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First of all, make sure that you are getting enough fiber in your diet. Fiber comes only from plant sources. You cannot get fiber from meat or fat. The best form of fiber for your flat abs diet comes directly from fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Always try to stick with natural food, because there are more fibers available, and example is that a baked potato contains 3.8 grams of fiber and scalloped potatoes from a box less than 1 gram.
To be on an abs washboard diet, you will need at least 25 grams of fibers every day.
Next, you want to balance your carbs. You need carbohydrates for energy, so you don't want to eliminate them as you would in diets like Adkins. But, you also do not want to have too many because that breaks down into glucose which further breaks down into fat. The ideal range of carbs is 45 to 65 percent of your daily calories.
The lean muscle builder is protein and meat containing a high amount of protein are very important to build muscles including abs. between 15 and 20 percent of your daily diet should contain protein. I would say even up to 25 to 30 percent if you are on a heavy workout routine. The fat intake should be maximal 25 percent of your daily diet and mainly from vegetables and fish.
Water will not make you bloat or make you fat. Drink a tons a water no worry you will flush it out with your urine and sweat. The good thing is that the water will flush your body so you will get rid of a lot of bad toxins sodium is one them, and actually causes you to bloat.
You have probably already before you read this article put up a limit to yourself in getting flat abs. The daily requirement of sodium is around 500 mg for bodily functions. On average in the United States people uses between 3000 and 6000 mg of sodium per day, that would cause a camel to die, if you got eaten by one. This is way too much and makes it impossible for you to get sixpack. So limit the amount of salt you put in your food.
Limit your intake of sodas, yes even diet sodas because the gas makes you bloat and slow down your stomach digesting process.
Limit or eliminate your consumption of alcohol and caffeine. These are natural diuretics which increase fluid loss. They do not replace your body fluids as effectively as water or juice which is the preferred beverages on the flat abs diet.
The last tip I have for you is to try to reduce the stress in your life. Stress causes the hormone cortisol to act up. Cortisol causes fat deposits around the organs in your stomach. Exercise is a great stress reliever, which has the added benefit of helping you to lose weight all over.
