I recently read that four things we commonly eat today will cause the human body to put on fat: bananas, corn, wheat, and peas.
Of those four items, one in particular has crept into the ingrediants of a huge number of products we eat today - corn. It is the additive corn syrup or corn syrup solids that I suspect is fueling obesity in this nation.
I've eaten Asian style cuisine for over two years .. rice, a LOT of vegetables (fresh from garden or whole produce from grocery), cut back on coffee,cigarettes .. and yes, cut back on excersize (I blame old age and sore muscles .. my wife says I'm lazy), I drink more water than I ever did and I have an increasing belly fat problem.
I have no insurance, so I don't see a doctor, but lately both men and women have been targetted as having low hormones that induces belly fat.
Don't know if it's true, but I'm 64 and ...