Flat Belly Diet! is just the latest diet craze to hit and was first featured on the ABC show Good Morning America. The diet comes from the editors at Prevention Magazine.

It is centered around the fact that some foods that are known to contain MUFAs or monounsaturated fatty acids can cause you to lose stubborn fat especially around the middle ie. belly fat. There are 5 kinds of MUFAs – oils, nuts and seeds, avocado, chocolate and olives.

The Flat belly diet supposedly works by eating 4 meals a day containing 400 calories each and including a food from any of the MUFA categories. This way you get the 1600 calories per day recommended for most weight loss diets.

The Flat Belly diet is hardly a breakthrough and like most popular fad diets there are some things that you should be aware of. While MUFAs are generally a very healthy recommendation studies have shown that they can promote insulin resistance which may lead to type II diabetes. To be completely fair there are studies that show how MUFAs can promote healthy weight loss over a period of time.

In addition to the diet foods and food plans, the Flat Belly diet also suggests optional exercise such as squats, lunges or walking. The outcome they claim should have you losing “up to 15 lbs in 32 days”, trimming “up to 12 inches of fat”, “tighten, trim and flatten your tummy” and “feel and look sexier”.

The Flat Belly Diet book is available for $31.95 and there is also an online program.