Cozy carb burns fat fast!

Over 430 million fans can't get enough of the internet's most famous dough-and it's no wonder: The ultra-easy recipe requires just two inexpensive ingredients, and it bakes into bagels, pretzels, pizza crust, even donuts that are delicious and slimming. Yep, you read that right. Dough devotees, including many who follow the Weight Watchers program, tell us the stuff is helping them lose 5, 7, 10 pounds a week. "You'll flip over how good everything tastes," promises one popular food blogger, whose fans have shed up to 200 pounds apiece. And it's not just foodies who are excited. This is a bandwagon health experts really hope we'll jump on...

Check out the basic dough recipe ( bottom right), and the ingredients seem humble enough—it’s just Greek yogurt plus self-rising flour. So why do they come together to work magic? For starters, baked goods made with this simple dough weigh in at less than half the calories of traditional options. For example: “There are approximately 150 calories in a miracle bagel versus 400 calories in a typical bagel,” shares Frances Largeman-Roth, R.D.N., co-author of the bestselling Carb Lovers Diet.

But there’s so much more to it than just calories. Each “miracle” creation packs the flavor of your favorite deli bagel or donut-shop pastry but with 90% fewer carbs and a whopping 250% more protein. And that shift gives us both expected and surprising advantages when it comes to burning fat.

Why fat burning soars

By now, most of us have heard that “carb bomb” foods like white bread, bagels and pretzels tend to cause blood-sugar spikes that drive hunger and promote fat storage. Eat a lot of them, and experts note they cause long-term issues that keep us chronically hungry, gaining weight and at high risk for diabetes and other problems.