Book Review: Flat Belly DietBattling Belly Bloat and StressFlat Belly Diet: Chapters 4-5 Onward to Chapter IV: The Mind-Belly Connection. This chapter delves into the concepts of emotional eating, the stress factors related to belly fat, and overall motivation/positive thinking. The human body designed to sustain life, has a built in mechanism to trigger to protect itself—hunger. Appetite controlled by biochemical signals to the brain, tell us when we need food, or are full and should stop eating. I tend to be a stress eater. You too? Each sub-section of the chapter is loaded with tips and ideas to help you become more emotionally stable in the area of food consumption and the management of stress, which by the way— can be conquered! An interesting tidbit from the book: According to a British survey regarding the food-mood connection, it was found that decreasing sugar, caffeine, and alcohol, and increasing the intake of water, vegetables, fruit, fish, whole grains, and nuts had a big impact on stress reduction for the participants involved in the survey. I learned a lot from this chapter…it was an interesting read! Chapter V is aptly called, The Four-Day Anti-Bloat Jumpstart because the whole chapter is devoted to stomach bloat and how to deal with it. The first part of the chapter talks about digestion, gas, and the “four bad-guys” of a bloated stomach: stress, lack of fluid, lack of sleep, and air travel. The second part of the chapter is what you’ve been waiting for: the 4 day-Anti-Bloat Jumpstart. It includes a survey entitled, “Are You Prone to Belly Bloat?, which will help you determine how susceptible you are to water retention and belly bloat. What you get in this chapter: Flat Belly Diet (Chapters 4-5)-->(Chapters 1-3) ~(Chapters 6-7)
Flat Belly Rules & Four-Week Plan:Quick-And-Easy Meals.
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