8 reasons you're not losing belly fat
Your gut microbiome is off-balance
If your gut microbiome is off-balance, you’ll end up with gas, bloating, and a not-so-flat stomach, Dr. Nusbaum says. And Miami-based internist Pamela Merino, MD, adds that more research is needed to see how gut health specifically affects fat storage. Dr. Merino points to research published in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine in 2016, which shows that stool transplants from thin people to overweight people result in weight loss—and the only explanation is that thin people’s microbiomes are better at burning fat.
