This blog is not intended to treat, diagnose or mislead anyone concerning their health or weight.

This blog is not intended to treat, diagnose or mislead anyone concerning their health or weight.
These posts are merely a way to bring information, reviews and first-hand experiences to you.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diet And Weight Loss Tips - Beware Of What You Hear!

Let’s face it...in this hectic life, we are usually too busy to look into everything ourselves. Information is needed yesterday basically. This being said, even if you don’t try something out first, at least research it carefully.

Another thing to remember: Be Careful because there are many diet and weight loss tips out there that actually aren't accurate at all.

Diet And Weight Loss Tip 1: Fats should be completely cut out.

This is not accurate. Actually, some fats will even help you lose weight.

Surprising, huh?

Don't get it wrong - too much fat will absolutely lead to more disease, but a bit of fat in one's diet does keep them healthier. Fats allow the body to take in vital nutrients and to feel fuller for longer periods of time, which allows you to end up eating less.

Some foods that are high in fat but are actually good for you (and can help with your diet and weight loss tips) are nuts, fish, and olive oil.

Diet And Weight Loss Tip 2: Cut out as many calories as you can! Skip meals to your heart's content. LIE.

Two words for you: Starvation mode.

When you eat low calorie all the time, your body can go into starvation mode. Before you skim this over, thinking it couldn't happen to you: the calorie level for starvation mode is much less than you would think.

And when your body goes into starvation mode, your metabolism slows down. Once this happens, it's hard for you to lose any more weight. At best, your weight loss efforts will stagnate.

With this in mind, it's not shocking that meal skippers tend to weigh more than people who eat their meals on a frequent basis.

You can check out more about diet and weight loss tips on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle

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