Best/worst foods for belly fat

bcattoes
bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you know what to (or not to) eat to prevent belly fat?

http://www.webmd.com/diet/rm-quiz-best-worst-foods-belly-fat

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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Do you know what to (or not to) eat to prevent belly fat?

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/rm-quiz-best-worst-foods-belly-fat

    From your link
    Eating high-fat foods is not helpful, but excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat. Still, there is no single cause of belly fat.

    Please that quiz was mostly garbage
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    It didn't mention wheat and I lost loads off tummy when I dropped wheat.
  • cacrat
    cacrat Posts: 336 Member
    Do people still believe there is one specific food that will burn belly fat over all other fat? Seriously?
  • Setof2Keys
    Setof2Keys Posts: 681 Member
    Do you know what to (or not to) eat to prevent belly fat?

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/rm-quiz-best-worst-foods-belly-fat

    From your link
    Eating high-fat foods is not helpful, but excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat. Still, there is no single cause of belly fat.

    Please that quiz was mostly garbage

    i love it...this is the second time in 2 days you have tore apart a post and pointed out the contradiction...you crack me up!
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Eating too many calories will make your belly and the rest of you fat. Eating at a deficit will cause the reverse to happen. There is no specific food that is good or bad for this.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    It didn't mention wheat and I lost loads off tummy when I dropped wheat.

    Wheat does not cause belly fat unless you have problems digesting it, which are not uncommon. You could have a gluten intollerance, which would make the rules different for you.

    edited to fix a typo
  • cacrat
    cacrat Posts: 336 Member
    Wheat does not cause belly fat unless you have problems digesting it, which are not uncommon. You could have a glucose intollerance, which would make the rules different for you.

    Gluten intolerance, gluten allergy, or celiac disease.

    I'd be very suspicious if someone told me they were allergic to glucose.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Do people still believe there is one specific food that will burn belly fat over all other fat? Seriously?

    Some probably do, but that's not what the quiz said.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Again silly nonsense
    Calories from alcohol are worse for belly fat than other calories.

    Correct Answer: True

    Excess calories -- whether from alcohol, sweetened beverages, or oversized portions of food -- can increase belly fat. Our bodies need calories, yet gram for gram, alcohol has almost as many calories as fat.


    Alcohol does seem to have a particular association with an increased waistline, though. In general, that’s because when you drink alcohol, your liver is too busy burning off alcohol to burn off fat, leaving you with a beer belly. Studies show that alcohol can cause you to feel hungry by affecting hormones that regulate a sense of satiety.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    Wheat does not cause belly fat unless you have problems digesting it, which are not uncommon. You could have a glucose intollerance, which would make the rules different for you.

    Gluten intolerance, gluten allergy, or celiac disease.

    I'd be very suspicious if someone told me they were allergic to glucose.

    Its called insulin resistance...and I have it..but I am not diabetic..I have PCOS. Women who have IR have issues with processed carbs..
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Wheat does not cause belly fat unless you have problems digesting it, which are not uncommon. You could have a glucose intollerance, which would make the rules different for you.

    Gluten intolerance, gluten allergy, or celiac disease.

    I'd be very suspicious if someone told me they were allergic to glucose.

    Typo. I meant gluten.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Every food prevents belly fat if you eat less of it. Consequently, every food makes you fat if you eat too much of it. Simple.
  • cacrat
    cacrat Posts: 336 Member
    Its called insulin resistance...and I have it..but I am not diabetic..I have PCOS. Women who have IR have issues with processed carbs..

    Insulin resistance and a glucose "allergy" are not the same. In those that are insulin resistant, the hormone insulin becomes less effective at lowering blood glucose. That does not mean that the glucose you do have, causes an allergy. Because one causes the other does not mean they're the same. Glucose "intolerance" may be seen in those that are diabetic, but that's another can of worms.

    I figured it was a typo bcattoes, but didn't want someone out there thinking about it.
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    It didn't mention wheat and I lost loads off tummy when I dropped wheat.

    Wheat does not cause belly fat unless you have problems digesting it, which are not uncommon. You could have a gluten intollerance, which would make the rules different for you.

    edited to fix a typo


    I must have a wheat intolerance then.. I lost half a stone in the first week wheat free and 16lbs in first month after only losing 3 lbs a month calorie counting (but still including wheat products)

    I used to have special K for breakfast (cos I thought it was healthy) an healthy salad sandwich for lunch and dinner usually involved potatoes, rice or pasta.

    Now I use gluten free bread but restrict to 1-2 times a week as its not only expensive but also higher in calories than regular bread and cut other carbs to compensate eg i mean i don't have oats for breakfast on the day I want toast I'll just have fruit if I'm wanting the toast for lunch and dinner won't have potatoes or rice with it, (most days) but I do have 2 treat meals a week which may include a jacket potato for a change or oven chips.

    This seems to be working for me and lost 32lbs total and now 13" off tummy, 7 " off waist and down from UK size 20 to 14-16. I will stay mainly wheat free for life now, so it doesn't all go back on again.
  • sarscab
    sarscab Posts: 13
    Do you have bloating/diarrhea when you eat wheat? If not, it's probably not a wheat/gluten allergy.
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