Diet plays a massive part in either working towards or keeping a flat stomach. By avoiding unnecessary snacking throughout the day and especially late at night will put you in a better position to keep your weight down and have a flat stomach. Here’s three tips to curb the cravings.

1. Drink More Water

Your body needs 6-8 glasses of water each day. A lot of the time when you get that feeling of hunger its actually a need for fluids rather than food. Water will make you feel full, its good for you and it’s not going to add the extra calories that fruit juices and soft drink will!

If you don’t drink enough water throughout the day you body will try and store of much of it as possible and this causes edema (bloating). Your face, hands and feet can end up swelled and so does your stomach. So the more water you drink the less water retention you will have, leading to a flatter stomach. Drinking water also clears out toxins from vital organs and carries nutrients to your cells.

Also remember that your daily intake of water can come from other food sources such as apples and if you find drinking plain water to be boring then check out the benefits of turning your water into lemon water.

2. Chew Gum

We all probably know that chewing sugar free gum can help prevent tooth decay and freshen breath but it can also act as an appetite suppressant. The act of chewing gum reduces feelings of hunger and can then reduce the amount you eat when it does come time to have a meal. Chewing gum may also help to release tension and to reduce stress.

You can even get teeth whitening gum these days so you’re getting even more benefits. Chewing gum is an easy little change you can make that will help avoid pointless snacking.

3. Eat Nuts

The benefits of eating nuts are wide and varied. Besides the fact that they are a great snacking option compared with chocholate, lollies and snack bars, nuts also satisfy hunger well enough to reduce the consumption of other food. Nuts are good sources of fibre, vitamin E, folic acid, copper, magnesium and the amino acid arginine, for each of which there is evidence of a role in preventing heart disease

Nuts are a fatty food and a lot of people have concerns about putting on weight when eating nuts but nuts contain low levels of saturated fats and high levels of unsaturated fats. This is whats commonly referred to as the “good fat”. As expected with unsaturated fats, studies have clearly shown that nut consumption lowers blood cholesterol levels. No doubt the lower cholesterol lowers the risk of heart disease.

The concern with nuts is that an increasing amount of the population, especially children, are developing nut allergies. Just make sure you’re aware of your guests, your children’s and your own allergies before eating nuts.

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