throughout the week will allow your body to tap into its stored energy. Once the body starts using stored energy to run on, belly fat melts away. 

If you are a diabetic, fasting may not be an option for you. That doesn’t mean belly fat loss can’t happen. One day throughout the week decrease your carbs and your goals are still reachable.