Your A-to-Z Guide to a Flat Belly

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Focus on your core

By Kate Ashford
From Health magazine

One of the best ways to help reduce your risk for cancer, diabetes, and heart disease is to focus on your abs. That’s right: Beyond ensuring that you look amazing in that fitted holiday dress, keeping your middle little protects your health, studies show—and you’ll look better for it. Read on for 26 simple gut-trimming tips (including some smart style tricks) that’ll help take the inches off.

A-Avoid beer

Beer drinkers sport higher waist-to-hip ratios than wine drinkers do, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that looked at people who imbibe more than six drinks per week.

B-Blueberries!

A blueberry-rich diet may stave off belly fat, a University of Michigan study suggests. Add them to your cereal, yogurt, or salad to get an extra fat-fighting boost.

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