1. Make sure that you include “healthy fats” in your diet, whenever you can. This helps to maintain the correct hormone levels the body needs, both for burning fat and for building muscle. They also help to keep your appetite under control.
Where to get these healthy fats? Seeds, avocados, raw nuts, yolks of organic eggs, extra virgin olive oil (which has the highest level of antioxidants), coconut oil (this contains medium chain triglycerides, a great source of healthy saturated fats), and grass-fed meat (this has conjugated linoleic acid, which helps in muscle building and fat burning).
You could try this tip ” have a handful of raw nuts (walnuts, pecans or almonds are all very good choices) about a half-hour before meals, 3 times a day. They are great for helping to suppress your appetite, and also to give your body protein, some fiber and of course, healthy fat. You dont need to eat a lot of nuts ” they are high in nutrients.
2. With each meal, try to include a high-protein item. This could be a grass-fed dairy product, a grass-fed meat item or high-protein beans or nuts. This is a great way of controlling your calorie intake, and quelling your appetite.
When you get these proteins, and you are working out regularly, your body will pack on lean muscle mass. And your metabolism will be able to run faster which will result in getting fat burned off quicker.
3. When you eat a lot of protein with your meals, you also help your body to control both insulin and blood sugar levels. This is because the protein helps to slow down the breakdown of carbohydrates which are ingested. And although I am not in favour of those “low-carb” diets, I feel that the reason so many people find it such a struggle to lose weight, is that their intake of processed carbohydrates, and refined sugar, is so high.
It’s true that you have sugar in fruits also, but that is OK because they have fiber also, and fiber will slow down the response of the blood sugar. Avoid fruit juice though – it does not have this fiber, as the processing of the juice strips it out.
When people reduce their grain intake (bread,pasta,cereals etc), it usually follows that they start losing fat. If you can reduce your consumption of grains, and switch to fruit and vegetables as much as possible, you will find that losing weight has become a whole lot easier for you.
If you take action on these 3 steps towards a healthier diet, I am sure that you will soon see the evidence of a leaner body and increased energy levels.
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