Black Beans

All legumes are full of protein and fiber - two well-known appetite crushers. And thanks to their dark colour, black beans are also one of the highest in flavonoids of all the beans. And research shows that flavonoids may thwart the storage of excess tummy fat.

Pears

Fresh pears are so low in calories and high in fiber, you could eat one before every meal and still lose weight. But even better, pears are loaded with catechins and flavonols - two antioxidants that appeared to hinder the storage of belly fat in a 14-year study.

Cold Potatoes

Lynn Umunyana says vinegar potato salad did wonders for her belly flattening.

"I was advised by a friend to leave potatoes overnight and have them in the morning for my belly. The logic by morning, they form something called resistant starch crystals -- a constituent of fiber that triggers the production of two hunger-halting hormones, according to research. And resistant starch helps the body incinerate more fat for fuel while making less fat available to stash away in fat cells,” she shares her experience and mechanism.

Tea

Seems the white version of this brew may be a veritable fat blaster. When human fat cells were treated with white tea extract in a lab study, the cells absorbed about 70% less fat than the untreated cells did. And those same tea compounds also triggered the breakdown of fat in existing cells.