Secrets of a Successful Diet
Nothing could help you lose fat faster than the right combination of working out and healthy dieting. When you have excess fat to burn, it's time to think of a proper diet that does not add calories and fat to your system. Working out is also of the essence if you desire a body like Miranda Kerr's and wish to flush all them tummy fat down the drain. Here are some extremely useful quick tips and myth-busters:
1. Fiber helps you lose fat. TRUE. Fiber-rich foods not only contain, well, fiber and minerals that helps your digestion and prevent digestive problems such as constipation, but also bring no fat to your body. It is an essential component of a diet. What to eat: Sprouts (bean, alfalfa, etc.), greens, lettuces, spinach, chard, celery.
2. Water helps you lose fat. TRUE. It is proven, so drink up at least 2 litres a day to keep yourself healthy. It wash away toxins in your body, too/
3. Fat makes you fat: TRUE AND FALSE. These are fats that make you fat: Saturated fats from pork, chicken skin, butter, canola oil and fast food. Fats that help you lose fat (Healthy fat): Fats in avocados, olive oil, fish oil and peanut.
4. Carb makes you fat. TRUE and FALSE. There are certain types of carb that make you gain some extra pound of saggy belly fat while some does not. Please note: A diet program that suggests you eat no carb is total rubbish. Carb is essential to our daily lives activities, and you MUST consume carb no matter what if you still need to walk, cook and fetch your children from school. Eating no carb will not only reduce your productivity in everything you do but also bring about fatigue, which is not healthy at all. Below are the list of healthy carb for you to choose from and unhealthy carb you need to avoid:
Unhealthy Carb: Flour, sugar, sweetened dairy products, and especially CHIPS. Say no to Doritos if you want to diet healthily.
Healthy Carb: Rice, millet, corn, and especially OATMEAL. Oat meal is extremely good for a dieting diet.
5. Processed food makes you fat. TRUE. They contain tons of chemicals. The chemicals will keep your liver from processing fat (Fun fact: The liver is the organ that help dumping fat out of your body) since the liver has to deal with the toxic chemicals. You wouldn't want to make the precious liver neglect getting rid of fat in your system and focus on harmful chemicals that you eat. Processed food is never a part of a healthy dieting diet.
6. Running help you lose fat. TRUE. Running is among the best fat-loss exercises of all time. When you run, fat is consumed as energy. As your body is also heated up, excess energy in the form of fat is transformed to thermal energy and dumped out of your body. Fat vanishes into thin air just like that. A daily 15-minute-jog would decrease the volume of fat in your body drastically. Time to hit the treadmill!
