Diseases and Health Care

What is a healthy diet?

When it comes to weight loss, you get to here so many myths that you get confused on whom to believe. Sometimes people force you to do some crazy things that don’t even have evidence behind them. Let’s check out some weight loss strategies discovered by scientists and that are actually evidence-based.

Drinking Water Prior to taking your Meals –

You might have often been told that drinking water helps in weight loss and that’s true. Water helps in boosting the metabolism for around 20-30% over a period of one to one-and-half hours, further helping you to burn few more calories.One survey displayed the results that driking half liter/17ozes of water prior to half hour of meals helped reduce dieters food byeating fewer calories and losing 44% of weight.

Have Eggs for Breakfast –

You might be thinking that I am gone mad. But yes, believe me eating whole eggs has several benefits and one of them is weight loss. As per some studies, when you replace grain-based breakfast with eggs, it helps you to consume few calories at least for the next 36 hours helping you lose more weight as well as body fat. Isn’t that amazing?

Or if you aren’t fond of eggs, try some other protein source that will help too.

Drink Coffee but only Black –

Coffee has been unfairly demonized. Good quality coffee comprises of antioxidants and surely has numerous health benefits. It’s been proven that the caffeine in coffee helps boost metabolism approximately by 3-11% and increases fat burning by 10-29%.

Go Green, Drink Green Tea –

Green tea is one of the most effective treatments when it comes to weight loss. It includes caffeine in small amount as well as antioxidants named as catechins. These two combine together and work synergistically to improve fat burning. Though there are mixed evidences, several studies prove that green tea has the ability to reduce your weight.

Use Coconut Oil in Cooking –

Do you know coconut oil is very healthy? Yes, as it has special fast called medium chain triglycerides in high quantity that are metabolized in different manner as compared to other fats. It’s been observed that these fats help in boosting metabolism by 120calories per day long with reducing your appetite so that your body intakes only up to 256 calories per day. This doesn’t mean that you add coconut oil on top of your food you are already eating as this will have a negative effect and you will turn into obese. It’s simple that you replace the current cooking fats with coconut oil.

Glucomannan Supplement – Try it

Glocomannan is a fiber which has proven to cause weight loss. It absorbs water and sits in your gut for some time which makes you feel full and eat few calories. Studies have proven that people who intake this glucomannan supplement lose a bit more weight in comparison to those who don’t.

No Added Sugar –

One of the worst ingredients in today’s diet, added sugar is eaten by most people way too much. When you consume sugar and high fructose corn soup it leads to type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart diseases and other problems. Cutting back on added sugars is the best thing to help reduce weight. Ensure that you read labels since these so-called health foods can be loaded with added sugar.

Less Refined Carbs are the best –

Refined carbohydrates comprise of sugar or grains that are stripped of their fibrous and nutritious parts (white bread and pasta). Rapid spike in blood sugar is observed with refined carbs, leading to cravings, hunger and increased food intake few hours later. Obesity is mostly caused due to refined carbs. Eat refined carbs with their natural fiber.

What is meant by weight control?

Weight management is a long-term approach to a healthy lifestyle. It includes a balance of healthy eating and physical exercise to equate energy expenditure and energy intake. Developing healthy eating habits while using tips that will keep us fuller longer can be useful tools in weight management.