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you know some people just they just

don’t like this belly fat thing they

want it gone so today we’re going to

talk about the 10 foods that can help a

person

lose belly fat so let’s dive right in

what is belly fat it’s visceral fat okay

and here’s a book i want to show you

right here

siba the civil collection frank knitter

and this one is on the endocrine system

and we have this little chapter right

here

which talks about cortisol okay you see

this

picture right here

that’s belly fat and that’s too much

cortisol so

first let’s talk about the relationship

between

cortisol and belly fat

cortisol

turns protein

into sugar okay so it causes your liver

to make new sugar

out of

non-carbohydrate things like

fat ketones

protein so if your cortisol is really

high that’s a stress hormone you’re

going to need quick sugar being created

so your body’s going to be making a lot

of sugar so people that have high

cortisol a lot of times are not eating

sugar it’s their bodies making sugar out

of other things and that increase in

sugar elevates

insulin okay people can even become a

diabetic if you have too much cortisol

and this is why one of the side effects

of prednisone where someone’s taking a

synthetic cortisol

is diabetes so the reason why someone

has belly fat or visceral fat from

cortisol has to do with that hormone

which is making sugar which is then

increasing insulin so really what’s

happening is we’re getting the spike of

insulin and insulin makes belly fat

because there’s a fat storing hormone so

whether your insulin spike is coming

from eating a high carb diet or sugar or

increase in cortisol

or you’re eating too frequently as in

having a lot of snacks you can develop

excessive belly fat

now the belly fat usually occurs after

the liver

is

fatty because a lot of the visceral fat

that’s around the organs is occurring

because there’s a spill over

from your liver so if you’re belly fat

like you’re looking down right now and

you can’t see your feet that means your

liver has a lot of fat in it and now

it’s spilling over into other areas

around the body because there’s only so

much space in the liver so knowing that

information

the top foods that will help you with

that

have to address

either

lowering insulin lowering cortisol

or helping you with a fatty liver and

some people as i go through the list are

going to be surprised when i talk about

eating certain fats because

you would think you would need to avoid

fat if you want to get rid of a fatty

liver or fat around your midsection but

that’s actually not true so let’s start

with number one eggs okay what’s in eggs

that can help you with your mid-section

weight well number one they have

virtually no carbohydrates okay and that

means we’re not going to stimulate

insulin and because it’s a good source

of protein in fact the best source of

protein you’re not going to get near as

much

waste

as

glucose okay because if you’re eating

too much protein especially the wrong

type of protein that can actually turn

into sugar too so eggs are right up

there as the highest quality protein

that you can consume and when a protein

is low carb it triggers the opposing

hormone to insulin and that’s called

glucagon and glucagon helps you burn fat

two eggs are loaded with lecithin

so lecithin helps break down fat in your

liver eggs are also loaded with choline

which is also a good fat dissolver for

your liver all right number two

salmon now what’s so special about

salmon

salmon is very high in omega-3 fatty

acids it’s one of the foods that has the

most omega-3 fatty acids okay and

omega-3 fatty acids do two things it

helps to reduce insulin by making

insulin more sensitive and it also helps

you reduce cortisol and it’s virtually

zero carbohydrate all right number three

cob liver or

cod liver oil if you’ve never consumed

cod liver oil you may or may not like it

i like the taste you have to try it

sometime it comes in can it looks like

one of those sardine cans but it has cod

liver in it and i think it’s actually

really good so cod liver is just like

like mostly fat and with some protein

but it’s super high in omega-3 fatty

acids which can help you make insulin

more sensitive and also reduce cortisol

but you can also do the cod liver oil

too

but some people don’t like the cod liver

oil burps so you can get them in

capsules okay number four

sauerkraut so how can sauerkraut help

you well number one it has the ability

to increase liver function

and there’s been some interesting

research that it can help reduce fat on

your liver it’s a really good

anti-inflammatory

the fiber can help feed the microbiome

which then turns into a real interesting

type of fat that’s very similar to a

ketone and be a source of fuel now

sauerkraut also has probiotics and so

when you consume these great probiotics

through the fermentation process

that alone can help you lose weight

because we have the microbes now working

for us

and sauerkraut out of

