3.Reduce stress levels

Stress causes the adrenal glands to produce cortisol in the body.

Often referred to as the "stress hormone," having high levels of cortisol is known to increase belly fat due to causing a surge in appetite that causes fat storage to build in the abdominals.

It's particularly prevalent for women, studies show, who naturally produce more cortisol than men due to their larger waistlines.

4.Avoid sugary drinks

Everyone knows that Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite et all are bad for your teeth, but did you also know that they could be giving you love handles too?

Artificially-sweetened drinks (and yes, this includes alcohol) loaded with fructose cause the body to store fat in the liver and have been proven to cause substantial abdominal fat gain in a number of studies.

Because sugary foods are processed differently from sugary drinks, the liquid calories are less likely to fill you up and research shows that by drinking them you are more likely to experience an increase in appetite and store those additional calories as fat.

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