| Before I tell you what you should be eating to | | | | value? Yes, anytime man processes a natural |
| lose weight; I want to make sure you know what | | | | food, like whole wheat flour, we turn it into a |
| you should be avoiding to make your weight loss | | | | form of food that has very little to no nutritional |
| efforts successful. | | | | value. Consequently, our bodies have a hard time |
| The Wrong Foods | | | | digesting it. |
| Carbonated Beverages - Diet Soda, actually the | | | | Consuming white bread, white pasta will actually |
| consumption of artificial sweeteners like | | | | clog your colon and cause a decrease in the |
| NutraSweet and Saccharin, causes you to store | | | | absorption of nutrients. As a result your body |
| fat and crave calories! | | | | craves more food to get nutrition that is requires |
| Ironic isn't it? | | | | and signals you to consume more calories leading |
| A study appearing in the February issue of | | | | to more fat. |
| Behavioral Neuroscience cites laboratory evidence | | | | The Right Foods For Weight Loss: |
| that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners | | | | Shop For Healthy Foods That Increase Your |
| may actually make it harder for people to control | | | | Metabolism And Actually Promote Fat Loss. |
| their intake and body weight. This might explain in | | | | Please understand, there is a long list of foods |
| part why obesity has risen in parallel with the use | | | | that actually take more calories to digest than |
| of artificial sweeteners. | | | | they contain. What does this mean? You lose |
| Artificially sweet foods provide a "significant | | | | weight just by eating the right food. |
| stimulus" that strongly signals your body it's about | | | | It's all a very basic formula; your body responds |
| to take in a lot of calories. Your digestive reflexes | | | | to the presence of foods by producing digestive |
| gear up for that intake but when false sweetness | | | | enzymes. These enzymes act like small engines |
| isn't followed by lots of calories, your system | | | | to break up carbohydrates, protein, and fat in a |
| gets confused. Thus, you may eat more or | | | | natural way. |
| expend less energy than you otherwise would. | | | | Certain High Metabolism foods actually require |
| Result...you gain more fat from "diet" drinks! | | | | more energy to break down the food than the |
| Eating Empty Caloric Foods | | | | actual energy the food contains. Another name |
| Oh they taste good! However chips, candy and | | | | given to these special foods is "negative calorie" |
| other "junk" food puts abundant calories into your | | | | foods, meaning it burns more calories than the |
| body but does not provide any nutritional | | | | food contains. |
| substance your body needs. Even after you | | | | And to answer your question...no it's not foods |
| consume a bag of chips, your body still craves | | | | that you would never eat or that only grows in |
| real food because your body knows it needs | | | | some jungle or are super expensive. |
| proper nutrition to be healthy. Your body now | | | | You will be able to find these foods in your local |
| sends a signal it wants real food...the question is | | | | grocery store. Chances are you are eating many |
| will you now supply it with real nutrition or more | | | | of them now. They're great for snacking raw, or |
| junk? | | | | throwing into a blender or a bowl of oatmeal. |
| White Bread, White Pasta | | | | Loaded with vitamins and antioxidants. They are |
| Did you know white bread, white flour, white | | | | too numerous to list here, however Blackberries, |
| pasta, etc. has been stripped of all its nutritional | | | | Raspberries, Strawberries are great examples.... |