How to Lose Belly Fat?

The AHA continues to issue policy statements relating to the link between diet and coronary heart disease, modifying and updating their position as necessary in response to the latest research. The AHA’s position remains consistent, however, when it comes to fat consumption: too much fat, especially saturated fat, increases the risk of coronary heart disease. In an attempt to help Americans prevent heart and blood vessel disease the American Heart Association has issued dietary guidelines to promote heart-healthy nutrition. In October 2000, the AHA released the following Eating Plan for Healthy Americans, which focuses on reducing the three risk factors for heart attack or stroke: high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and excess body weight.

• Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. Choose five or more servings per day.
• Eat a variety of grain products, including whole grains. Choose six or more servings per day.
• Eat fish at least twice a week, particularly fatty fish.
• Include fat-free and low-fat milk products, legumes (beans), skinless poultry, and lean meats.
• Choose fats and oils with 2 grams or less saturated fat per tablespoon, such as liquid and tub margarines, canola, corn, safflower, soy bean, and olive oils.
• Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition. This includes foods with a lot of added sugar like soft drinks and candy.
• Limit foods high in saturated fat, trans fat and/or cholesterol, such as full-fat milk products, fatty
  meats, tropical oils, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, and egg yolks. Instead choose foods low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol from the first four points above. (Trans fat comes from adding hydro-
  gen to vegetable oil, which partially hydrogenates it.
  It tends to increase blood cholesterol levels.)