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Monday 15th March 2010Nutrition: You Are What You Eat
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A good diet is central to overall good health, but which are the best foods to include in your meals, and which ones are best avoided? Slimming247 takes a look at the facts, to help you make realistic, informed choices.
 
  • It is not only a matter of what you eat but also how much you eat. In addition, daily cardio exercise is excellent for weight loss. Do not eat past 8 pm or 2-3 hours before bedtime. Use portion control. Measure high carbohydrate foods like pasta and rice to get no more than half a cup. Eliminate sweets, desserts, or anything with sugar and all refined (processed) carbohydrates.

 

  • Avoid getting fruit servings from juice; juice is loaded with calories and carbohydrates. Eat a low carbohydrate, quality protein, breakfast; this will stop you overeating later in the day. Eliminate sandwiches and burgers. Use mustard or no sauce at all, instead of mayonnaise. When eating out, look for color in sauces. Red tomato based sauces will have almost no fat; white creamy sauces are loaded with fat. Use grains very sparingly; they are very high in carbohydrates. Drink at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water a day. If you are able, do cardio exercise daily.

 

  • Eat five or six small meals per day. Keep a food dairy to track what you are eating. Drink lots of water. The benefits of water are tremendous. Cut out fizzy drinks they are loaded with sugars. Cut out even diet soda. Diet drinks can cause water retention. In addition, look out for 'hidden sugar.' For example, many protein bars are loaded with sugar. Eat turkey, fish, lean ground beef, lean steak, grilled chicken, and load up with veggies or salad. Avoid the "no fat or low fat" dressings. They are loaded with sugar. Use low fat sour cream instead of mayo. Any weight loss diet is not an overnight diet but if you are consistent, you will establish good habits. In addition, you need to add exercise.

 

  • If you want to lose body fat and keep it off, eliminate processed (refined) carbohydrates from your diet. Processed (refined) carbohydrates have negative effects on health; they also slow down metabolism. When digested all carbohydrates turn into sugar, and sugar becomes fat. Therefore, think of eating carbohydrates as eating sugar and think of eating refined (processed) carbohydrates as eating concentrated sugar. To increase your metabolism, allow yourself 20 to 60 grams of carbohydrates daily. Get those carbohydrates from natural sources such as (preferably organic) fresh vegetables and fresh low carbohydrate fruits such as berries. There is no minimum daily requirement for carbohydrates, but they do have beneficial phytochemicals and fiber so eating some is fine as long as they are unprocessed.

 

  • Eat a meal about every three waking hours (5 or 6 meals per day). You will not be eating more food; you will simply be spreading it throughout the day. Each of those five or six feedings should contain at least 15 grams of unprocessed protein (from natural sources) for a female or at least 20 grams per feeding for a male. This one change alone will speed up your metabolism and help to curb any food cravings.

 

  • You can do more to boost your metabolism besides eating well. For example, weight training will increase muscle. Muscle is your metabolic furnace that will burn extra energy (calories) 24 hours a day. Similarly, brisk walking (cardio exercise) for several miles daily will burn extra calories during and immediately after walks. If you are too heavy to exercise, begin with the correct eating frequency for fat burning and the correct fat burning foods. When you have lost enough weight to exercise comfortably, then add exercise to your weight loss program. (Before changing your physical habits, you may wish to obtain the blessing of your physician.)
 
For maximum weight loss Slimming247 recommends following a healthy eating diet plan alongside one of our fat burning and energy boosting products, such as a>life T5 Fat Burner, which is made from natural ingredients including the a>life eph blend, caffeine and green tea extract.
 
Disclaimer: Information on this web site is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. Consult with your physician before making any changes to your diet.
 Posted on March 15th 2010 at 12:45pm
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