Discover 5 natural weight-loss tips. First and foremost, it's important to understand that when you set out on a weight-loss diet, it's tricky to target the areas you want to slim down. Here you'll find tips to help you lose belly fat and refine your figure.

Men and women: an unequal battle

Men and women have different metabolisms and store fat in different ways. Women have reserves mainly in their breasts, belly, hips and thighs, in case of a famine crisis. Women carry life and become nourishers for more than 1 year in all. It is therefore important for her survival and that of her children to have reserves in case of famine.

Today, however, starvation is a rare occurrence in our latitudes. On the contrary, it's quite common to suffer from malnutrition, ingesting more calories than you expend. Added to this are dietary principles that do not at all respect your chronobiology, your Hippocratic temperament, etc... Finally, emotional eating is a whole other subject that deserves to be addressed in therapy, in order to understand why you might be overweight or why your appearance doesn't suit you.

Let's leave psychology behind and discover these 5 natural tricks you can implement today!

• 1. Probiotics for a flat stomach

Overweight people and/or those unable to lose weight, particularly in the abdominal area, have a microbiota that is far too poor. Junk food, including excessive sugar, refined cereals and nitrogenous products (red meat, deli meats, etc.), and a lack of quality fruit and vegetables weaken the intestinal microbiota, creating a putrefactive flora.

Poor digestion, poor assimilation of nutrients and poor elimination of waste (endogenous and exogenous) lead to intoxication, bloating and digestive heaviness.

Une probiotic treatmentand incorporating prebiotics (fiber, lacto-fermented products, kombucha, fruit kefir, sauerkraut, etc.) into your diet will help you regain digestive comfort.

But be careful! If your usual diet is rich in sugar, you may have candidiasis in your digestive tract. In this case, it's important to consult your doctor or naturopath to adapt your treatment.

• 2. Raw fruit and vegetables at the end of or between meals

To take full advantage of the nutrients in your raw garden or organic fruit and vegetables, they should be eaten at the start of a meal or between meals. Because they are bio-available and digest very quickly, raw fruit tends to spike blood sugar levels at the end of the meal and ferment... Discomfort is guaranteed!

On the other hand, cooked fruit (compote, pie, oven-baked) at the end of the meal poses no problem.

• 3. Keep sufficiently hydrated to activate elimination

• Make the most of seasonal fruits and vegetables to prepare delicious juices with the extractor and/or smoothies with plant milk.

• Prepare infusions such as La Tisane Minceur by Aromandise, which can be drunk hot or cold. It's organic and made with black elderflower, sage, blackberry leaves, yarrow, juniper berries, serpole and chamomile.

• For sweet cravings, you can add grapefruit seed extract to a large bottle of water. This drink will cut your sweet cravings and help you free yourself from this addiction, while cleansing your digestive system, stimulating liver activity and toxin elimination.

• Sassy water. This summertime drink made with cucumber, ginger, mint and lemon will help you find your slimmer figure as part of a healthy lifestyle. Find out more about the recipe and benefits in our article "Sassy water, the new miracle drink for slimming?".

• 4. Stop snacking

• Eating between meals is the worst thing you can do, especially as it's rarely the best way to eat healthily. So, at the start, while you're trying to break the habit, include as much fresh fruit as you can eat, as well as mixed oilseeds (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts...).

• Cravings are also a sign of dehydration and boredom. Drink a large glass of plain or lemon water and go about your day.

• If you're not getting enough from your meals, add chia seeds or psyllium, which swell in contact with liquid to form a gel. So not only do they improve transit, they also help you feel full more quickly.

• 5. The right abs for a slimmer figure

Abs that make you push down without holding the perineum are dangerous. They don't build deep muscle, and can lead to organ descent (especially in women who have already had children, and in older women) or bladder weakness. What's more, they don't help to rectify your posture (lordosis, kyphosis, forward slump of the shoulders, protruding stomach, slack belly, etc.).

To reap the full benefits of strength training, it needs to be complete and well thought-out. When strengthening the abdominal muscles, you also need to think about the back, opening up the pelvis, positioning the spine, opening up the shoulder girdle, clearing the neck, etc.

Pilate and yoga offer powerful sequences to harmoniously sculpt your figure while respecting your internal anatomy.