If you've made the decision that it's time to start burning your body fat and you're serious about it, then you've been no doubt learning about nutrition and trying to figure out what to eat and when. If you haven't, then you need to! Nutrition is one of the essential components to any plan that has to do with burning fat. Here's 3 tips that can help you eat better, feel healthier, and start getting rid of your big stomach.

Nutrition Tip #1: Stop Eating Soy

Soy products are falsely touted as a super 'health food' today, but the truth is that soy is not good for you at all. One of the worst aspects of it is it contains something called estrogenic compounds and when you eat it, these absorb into your body. Estrogenic compounds are responsible for fat gain in both men and women by screwing up your hormones. In men it can be especially noticeable because you may develop 'man boobs' or a big, hard belly. So stop eating soy immediately if you want to lose the belly fat!

Nutrition Tip #2: Check out the farmer's market

No matter where you live, there's usually a group of farmer's somewhere nearby that get together to market their freshly grown products. In some places you'll only be able to buy from them in the right seasons, but they seem to be most everywhere. When available, start buying your fruits and vegetables from these farmer's markets.

The produce in grocery stores and usually shipped across the country and contain little nutritional value because of the way it was grown and when it was picked (they always pick it before it's ripe because they have to ship it so far). Remember, the fresher the food the better, so find a farmer's market near you and start buying from them.

Nutrition Tip #3: Balance your diet between carbs, protein, and fat

I'm sure you've heard that you can lose fat on your body by not eating carbs, or cutting the fat out of your diet, but this will not help you in the long run. You may get some short term results, but as soon as you start eating like a normal person again, the weight will come right back.

Instead of following some crash diet, you should try to eat a balance of protein, carbs and fat. Our bodies were built to eat all three in moderation so they don't function right when one is taken out of our diet. The trick is eating fresher, more natural foods. In fact, eating healthy fats and good carbs can really help you melt the fat away. So don't be too quick about following any of those chincy diet plans. Stick to what has always worked and you WILL see results.