From Prevention.com

What’s in Store
The 4-day Jumpstart is a great way to reduce belly bloat and start flattening your stomach instantly. You can lose up to 7 pounds! You’ll drink Sassy Water (a signature Flat Belly drink) while eating healthy foods prepared in delicious, simple ways. The jumpstart was created for the specific purpose of reducing water retention, eliminating heavy solids, and relieving gas so you will quickly look and feel lighter. Avoid these 10 foods and you’ll be on your way to a trimmer tummy today!

Salt

Avoid the salt shaker, salt-based seasonings, and highly processed foods. Water is attracted to sodium, so when you take in higher than usual amounts, you’ll temporarily retain more fluid which contributes to a sluggish feeling, a puffy appearance, and extra water weight.

Excess Carbs

As a backup energy source, your muscles store a type of carbohydrate called glycogen. Every gram of glycogen is stored with about 3 grams of water. But unless you’re running a marathon tomorrow, you don’t need all this stockpiled fuel. Decrease your carbohydrate intake to temporarily train your body to access this stored fuel and burn it off. At the same time, you’ll get rid of the excess stored fluid.

Bulky Raw Foods

A half-cup serving of cooked carrots delivers the same nutrition as one cup raw, but it takes up less room in your GI tract. Eat only cooked vegetables, smaller portions of unsweetened dried fruit, and canned fruits in natural juice. This will allow you to meet your nutrient needs without expanding your GI tract with extra volume.

Gassy Foods

Certain foods simply create more gas in your GI tract. They include legumes, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, onions, peppers, and citrus fruits.

Chewing Gum

You probably don’t realize this, but when you chew gum, you swallow air. All that air gets trapped in your GI tract and causes pressure, bloating, and belly expansion.

Sugar Alcohols

These sugar substitutes, which go by the names xylitol or maltitol, are often found in low-calorie or low-carb products like cookies, candy, and energy bars because they taste sweet. Like fiber, your GI tract can’t absorb most of them. That’s good for your calorie bottom line, but not so good for your belly. Sugar alcohols cause gas, abdominal distention, bloating, and diarrhea. Avoid them.

Fried Foods

Fatty foods, especially the fried variety, are digested more slowly, causing you to feel heavy and bloated.

On the Flat Belly Diet you’ll eat fats, but you’ll eat the healthy kind–MUFAs (short for monounsaturated fatty acids)–that target hard-to-lose visceral belly fat. MUFAs can be found in oils (such as olive oil), olives, nuts and seeds, avocado, and dark chocolate. Yum!

Spicy Foods

Foods seasoned with black pepper, nutmeg, cloves, Chili powder, hot sauces, onions, garlic, mustard, barbecue sauce, horseradish, catsup, tomato sauce, or vinegar can all stimulate the release of stomach acid, which can cause irritation.

Carbonated Drinks

Where do you think all those bubbles end up? They gang up in your belly!

Swap these beverages for delicious Sassy Water (the Flat Belly Diet’s signature drink). You’ll enjoy this soothing, flavorful water on the jumpstart and can continue drinking it throughout the diet (many Flat Belly Dieters do!).

High-Acid Drinks

Alcohol, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and acidic fruit juices: Each of these high-acid beverages can irritate your GI tract, causing swelling.

You can have these drinks in moderation after the jumpstart if you choose.

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