From the title we can certainly imagine, how great this diet. Yes, Abs's diet claims its application is able to lose weight and flatten the stomach. Is that right?
Diet Abs was coined by David Zinczenko an editor in chief of Men's Health with claims on the application of the Abs diet can lose weight up to 20 pounds, including abdominal fat in six weeks.
Application of diet Abs
Diet Abs is applied by eating nutrient-rich foods so as to complement the needs of vitamins, minerals and fiber. In addition, the choice of food in the Abs diet will lead to the formation of muscle and body fat burning.
Diet Abs is done by plotting the food menu. The menu is consumed regularly, in the form of a main meal and snack with a total number of meals as much as six times a day.
The selection of foods that are important in the Abs diet focuses on 12 powerfoods. Powerfoods in the Abs diet mean applying a few things, such as not consuming sugar on a sweetened cereal pack or sugar high biscuits and replacing them with healthier food choices.
More preferred food choices are foods that will form muscle mass and support fat burning, such as almonds or whole grains.
Food menu planning and the principle of selecting 12 powerfoods on the Abs diet are further described in Abs's dietary guidebook entitled "The New Abs Diet".
In addition to the selection of food, dieting Abs recommends that we do regular exercise that focuses on muscle formation. This is what causes Abs' s powerful diet to flatten the stomach.
Then, how the effect of Abs diet according to health experts?
USnews.com said that although this diet proved to be able to lose weight and include a healthy diet because accompanied by the suggestion to do sports, still not much research or expert opinion about this diet Abs.
In general, nutritional intake in the Abs diet is adequate but the risk of lack of some important nutrients such as potassium and vitamin D is large enough.