all the foods has the most vitamin c

one cup of sauerkraut could contain up

to 700 milligrams of vitamin c i mean

that’s just amazing and your adrenals

the gland that makes cortisol needs

vitamin c as a real key nutrient to

support itself as you go through stress

out of all the vitamins that the adrenal

needs uh vitamin c is at the top of the

list all right number five cruciferous

vegetables that would be like kale

broccoli brussels sprouts arugula which

i love there are certain phytonutrients

in cruciferous to help a fatty liver the

minerals specifically potassium and

magnesium

in those vegetables are really good to

help lower stress and help you reduce

cortisol and help you sleep and also

potassium is one of the most important

minerals to help reduce insulin i just

did a video on that and of course

magnesium is a like a physiological

relaxer mineral so it can help you feel

calm and actually sleep and then also

the fiber from cruciferous vegetables

that can help the microbiome because

they live on fiber all right number six

is hamburger now you might be thinking

like why is hamburger on the list i’m

not talking about the bun i’m talking

about a high quality fatty burger that

doesn’t have ketchup that doesn’t have

fries as a side order hamburger is

basically a combination of fat and red

meat and it’s easier to digest sometimes

than red meat that’s a little bit leaner

and so that means it has even a lesser

effect on insulin and it’s virtually

zero carbohydrate it’s nutrient dense it

has a lot of vitamins and minerals and i

consume a lot of hamburger in fact i

feel really good especially my blood

sugars when i consume hamburger but of

course make sure it’s uh grass-fed

grass-finished all right number seven

avocado

avocados have something called avocatin

b it’s a certain

chemical in avocados

that can help your blood sugars it can

help insulin be more sensitive it can

help reduce insulin resistance and on

top of that it’s really good for someone

with a fatty liver avocado is a really

good ketogenic

vegetable because of its fat it has a

lot of fat and it’s extremely low carb

and it’s a vegetable so you should

combine the avocado with a hamburger

with a little sauerkraut on top all

right number eight broccoli sprouts

now you can use other sprouts but

broccoli sprouts have a lot of the

sulforaphane that’s the phytonutrient

that’s really good for cancer but it’s

also really good for reducing visceral

fat okay there’s one study yes it was on

mice but it did show a 20 reduction in

fat from the midsection of a mouse as

well as reduction of liver fat so if you

have some pet mice or gerbils or

hamsters definitely start feeding them

broccoli sprouts broccoli sprouts or

other any sprouts in general are

actually pretty nutrient dense

the most nutrition in a plant occurs in

the sprouting stage not necessarily when

the vegetable

becomes an adult plant all right number

nine is asparagus okay

now asparagus has something in it called

asparagus

and that is a certain chemical a natural

chemical that helps to detoxify ammonia

from your liver

ammonia is a byproduct from protein and

so if the liver is damaged and you’re

building up ammonia

definitely consume asparagus but this

phytonutrient also helps with blood

sugars it helps with insulin resistance

it makes insulin more sensitive so

you’re going to have less insulin

plus the fiber in the asparagus is

really good for the gut it’ll feed the

microbiome which will then help your

blood sugars from another angle not to

mention it’s very high in fiber and low

in actual sugars all right number 10

nutritional yeast now

make sure you get the nutritional yeast

that’s not fortified with synthetic

vitamins okay because a lot of times

they’ll they’ll put these synthetic

vitamins that are basically from

petroleum they’re very low quality cheap

vitamins but a lot of companies when

they produce the

yeast when they ferment it they throw in

these synthetics and apparently the

yeast eat them and you spike the bee

complex

but you really don’t need to do that you

just need to get nutritional yeast

that’s unfortified you can either get

them in tablets or you can get them in a

powder and you can put them on your

salad

which is really tasty because it has a

little bit of a parmesan

taste to it you know with your olive oil

and your vinaigrette and here you are

having this nutritional yeast that will

not only give you the b vitamins to help

a fatty liver but it will also give you

a lot of b1 to help reduce cortisol and

stress

so if we combine some of these foods in

our salad we have the magnesium we have

the potassium we have the fiber we have

the phytonutrients we have the

nutritional yeast in there

if we put a little avocado in there

and then the side we have our burger

with sauerkraut one of the perfect meals

to help you lose belly fat all right now

that we talked about the foods to eat

let’s now talk about the foods to avoid

which is just as important i put them

right here check it out