Article: Healthy People: Beat the bloat.(Features)

Byline: CAROLE BECK

Don't panic if you're about to bare your bod on the beach. Your ample curves are as likely to be caused by fluid retention as they are flab - and that's a lot easier to fight. Excess water held in the body's cells can affect your tummy and add pounds to the face, ankles, hands and feet. CAROLE BECK shows how you can make your belly less pot and more petite...

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Cut out refined starches, such as white bread, white pasta, cakes and biscuits. "Anything made with white flour acts like blotting paper in the stomach," says ...

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