Food 1 – Nuts
It is important that you eat only nuts which have the skins still on them.  These are particularly good as they help to build muscle and work like an appetite suppressant, so stop food cravings.

Food 2 – Beans
This includes such ones a soybeans, chickpeas, lima and kidney beans again these help to build up muscle, but also help to burn fat and can help to regulate a person’s digestive system.

Food 3 – Green vegetables including spinach. 
These contain a number of different vitamin properties including A, C and K as well as minerals such as calcium and magnesium.  Plus provide good amounts of fiber.  All of which can help to neutralize free radicals in the body and slow down the aging process.

Food 4 – Dairy Products. 
It is important that you only eat fat free or low fat dairy products.  Again perfect for helping to build strong bones and help to improve your metabolism which can help you to burn fat more easily.

Food 5 – Instant Oatmeal. 
This should be of the unsweetened and unflavored variety and can help to increase a person’s energy levels.  Also great for helping to reduce a person’s cholesterol level and keep their blood sugar levels at the right level.

Food 6 – Eggs
The best way to ensure that you do not take in too much cholesterol when including eggs into your abs diet is by removing part of the yolk and using more of the white instead.  Again the ideal food for building up muscle and help to burn off fat.

Food 7 – Lean Meats
You can include chicken, turkey and other kinds of lean meat (pork, beef and lamb) and fish as well into this group.  Not only great for helping to build up muscle but ideal for helping to improve your immune system as well.

Food 8 – Peanut Butter
You should only include the all natural variety that contains no sugar as this not only helps to build up muscle but also burn fat.  Plus for men it is great for boosting their testosterone levels as well.

Food 9 – Olive Oil
Ideal for helping to control a person’s food cravings, but is great for burning fat as well as lowering a person’s cholesterol levels.  As with lean meats this oil and other similar ones can help to boost a person’s immune system.

Food 10 – Whole Grain Cereals and Bread
When trying to improve the condition of your abs these foods should be included in your diet as they help to stop your body from storing unwanted fat.    But you should avoid eating white bread, bagels and doughnuts.

Food 11 – Whey Powder
This food can be purchased at any good quality health food store or online and not only helps to burn fat but also again helps to build muscle. 

Food 12 – Berries
Not only do we mean such fruits as raspberries and strawberries but you should be looking to increase your intake of other fruits such as apples and grapefruits as well.  Because they have large amounts of fiber within them they can help to reduce the number of food cravings a person has.

Above we have taken a look at the types of foods you should be including within your abs diet.  But it is also important that you take a sufficient amount of exercise each day as well.  Just by eating these foods alone will not help you to develop and improve the condition of your abs, they will just help you to lose the weight.