High-Inflammatory Foods

TAKING ACTION:

✅Do you consistently hit your nutrition goals? If not, why? Let’s discuss below!

We’ve talked about the different types of belly fat so far. Today, let’s talk about what we really want to know—what does our food (or nutrition) have to do with belly fat?

There aren’t foods that directly burn belly fat, contrary to what some marketing schemes want you to believe. While some foods might help you burn fat (hence, whole food nutrition), they aren’t directly going to target belly fat. Unfortunately, we can’t spot treat where we lose fat. (We’ll talk more about this later!)

While there aren’t foods that directly burn belly fat, there certainly are foods that cause (or at least contribute to) belly fat accumulation. (Side note: 100% unfair. 💯 )

High-inflammatory foods like white bread, white pasta, cookies, candy, sugary soft drinks, etc., often cause belly fat because they overload your body with too much glucose. When your body has too much glucose that it can’t use for energy, it is stored as, you guessed it—fat.

This is just another reason why mostly whole-food nutrition should be a priority. Whole-food nutrition will help mitigate belly fat, but as you already know, the health benefits of whole-food nutrition run far deeper.

With all of that said, protein does actually help you burn more fat overall because your body has to work harder to digest it. This is called the thermic effect of food. If you’re trying to lose some unwanted belly fat, focus on hitting your protein macro target consistently.

Speaking of protein, check out these high-protein recipes below! Belly fat—be gone! ✌️

High Protein Recipes Recipes [Easy to Make!] - The Clean Eating Couple

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