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