Dr. Oz: 5 Ways to Banish Belly Fat for Good
To gain major health rewards, shed the weight around your middle with this two-part plan.
By Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dairy
When your body is low on calcium, it produces a hormone that signals the body to store visceral fat. Meeting your recommended daily calcium needs (that's 1,000 milligrams for adults) can help reduce levels of this hormone. And a recent study published in
Obesity Research found that calcium from dairy has a stronger effect than calcium from other sources. I recommend eating low-fat Greek yogurt as a daily snack (just six ounces contain about 20 percent of your recommended dietary allowance for calcium), though any low-fat dairy will do.
From the
April 2013 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
