If you are among the 75 percent of Americans who gained weight during the pandemic or are among the 63 percent now working to get off the unwanted pounds and get fit for spring, there are simple strategies that will not only help you shed fat, but also get heart healthier in the bargain, according to Kimberly Gomer, RD, Director of Nutrition for the Pritikin Longevity Center. Her first tip: Ditch the calorie calculator. She tells you what to count instead, and her advice makes so much sense.
Gomer shares her choices for the best foods and strategies to help anyone who wants to lose weight and belly fat, and do it in a way that is also good for their long-term heart health. It turns out the same foods that will make it easier to burn fat faster now are also those that are beneficial to your heart down the road.