This is from RealAge.com e-zine 3/16/09:
“Foods That Fight Belly Fat
Did you know that besides doing wonders for your health, a certain nutrient group might also help keep your pants size down?…”
It’s true. Flavonoids — those antioxidant-like compounds found in fruits, veggies, chocolate, tea, and wine — seemed to help ward off belly fat in a 14-year study , multi-tasking flavonoids specifically, catechins, flavonols, and flavones — types of flavonoids — may help curb belly bulge by improving the body’s metabolic profile, the researchers noted. So where can you get your fair share? The study participants got most of theirs from pears, apples, tea, chocolate, broad beans, onions, leeks, and sweet peppers. Pretty tasty choices…”
My particular faves are apples, veggies (not onions or peppers really…) tea and of course WINE. I also take a supplemental bioflavinoid called “Quercetin” daily. The article went on to mention that the belly fat benefits were discovered in women; it does not say whether men were included in the study or not, though.
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