| A key to your overall health is to eat the | | | | |
| kind of foods that will help you lose weight. | | | | 4. Good Carbohydrates |
| And changing your eating habits to include | | | | |
| whole, natural foods that are rich in fiber | | | | We need carbohydrates in our diet. |
| and low in calories is the key to losing body | | | | |
| fat. | | | | Avoid the bad, refined carbohydrates like |
| | | | potato chips, white bread, donuts and others |
| Foods That Help You Lose Weight - | | | | - as most of the good nutrition has been |
| | | | stripped away. |
| 1. High Fiber Food. | | | | |
| | | | This is why refined carbohydrates are so |
| A diet high in fiber helps you to feel fuller | | | | damaging to weight loss plans |
| between meals - best of all high in | | | | |
| nutrition, and low in calorie. | | | | The next time you eat carbohydrate - think |
| | | | natural. |
| Fiber acts like a sponge in your bowel, and | | | | |
| soaks up water around it and swells to a | | | | Your carbohydrates should come from foods |
| bulkier form which helps to slow down the | | | | such as, fresh organic fruit, vegetables, |
| emptying of the stomach. | | | | salads and healthy grains like; organic brown |
| | | | rice, buckwheat, oats and rye bread. |
| That is where the feeling of fullness comes | | | | |
| from. | | | | All of these foods are in their natural state |
| | | | as nature intended. |
| Make the effort to eat 3 servings of fruit | | | | |
| and 3-5 servings of vegetables per day. | | | | 5. Drink Water |
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| 2. Lean Protein | | | | Research shows that snacking in particular is |
| | | | often the result of mistaking thirst for |
| Great for the muscle tissues - and the amino | | | | hunger. |
| acids found in protein are more difficult for | | | | |
| the body to metabolize than either fat or | | | | Drinking plenty of water during the day will |
| carbohydrates. | | | | control hunger - best yet, has no calories! |
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| In other words, the body requires more energy | | | | So forget the soda drinks and eliminate all |
| to burn protein than other nutrients. | | | | kinds of liquid calories from your diet. |
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| The body also doesn't store protein as | | | | 6. Have Snacks |
| efficiently as it does carbohydrates or fat - | | | | |
| and in turn requires more oxygen and | | | | The next time you snack, do it on healthy |
| increases the feeling of fullness and | | | | foods. |
| satisfaction after eating. | | | | |
| | | | Instead of turning to a bag of chips or |
| 3. Low Fat Foods | | | | cookies, reach for a piece of fruit instead. |
| | | | Nuts or seeds would be an even better choice |
| Much better than the bad kinds of fat like | | | | with high protein, high fiber, and healthy |
| the 'trans fat' | | | | fat. Snacking also increases your metabolic |
| | | | rate, burning 10 per cent more kilojoules. |
| Our body needs fat to function, hence make | | | | |
| the choice to cook low fat foods. | | | | Magic Diets don't exist. |
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| But on one condition, you can't eat more than | | | | Simply eating the foods will not help you |
| you normally would. No matter how good the | | | | lose weight -- but makes it easier to lose |
| calories are, eating too many calories during | | | | your body fat. |
| the day will result is weight gain. | | | | |