Why A Low Calorie Diet is Not All Bad

Before you try to lose weight, you need to understand why you gained in the first place. Unless you are suffering from certain complex medical conditions which could make a person over as a side effect, I am sure you have gained as a result of consuming excessive amount of calories.

Your body needs a certain amount of calories daily, and if you feed it more than it needs, what would it do? Since energy (calorie) cannot be destroyed, it would deposit the excess calories as fat so that they could be used for future energy production, and you gain as a result.

It is therefore quite obvious that you are not going to get rid of your fat belly unless you learn to control your calorie intake. There are many ways to achieve this end and one popular way is by concentrating on a “low-calorie” diet.

A low calorie diet focuses on foods which are extremely low on calories. Unlike fast foods, these foods offer your body the maximum possible nutrition with the least amount of calories. This results in a calorie deficit and your body is forced to burn your existing fat deposits in order to neutralize this deficit, with the result that you start losing .

How Food Affects your Brain

As a matter of fact, it takes your brain at least twenty minutes to realize that you are full and don’t need to eat anymore. These twenty minutes are very crucial. If you had eaten junk foods, you would have consumed a lot of calories before your brain could realize that enough was enough. This is because junk foods usually lack in fiber content.

In sharp contrast, low calorie foods, being rich in fiber, fill up your stomach quicker with the least amount of foods possible. Even if you eat a little more than needed during this twenty-minute window, you won’t be gaining because your overall calorie intake would still be low.

There are many different types of low calorie diet programs. Some would try to restrict your calorie intake by making you eat like a baby, but that is not a healthy loss method. If you follow the low calorie diet method I am going to suggest you, you could afford to lose even by eating like a demon.

Natural Raw Foods

Foods which are low on calorie and high on nutrition are usually natural, organic foods and vegetables. You should always consume them either in steamed or boiled form and NEVER in fried form. Whole grain, fish oils, etc., are other good foods for fast loss.

So next time you decide to diet, think about “low-calorie” diet.

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