Health & Medical Nutrition

Simple Changes to Your Diet That Make All the Difference

Are you tired of bouncing from one fad diet to another and not actually losing weight and meeting your fitness goals? How would you like to know how to lose weight, keep that weight off, and stay healthy without "punishing" yourself? The truth is that getting proper nutrition does not have to be all that difficult or weird.
Cutting out carbohydrates is not healthy or especially effective at shedding weight long-term.
Eating only one particular type of food will not give you the range of nutrients that you need.
The proper approach to nutrition is a comprehensive one.
As you know, there have been a lot of studies done on nutrition and weight loss.
There are a lot of very interesting results, but the bulk of them do one very important thing: they confirm the power of the "basics" of nutrition.
What are the basics? For one, you can't lose weight unless you are consuming fewer calories than you use.
The types of calories that you consume are important, but too many people overlook the important fact that quantity is very important.
A simple way to consume a lower quantity of calories is to drink two cups of water before you eat.
Why? When you drink water before a meal, you fill up your stomach, but not with calories.
You will therefore eat less during your meal.
Beyond weight loss, you should be drinking a lot of water (at least three quarts a day to begin with).
Rather than eating 3 huge meals a day, which causes your body to hoard calories, eat 5-7 meals with small portions.
Your most important meals are early in the day; consume most of your calories for breakfast and lunch rather than dinner.
During each of these meals, you should consume a good source of protein and have a serving of vegetables.
Carbohydrates, fats and protein are all good for you, but only certain types.
Contrary to popular belief, carbohydrates are excellent for you.
Your body uses carbohydrates more effectively for energy than fat and protein.
Unfortunately good carbohydrates are outnumbered by bad carbohydrates in our supermarkets.
Avoid highly-processed, refined cards as much as possible! Women need at least 25 grams of fiber every day.
"Good" carbohydrates like vegetables, whole grains and legumes are your best source of fiber.
Unlike many fad diets, these nutrition tips are not radical.
They are not punishing on your body.
Instead they are easy to implement, effective changes you can make to your diet which will shed the fat and give you a healthy, attractive body.
Don't buy into the millions of dollars in marketing which touts the virtues of those fad diets and can cause real harm to you and your body.
Instead implement and stick with these proven methods.


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