| Some Home Truths | | | | you going. |
| Myth 1 - All White Foods Are BAD! | | | | Drink plenty of water or fluids. Some people have |
| Some are. Refined foods are best left on the | | | | difficulty drinking just water. Drink cooled herbal |
| supermarket shelf. Make small changes to your | | | | tea or diluted fruit juice but make sure you stay |
| groceries and switching refined bread for whole | | | | well hydrated as this helps digestion also. |
| grain bread, or better yet, make your own. Try | | | | Remember, the better your digestion, the closer |
| wholewheat pasta and rice. It takes a little bit | | | | you are to get a flat stomach. |
| longer to cook but its much tastier and easier to | | | | Myth 3 - I Need To Eat Less To Lose Weight |
| digest. People who have switched to less refined | | | | Eating less or too little can put your body into |
| foods tend to suffer less bloating and actually lose | | | | starvation mode. It will slow your metabolic rate |
| weight. | | | | right down to preserve the energy and food that |
| Remember that the quickest way to get a flat | | | | it has. Eating small amounts, more regularly, will |
| stomach is to reduce bloating. So often that | | | | demonstrate to your body that there is enough |
| stomach that seems to elusive is just hidden | | | | food and its ok to digest it. |
| from us due to poor diet. | | | | Eating small amounts more regularly also helps |
| The closer we stay to the earth the better. Try | | | | reduce bloating and will help you sustain your |
| and eat organic foods if possible. They are a bit | | | | energy levels. Less bloating means you can get a |
| more costly but worth it. If you only switch three | | | | flat stomach, still eat and enjoy food and not |
| foods, switch to organic carrots, organic | | | | have to do countless sit ups and spend money on |
| strawberries and organic dairy products. | | | | expensive home exercise equipment and |
| Safe white foods include cauliflower, celery, | | | | supplements. |
| parsnip, celeriac, onion, garlic, sushi nori, tofu, feta | | | | A really simple tip is to start each meal with a |
| cheese (in small quantities) and egg whites. Eggs | | | | small slice of wholegrain bread with extra virgin |
| are fine in small quantities but if you have high | | | | olive oil. Just a little bit, mind. This will help take the |
| cholesterol, try and avoid the yolks. | | | | edge off your hunger, reduce bloating, improve |
| Myth 2 - I Have A Slow Metabolism | | | | digestion and increase your intake of Omega3, 6 |
| Well speed it up then! I am not being dismissive as | | | | & 9 which is good for brain function. It will |
| everyone is different but diet and exercise is the | | | | also help you get a flat stomach as you are more |
| quickest way to get things going again. | | | | inclined to eat less. |
| Eat foods that are high in energy, take longer to | | | | Before you start on any sort of weight loss or |
| digest and are as natural and unprocessed as | | | | fitness programme, please consult your doctor if |
| possible. Eat nuts and fruit during the day to keep | | | | you have not exercised in a while. |