A Good Diet Secret: Calories Burned Without Strenuous Exercise Regimens!
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It seems that practically everyone in America is on a diet. There are more diet programs than you can shake a stick at, yet we still have alarming obesity statistics. Maybe it’s time to get down to earth in our efforts to lose weight and keep it off.
Doctors say that a successful diet program boils down to calories consumed and calories burned. You must also eat a balanced, nutritious diet to be able to maintain a healthy body while dieting. It’s as simple as consuming fewer calories and getting regular exercise, although it seems like a tall order, but it works.
Some people, who need to lose a lot of weight, are easily discouraged by such advice. Progress seems too slow and that balanced diet is too boring to stick with, resulting in a return to old eating habits and subsequent weight gain. Hey, it really doesn’t need to be that way.
Here’s a simple weight loss secret method you can use today to get off the diet-go-round and be slim, trim, energetic and happy, once and for all! With careful menu planning, you can reduce the calories consumed by the number of calories burned digesting the food! This is good news.
People on diet stay away from high fiber foods because of the calorie content. One example would be an 8-ounce can of baked beans, which serves up 180 calories. This will hardly fill you up but on the average, you’ll be getting 16 grams of fiber. Herein lies the secret.
Fiber is insoluble material and requires more calories burned to digest the fiber in the beans than is contained in the serving! This means your calorie consumption has been effectively reduced by eating the beans. Almost all legumes have this property. Make friends with all of them. One half cup of canned kidney beans isn’t much, sprinkled over a salad. While they contain about 90 calories, there’s also about 10 grams of fiber. Just a half cup of cooked spinach has only about 25 calories, but 7 grams of fiber.
Foods rich in fiber offer more than calories burned. Fiber-rich foods sweep the toxins and bacteria from your digestive system, which gives you more energy as a result. Foods such as oranges, apricots and apples are rich in fiber and contain antioxidants known to help protect against cancer. This also makes you better nourished and gives you the benefits of many vitamins and minerals necessary to good health.
To put your common sense diet to work, go online and Google ‘Fiber content food chart’. You’ll find plenty of info on fiber rich foods and the calories burned digesting them. Make fiber work for you! You’ll lose weight, be well-nourished and get a sustained burst of energy.
Article by Van T, you can learn more about him at his profile
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