the fruit that reduces abdominal fat

  Hi {NAME}, The more I look at the research on fruit, the less I’m convinced that it’s the fiber that has the benefit when it comes down to reducing visceral or belly fat. It's other elements of the fruit. And the literature is getting really strong when it comes to the correlation between fruit and visceral fat. Who doesn't want to reduce their visceral fat? It's one of the strongest metabolic links that we have between poor health and diet. We know things that influence visceral fat, and we know that visceral fat is one of the strongest risk factors that you could have for cardiometabolic dysfunction and disease. So, let's go ahead and understand a little bit more about fruit’s effects on visceral fat. The Study There was a study that was published in BMC Medicine about six months ago that looked at three groups of people : Group 1 ate a standard diet. Group 2 ate a regular Mediterranean Diet. Group 3 ate an optimized Mediterranean Diet with extra fruit and polyphenols. They found that the Mediterranean diet with extra polyphenols compared to a regular Mediterranean diet ended up having a 14% reduction in visceral fat compared to a 6% reduction in visceral fat. A Mediterranean diet is already tremendous at reducing visceral fat. One with more green tea, fruit, and polyphenols had more than double the impact on reducing visceral fat. So what exact polyphenols were causing this reduction? They found two that correlated with reductions in visceral fat the most. First was [Urolithin A]( which I talk about all the time. Then there was another one called Hippuric Acid. This particular polyphenol is found in darker forest berries, namely chokeberries, raspberries, wild strawberries, black currants, blackberries, and the occasional wild blueberry. The other polyphenol, Urolithin A, can be found in pomegranates, some types of nuts, and tea. Hippuric Acid is found in green tea, whereas Urolithin A can be found in black tea. Now, when it comes to fruit, the main argument people have is that the fructose in fruit contributes to visceral fat and a fatty liver because the body can’t metabolize fructose the same way it does sugar, so it stores as fat easier. However, the evidence is quite clear that the polyphenols in fruit are actually strongly protective against visceral fat. As a matter of fact, a study published in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity found that only two and a half grams of Urolithin A in supplement form protected and stopped the formation of visceral fat that would have come as a result of an extremely high fat, high calorie diet. So when subjects went high fat, high calorie, they did not gain visceral fat when Urolithin A was in the equation. The point is that the polyphenols are cardiometabolic protective. In addition, they act as a shield from the highly inflammatory bacteria and the lipopolysaccharides that are hugely inflammatory. So these polyphenols that we get from fruit are going into the gut and encouraging very positive gut health, all while protecting against the bad stuff. Now, you see something very clear when looking at this : The more polyphenols you take in, the more polyphenols you’ll see in the bloodstream. The more polyphenols you see in the bloodstream, the better your gut health. And the better your gut health and the more polyphenols, the lower visceral fat you’ll see. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Now, the best thing I can do is tell you exactly what you should be doing. Reduce Belly Fat with Fruit To optimize gut health for this, you want to choose fruits that are going to have the most bang for the buck when it comes down to polyphenols. That means you want to choose the darker berries whenever possible. You’ll want to go for small wild blueberries, not the giant ones the size of a tomato. Go for the tiny raspberries, not the massive raspberries that look like someone's swollen thumb. Same thing goes for blackberries and blackcurrants. Another thing you can do besides fruit is consume green tea to get a lot of the Hippuric Acid that you get from fruit. If you're trying to reduce your carbohydrate intake, have a few glasses of green tea instead of fruit (the caffeine-free green tea works too). When it comes to Urolithin A, consume pomegranates and walnuts. The big downside here though is only 40% of the population can actually extract Urolithin A and Hippuric Acid from foods like a pomegranate. With Urolithin A, I do recommend people supplement it. It makes sense because it’s a powerful compound that we see in scientific literature to work very well, and most people will never be able to extract enough of it from their diet alone. [Here’s a 10% off link for Timeline Nutrition.]( It’s easily the best Urolithin A on the market because they have a patented technology called MitoPure. They have studies published in JAMA and more studies coming out every day. Urolithin A has huge effects on the mitochondria directly. So, with Hippuric Acid, it might only be a proxy for good gut health. With Urolithin A however, we see direct mechanistic evidence that it’s affecting the mitochondria and the metabolism. Which means [Urolithin A supplementation]( makes a ton of sense. It's something most people should add into their diet, especially if you’re 35 years or older. Now, some might be asking if the fiber in fruit has any impact on visceral fat. Most of the literature with fiber and visceral fat is indirect, so we can’t say anything for sure. But fiber does seem to help with weight loss, which can obviously cause some visceral fat loss. But going back to that BMC Study, we saw the group that ate the standard diet still had visceral fat loss. Which tells us one thing. We don’t lose visceral fat at the same rate that we lose regular fat. They’re two completely separate systems. The only real reason that visceral fat is there is to prevent and protect a certain level of bacteria that crosses through the gut. We're supposed to have a tiny bit, but not high levels of it. This is not something that our ancestors had to deal with, because they didn't have a surplus of fuel and they definitely didn't have the metabolic dysfunction to the degree that we have it now. So as long as you're not consuming 300 grams of fructose and you're consuming fruit in the fashion that our ancestors would have, you're putting yourself in the perfect spot to combat visceral fat. And you're putting yourself in a perfect spot to reduce your food intake simply by a little bit of fiber. So, by doing this, you'll lose belly fat. You'll lose regular weight and visceral fat. Thanks for reading. - Thomas P.S Here’s the link for 10% off your first Urolithin A Supplement purchase. Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Thomas DeLauer, PO Box 1120, Stateline, NV 89449, United States