For starters, they can help your body increase lean muscle mass and avoid storing fat. You only need to follow a few simple guidelines:

• Incorporate two or three into each of your daily meals and at least one into your snacks.
• Eat a combination of protein, carbohydrates, and fat at every meal.
• Slip a little bit of protein into each snack.

Here’s the foods you need to add to your diet:

NUTS
Nuts build muscle, reduce belly fat and fight off cravings. Just a handful of almonds provide 19% of your daily requirement of magnesium, which is a key muscle-building component. What’s more, they help curb cravings. Twenty-four almonds washed down with 8 ounces of water should suppress your appetite.

BEANS AND LEGUMES
Beans and legumes are proven to build muscle, help burn fat and regulate digestion. The more beans you eat, the more control you’ll have over your hunger. Beasn are low in calories and crammed with protein, fiber, and iron – all ingredients required for building muscle and losing weight. Steer clear of refried beans, which are high in saturated fats, and baked beans, which are drenched in sugar.

GREEN VEGGIES
Green veggies will fortify your nutrient stores and help fight obesity. Let’s suppose you add one serving of spinach to your diet. You’ll be losing belly fat because spinach is loaded with folate and supplies nearly a full-day’s worth of vitamin A. If you are not too keen on eating lots of vegetables you can puree them and hide them in marinara sauce, salsa or chili.

WHEY POWDER
If you really want to know how to get rid of belly fat, add whey powder to build muscle and burn fat. If you add whey powder to your meal – say for instance in a smoothie, you will have created a powerful fat-burning meal. Whey protein is a high quality protein that contains essential amino acids needed to build muscles and burn fat. It’s effectiveness is so powerful because you’ll get the highest amount of protein for the fewest number of calories. Ricotta cheese is made from whey making it an awesome source of whey protein.

PEANUT BUTTER (ALL NATURAL AND SUGAR FREE)
Peanut butter is a quick and versatile snack that also builds muscle and burns fat. This food keeps you from feeling deprived and lessens the likelihood you will give in to other cravings. Dip apple slices in peanut butter or spread it on whole grain crackers.

WHOLE GRAIN FOODS
Whole grain foods are able to prevent your body from storing fat. Since your body needs carbs, the key is to eat the ones that have been least processed. By eating products made with all the parts of the grain (whole grain bread and pasta, long-grain rice) you will get all the nutrition that refined foods lack. Check the ingredients and look for whole wheat or whole grain – white flour foods that are colored brown are not the same.

Use any or all of these outrageous foods to burn belly fat. When the dust settles you’ll be visibly thinner, full of energy, and much, much happier. Mark my words.