Did you make a New Year’s
resolution to lose weight? Here are some simple tips to start you on the road
to a New You in the New Year.
It is true that you are what youeat. To lose more weight this year you need to stop eating fat storing foods
and eat fat burning foods. Getting your metabolism to work efficiently is also
important in weight loss.
Having an efficient metabolism
means correctly digesting foods, and burning stored body fat for fuel. Food
digestion requires the proper combination of digestive enzymes produced by the
stomach, liver and pancreas. Failure to digest efficiently results in the
undigested food being stored as unwanted body fat.
Sugar is a fat storing food.
Sugar is hidden in all processed and man-made foods. Sugar is the product of
all carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include fruits, vegetable and grains. Your
body converts natural and man-made foods like potatoes, corn, pop, fries,
chips, breads, pasta, cakes, candies, juices and cookies into sugar. Eating
more sugar in the form of carbohydrates than your body needs will cause you to
gain weight.
Your body needs 80-100 grams of
carbohydrates daily for fuel. Carbohydrates are the kindling to the fire. The
body burns them quickly and then burns the slower burning fuel, fat. The body
cannot burn stored fat when carbohydrates are eaten too frequently.
The average American consumes
between 300-600 grams of carbohydrates daily, or 1-3 cups of sugar. What the
body cannot process or use, it will store as excess body fat around your waist,
hips and thighs. To lose weight, look for the hidden sugars and eliminate them
from your diet.
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