Foods That Fight Belly Fat

The Truth About Belly Fat

For years we’ve been told that eating fat will add inches to our waistlines, but the truth is, not all fat is created equal. “Bad” fats, like trans fats and saturated fats, can actually contribute to weight gain, but “good” fats—unsaturated fats—can actually help fight belly fat.

Unsaturated fats, which are found in plant-based oils like olive oil and canola oil, avocados, nuts and seeds, fish, and soybeans, have been shown to fight belly fat. A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who added a daily serving of unsaturated fat to their diet lost more weight around their waists than those who ate the same amount of calories from other sources.