How to Shift the Fat Around Your Middle

You’re hitting the gym four times a week, staying away from carbs and swapping your sandwiches for salad – yet you can’t lose that last bit of flab from your tummy.

But there could be a reason why your spare tyre remains persistent no matter how much dieting you do.

Here, FEMAIL enlists the help of three nutritionists – Dr. Marilyn Glenville, Michela Vagnini and Cassandra Barns – who reveal the five simple steps to get you a flat tummy in time for summer.

1. INFLAMMATION

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Nutritionist Dr. Marilyn Glenville says: ‘Your fat cells function as a gland; they produce hormones and other substances, as do other glands in your body.

‘Unfortunately, fat cells produce substances called inflammatory cytokines, which have the effect of pumping up the immune system.

‘This urge adrenal glands to release more cortisol to calm it down. The excess cortisol in your system then causes more fat to be stored, which then releases more inflammatory cytokines.

‘The cycle goes round and round.’

Change your diet to help with inflammation.

Michela Vagnini says: ‘Stay away from prepared, processed and packaged foods as well as saturated fats found in margarine, pastries, and crisps.

‘You should also avoid foods that contain alcohol, wheat, and gluten, and foods that increase the blood sugar levels quickly, such as sweets, juices, and bread.' Doctoru2019s Best Serr... Buy New $12.61 (as of 10:25 UTC - Details)

2. KEEP YOUR BELLY HAPPY

Our stomach is made up of good and bad bacteria, called gut flora, which has a controlling influence over many important body functions, including metabolism and fat reduction.

However, our lifestyle habits (taking antibiotics, a diet high in sugar, stress, alcohol) damage our gut bacteria.

So how can we balance it? A healthy gut is made by limiting the bad bacteria and encouraging the good one to grow.

Nutritionist Cassandra Barns says: ‘Feed the good bacteria with fibrous foods and plenty of probiotics, which you can find in fermented foods such as kombucha, sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir and apple cider vinegar.

‘You could also try including a supplement in your diet.’

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