Loose Weight Through Easy to Follow Diet by Dr. Jyoti Singh

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Health and Fitness
Loose Weight Through Easy to Follow Diet
by Dr. Jyoti Singh

By giving a little direction to one's lifestyle and making simple protein and carbohydrate combinations in one's diet, one can loose weight and stay healthy throughout one's life.

Nutrition pearls to loose weight

Increase your physical activity : Daily one hour brisk walk is must or go for aerobics and yoga lasting 20-45 minutes depending on your health, fitness and overall commitment to lose weight.
Try strength building activities on a regular basis.
Stop taking ghee and oils
Start using non-stick pans
Drink 10 to 12 glasses of water in a day – try warm water
Eat less but don’t starve yourself, otherwise you will lose more muscle and water than fat
We don't have to lose control in a restaurant or a friend's home, and we don't have to eat everything that's put in front of us.
Skipping a meal slows metabolism to conserve energy. And when you lose weight too quickly for a few days, your body thinks it is threatened with starvation and goes into survival mode. It fights to conserve your fat stores, and any weight loss comes mostly from water and muscle.
Never skip a meal, especially breakfast, and eat healthy snacks between meals. Eating frequently prevents hunger pangs and the binges that follow, provides consistent energy, and may be the single most effective way to maintain metabolism efficiency.
Increase fiber intake. Fiber makes us feel full sooner and stays in our stomach longer than other substances we eat, slowing down our rate of digestion and keeping us feeling full longer.
Plan the week's family menus in advance and just purchase those ingredients at a once weekly shopping trip.
Avoid removing the skins of fruits and vegetables - most of the nutrients are concentrated just under the skin.
Try eating 3 hours or more before bed time.
Cut up a whole watermelon and leave it in the fridge to snack on over a few days. It is sweet, juicy, yummy and filling.
Limit salt in cooking.
Avoid soft drinks and adding sugar to the fresh juices.

August 4, 2007

Dr. Jyoti Singh is a Ph.D in Food Science and Nutrition from Agriculture University-CSK, HPKV Palampur and is currently based in Chandigarh, India.

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