Tips that will help you to lose weight
Many people fail to lose weight when
due to certain eating habits that drag because
of habit.
Avoiding these eating
habits will get not only lose weight is left over to reach our ideal weight, gain energy and vitality and ultimately better
health.
Tips that will help you to lose weight
As far as
diet is concerned therefore, here are some of the important ones again:-
Cut down
on the fat,and cut down on the carbs.
You've
heard the popular advice on weight loss diets. Cut thefat! Cut the carbs! Cut
the calories! Eat a balanced diet! But how can you cut though all of the
confusion, and eat a diet that is balanced and healthy. Not always easy is it!
Here is some advice from nutritional science,which might help.
Cut down
on the junk fats.
Most people
do not need an ultra low fat diet, but most of us could improve our diet by
cutting out the junk fats. These are processed fats, hydrogenated fats,
polyunsaturated oils that have been heated, and fats that are combined with
junk carbohydrates. Processed fats are those fats most likely to put on flab
and clog your arteries. We do all know this don't we!
Cut down on the junk carbohydrates
The
majority of people do not need an ultra low carb diet, but unfortunately, many
people who do go on a low fat diet continue to eat highly processed foods. They
switch from processed high-fat foods to processed low-fat foods, and then when
the food manufacturers create low fat foods, they tend to replace the fat with
junk carbs.
These can
actually pile on the pounds, because basically junk carbs are low-fiber carbs,
like sugar, fructose (and all the other *oses), flour, cornstarch, fruit juice,
and such. Yes, fruit juice is a junk carb too you know!
After all,
how much fiber is there in fruit juice. Virtually none, simply because it's yet
another junk carb. You would be better to eat the whole fruit instead, with its
fiber intact.
Cut down
on the junk calories.
Most people
do not need an ultra low calorie diet, but just think what your diet could be
like if you dropped the processed fats and the low-fiber carbs. You would then
be eating mainly natural proteins, with lots of vegetables plus whole fruits,
and the odds would be that you would be eating far fewer calories as well.
That's the kind of calorie cutting most of us should be doing!
Make
every attempt to eat a balanced natural foods diet.
By natural
foods, we mean those kinds of foods that would have been eaten by our
hunter-gatherer ancestors. They would have had lots of whole vegetable foods
giving them vitamins and fiber for instance, and also moderate to small
portions of meats, fish, seafood, and other animal and protein foods. These
they would have grilled, stewed or baked, not deep fried! They would also have
eaten small portions of fresh whole fruit in season, which is the diet on which
the human race evolved!
So the next
time you're about to order a meal with fries and a sugary soda, stop and think
about how it could be improved. Replace the fries with a salad for example, and
the soda with a mineral water say. It would probably surprise you, how much
significant progress you have already made towards a healthier balanced meal.
Just simple sensible changes can work wonders!
When you
are at home, look for recipes that use whole fresh foods, with a minimum of
processing. Try and make sure that your meals include natural unprocessed
foods, with lots of healthy vegetables, both cooked, and raw when in salads.
Avoid processed fats and processed low-fiber foods.
Here is
a little simple menu that I often use and enjoy.
Grilled
fish with steamed green beans and peppers. Large mixed salad, dressed with
small amounts of olive oil and,vinegar or lemon juice. Then a fresh fruit
platter to finish off! A healthy balanced diet can actually be that simple you
know!
Life is there
to be enjoyed, but moderation in all things is the watchword in my opinion. I
do hope this article has given you some food for thought however!
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