Little joys that speed slimming

We want to look our best during swimsuit season, but we also want to enjoy summer’s tasty treats without worry. The key to doing both? Clearing out liver fat. Swedish scientists say doing so optimizes metabolism to boost fat-burning ability by 400%. And it safeguards your sunny mood too! Research in Frontiers in Nutrition suggests lowering liver fat tames inflammation to curb the risk of blue moods by 67%. All it takes is enjoying life’s little pleasures

- Melissa Gotthardt

Savor some deviled eggs

Or enjoy egg salad. Both contain choline, a mineral the liver relies on to break down fat. Just two eggs deliver 54% of the choline you need daily. And University of North Carolina scientists say that correcting a choline shortfall (which impacts 92% of women) can reverse fatty liver in 30 days. Also smart: using eggs enriched with omega-3s. The fatty acids keep liver-clogging triglycerides in check. In a study in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, people who increased their omega-3 intake lowered their liver-fat levels in 12 weeks. Try: Eggland’s Best eggs, which have twice as many omega-3s as ordinary eggs.

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