Fat Burning Food

If you want to lose weight, we all know that eating a healthy diet should be your first priority. Although exercise is important, diet is king when it comes to lifelong weight management.  I hope this article gives you some simple, yet effective ways for you to make healthy changes in the way you eat on a daily basis.

1.  Make sure to eat at least some healthy fats in most of your meals. Eating sufficient healthy fats is crucial for the maintenance of proper fat burning and muscle building hormone levels in your body.  Adequate healthy fats in your diet also helps in keeping your appetite under control.

The healthiest sources of dietary fats are raw nuts, seeds, egg yolks (from organic free range eggs), avocados, extra virgin olive oil (highest antioxidant content of olive oils), coconut oil (a great source of healthy saturated fats in the form of medium chain triglycerides), and grass-fed meats (a great source of the healthy fat, conjugated linoleic acid, which can help burn body fat and build muscle).

A good tip to try — eat a handful of raw nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds are healthy choices) three times per day, approximately thirty minutes before meals. Due to the high nutrient density of most nuts, this can help to curb your appetite while giving your body some protein, fiber, and healty fats, letting you eat less calories overall in your meals and giving you more nutrition at the same time.

2. With each meal and snack that you eat, try to eat a high quality protein source. Grass-fed meats, grass-fed raw dairy, and plant sources such as nuts and beans are quality proteins which provide good appetite suppression helping you control your intake of calories easier.

Increased lean muscle on your body makes your metabolism run at a higher rate if you take in an ample amount of quality proteins (which build lean muscle when you work out regularly and vigorously).

To keep your blood sugar and insulin levels in check, eat sufficient protein at most meals, which slows the breakdown of carbohydrates eaten.

3. Although I do not fully agree with extremely low-carb diets, I do believe that one of the main reasons that so many individuals struggle to lose weight for most of their lives is due to eating excessive processed carbohydrates such as refined grain-based starches and refined sugars on a daily basis.

Slowing your body’s blood sugar response is accomplished by the fiber in whole fruits and berries which contain natural sugars. Don’t drink fruit juices which have been processed as they are mostly sugar and contain no fiber.

My experience as a nutrition specialist has shown me that people who begin minimizing their grain intake (from cereals, bagels, breads, pasta, etc.), start to eliminate body fat much more easily. Focusing on carbohydrate intake of fruits and vegetables solely and minimizing intake of grains is what I usually recommend to people.  This simple step alone usually helps people to start managing their weight more easily.

For a leaner and healthier body in a short time, try to implement these three tips for eating a smarter, healthier diet.

Here is a great article on choosing healthy foods in case you find it difficult to make the healthiest food choices at the grocery store.

I hope you enjoyed this article and that it has helped you enjoy better health through healthier eating!

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