subject: Shed The Fat With These Weight Loss Tips [print this page] Weight loss Diets have become a huge market as more and more people want to lose weight. There are many different diets available that people have tried to lose weight to varying degrees of success. Although, people being overweight can be caused by hormone changes or genetic make-up the main cause that people put on weight is due to eating too much food and doing little to no exercise.
If you are overweight then, the first thing you need to investigate is your diet and the lifestyle that you are leading. This starts by cutting down on foods that contain a high percentage of saturated fats. These fats can be found in foods such as red meats, dairy products and certain processed foods. Rather than making these foods part of your staple diet eat them only occasionally. These foods should be replaced by more fresh organic fruit, vegetables and lean meats such as chicken and fish.
Another way to help you stop eating too much is to fill up your stomach. I do not mean fill it up with fatty food. You can do this by drinking a glass of water shortly before your meal as this will take up more space in stomach leaving less room for the food you eat. This will result in you feeling full up more quickly and therefore, you will eat less.
There are certain healthy low calorie foods you can eat that will bulk you up making you feel less hungry. The foods would include fresh vegetables such as cucumbers, celery, tomatoes and lettuce. As these foods make up the main ingredients for a salad it is a good idea to have a salad each or every other day.
Many people do not chew their food properly which means the stomach has to work so much harder to digest the food. This can result in indigestion, ulcers and a host of other long term health complications. However, by chewing your food slowly you will eat less. Research has revealed that the brain takes about twenty minutes to register that the stomach is full. Therefore, the slower you chew your food the less food you will have eaten in the twenty minutes it takes your brain to register your stomach is full.
If you have a health condition or food allergy then seek the advice of a doctor before changing your diet.
