Flat stomach with line-saving healthy foods from the world

We have the Mediterranean diet, Unesco heritage and a world-wide reference diet for living healthily, but what can we “steal” from other culinary traditions to stay in shape?

Many countries have a healthy dish or habit that sets them apart. For example, the inhabitants of Okinawa, a highly studied population of ultra centenarians, eat up to 80% of their capacity, never feeling full.

In Argentina, many people drink tea Yerba mate which suppresses the appetite, while the Ethiopia they eat the bread made from a protein-rich grain and gluten free, called teff.

Brazil is the richest country in superfood, real antioxidant boosters. Fromcoconut water, all bacce di acai al Camu Camu, an exotic fruit containing about 100 times the vitamin C found in lemon, along with beta-carotene, fatty acids and proteins.

In the Nordic countries, on the other hand, you fill up on Omega 3, which is contained in fatty fish such as salmon. The food tradition has also given birth to a diet: the Nordic diet which involves the consumption of few saturated fats, a lot of fish and vegetables, only in season and at zero kilometer.

From Korea, we can learn the benefits of fermented vegetables, especially useful for intestinal well-being and for abdominal swelling. The typical dish, which is called Kimchi, is based on vegetables fermented with spices. The most used vegetables are the Chinese cabbage, the cabbage and the daikon (particularly draining vegetable). Every ingredient in the Kimchi is packed with vitamins and minerals, but what makes this dish a super kind is the richness of it lactobacilli, benefits for the gastrointestinal tract.

In gallery 10 healthy foods that save health and waistline.