A Practical Approach To Weight Reduction

By Alex Blaken


In the last few decades there's been a considerable rise in the quantity of take out restaurants. Top selling fast food chains are available along major highways and in every city. The meals available in this type of restaurant is commonly full of saturated fats and is accompanied by drinks full of unrefined sugar. The consumption of a high fat high sugar diet is directly linked to the increasing number of overweight children and adults in North America.

Inherited genes, age and the volume of food eaten have an impact on our body weight. As we age our metabolic rate has a tendency to decelerate and consequently we don't burn as many calories in the food we eat. If you eat more calories than your body uses it will cause weight gain. Medical research has demonstrated that particular genetic factors have an impact on how well your body will respond to diets or exercising.

Fast weight loss isn't a healthy way to lose excess weight. When a substantial amount of weight is lost too rapidly, a "starvation diet" for example, the body won't only lose fat, it will also sacrifice muscle to provide protein required to maintain itself.

Other factors which have an affect on how well most people reduce weight include: a person's general health, gender, the number and type of calories ingested every day, the amount of stress we're feeling and how much physical exercise we have.

Carrying a couple of added pounds does not always mean that you are unhealthy. Research compiled year after year by insurance agencies have revealed that both the extremely underweight along with the very overweight had shorter life spans as compared to the rest of the population. It is typically peer pressure in addition to culture which makes a person carrying a few extra pounds of weight feel unpopular or undesirable.

The ideal approach to weight loss is a practical one. Lowering the type and number of calories that you eat in conjunction with regular exercise is the sensible way of reducing your weight. The crucial factor in accomplishing long-term weight reduction is adopting a healthy life-style. This involves understanding which foods the body needs and incorporating the required changes in your daily diet in order to get you on the right track.

A supervised weight loss program under the guidance of a dietician or other medical practitioner offers a safe approach to weight-loss. A personalized assessment is completed so that a customized diet program can be developed to accommodate your specific weight reduction requirements. The program should contain some education on nutrition, meal planning and a physical exercise regime. You shouldn't be expected to buy pre-fabricated (preserved)food items, frozen dinners or any meal-replacement products.

An exercise program aimed toward weight reduction will probably include some kind of cardiovascular exercise along with the utilization of weight lifting to help increase muscle. Muscle cells burn up more calories as compared with fat cells and this helps to enhance your rate of metabolism and helps you to reduce weight.

A balanced diet plan will incorporate food from all of the food groups: vegetables and fruit, grains, dairy, meats and fats. A healthy diet plan rich in a variety of fruits and vegetables may help decrease the chance of some kinds of cancer and may also decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease. Colorful fruits and vegetables contain trace chemical nutrients referred to as phytochemicals. These phytochemicals are why vegetables and fruit are linked to the prevention of heart disease and cancer.

Whole grains contain fiber. A diet containing more whole grains might help to decrease the risk of heart disease. Whole grain foods include barley, brown rice, oats, quinoa, wild rice, whole grain bread and whole wheat pasta.

Meats contain protein which is a vital component in every cell in your body. The body utilizes protein to build and heal tissues. Protein is a vital building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and our blood. Eat fish such as herring, mackerel, salmon, sardines and trout. Opt for lean meats and cut away all excess fat. Remove the skin from poultry. Meat alternatives such as lentils, beans and tofu are an excellent source of protein.

There are different types of fats in our food. Saturated fat usually comes from an animal source and it is commonly a solid fat, butter and lard would be types of saturated fat. An example of an unsaturated fat is vegetable or olive oil, these fats are usually liquids. Trans fats are generally produced in a commercial process called (partial) hydrogenation. Choosing the right quantity and best variety of oil and fat for your diet can help to lower your risk of heart disease. Nutrition experts advise that we eat a small amount of unsaturated fat in our diet, limit the amount of saturated fats we eat and avoid eating trans fats.

A customized diet plan combined with an exercise program under the supervision of a doctor or other medical care professional will help you to achieve your weight loss goals.

Eat well and be fit for life,




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