Food just isn’t what it used to be anymore. This lament is based on the fact that many people populate their diets with processed foods and an excess of carbohydrates. This is not the fault of the consumer, it is the fault of a lack of education. How can you get on a diet for real weight loss, when you have no idea how to eat in the first place? You are not dieting to lose weight, you are changing your diet for a better life and that starts with not listening to anything the food pyramid has to say.
The base of the pyramid rests on breads and grains, which in reality, if you were looking at a round plate of food, should take up only twenty-five percent of a meal. Recently, there have been recommendations to look into whole grain breads instead of processed white flour, but the servings remained the same. Basing a bulk of your diet on processed carbohydrates will result in weight gain.
What this issue is with so much carbohydrate ingestion is that many people are ingesting the wrong kinds of carbohydrates. Working off of the glycemic index you can find which foods are digested faster than others. This is important because when a processed carbohydrate moves through your body quickly it releases all of its glucose in one shot and this can adversely affect the way your body operates.
With a large spike the body will feel hungry again that much faster. Looking toward carbs with a low index number is the way to go.
Better carbohydrates with a low glycemic index, like those found in sweet potatoes, break down slowly and gradually and thus have a lower impact on blood sugar. This has the added benefit of keeping you fuller longer. Cheap processed foods, with their sugar spikes, wreck havoc on your body’s ability to monitor its appetite.
The real diet king is the vegetable. Eating as many leafy greens and vegetables as you want with no regard to calories will never result in making you fat, but this is contingent on eating vegetables the right way. Frying your veggies and dipping them in sauce or dousing your salads in dressing is counter intuitive. Learn about your veggies and don’t just boil them, there are a number of cooking techniques like roasting, broiling, and steaming that can change the way that you approach cooking vegetables.
Spices can work wonders on all kinds of foods, and many people do not have a handle on the more exotic spices. This is where the internet can open an entire world to you in terms of recipes. Boiling vegetables is the default for many, but it makes for a soggy and unappealing mess of food. Pan cooking in olive oil, lemon, and garlic can take something you hated to eat and transform it into your favorite meal.
Roasting can bring out nuances in foods, especially vegetables. So, you have a new paradigm with veggies on the bottom. Next up, half would be carbohydrates and the other half would be meats. Meat can be the center of a meal, but that should be for special occasions. It is time to start thinking about meat as more of a garnish that adds flavor and does not dominate a meal.
Fruits are full of good sugars and so don’t feel guilty in indulging, and in the end desserts like cakes and brownies should be eaten rarely. Follow these rules and start eating a diet for real weight loss.
Throwing out the food pyramid will give you real weight loss results. We’ve got the exclusive low down on Diet For Weight Loss now in our Struggerling Dieters guide. This article, Redo The Food Pyramid For A Diet For Real Weight Loss For Life has free reprint rights.
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