How to get rid of belly fat: These healthy foods make it worse

Belly fat is often the hardest to shift.

You might do regular cardio exercise and eat a predominantly healthy diet, but you may find you still have stubborn fat around your middle.

Being active is just one part of losing the weight. It’s also important to look at the foods you’re eating, particularly when it comes to the excess fat around your waist.

Surprisingly, some so-called healthy or low-fat foods could be adding to your girth.

Limit these foods and drinks to give yourself a head-start in the battle against belly fat.

Avoid low-fat foods

Low-fat yogurt and reduced fat cheese are promoted as healthy food choices, but don’t let the nutritional labels trick you, warned PopSugar Fitness.

Low-fat products often do have less calories, but they will make up for the lack of fat by adding more sugar.

This gets turned into fat if you don’t burn it off and it often settles around your middle.

Low-fat products are also often pumped full of artificial preservatives,...

Source: How to get rid of belly fat: These healthy foods make it worse