Eat These Diet Foods to Get Abs

Posted by Virginia H. | Posted in Articles, Eating habits and diet | Posted on 17-04-2010-05-2008

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To get the number on the scale to go down, you have to chow down. Between 10 and 30 percent of the calories you use each day get burned by the simple act of digesting your food. Now that’s pretty cool — satisfying your food cravings actually fries calories! But not all foods are created equal. Your body uses more calories to digest protein (about 25 burned for every 100 consumed) than it does to digest fats and carbohydrates (10 to 15 burned for every 100 consumed).

That’s why the Abs Diet concentrates on adding lean, healthy proteins. Eat more of them, in a sensible way, and you’ll torch more calories. Protein is also the nutrient that builds muscle — and the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism and the more calories you’ll burn throughout the day. When you lift and lower weights, you create microscopic tears in your muscles. To mend the tears, your body parachutes in new protein to assess the damage and repair the muscle. Proteins fortify the original cell structure by building new muscle fibers.

This wonder child of the nutrition world also makes you feel fuller faster. But the good news doesn’t stop there. Following an eating plan that emphasizes lean proteins will accelerate weight loss from your midsection first.

The Abs Diet plan is simple: Just stick to the six guidelines below and follow the Abs Diet Quickstart Workout for weight loss success. You can burn a serious hunk of fat — from your belly first — in just a few weeks.

Let the belly flattening begin!

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Eat to Lose Weight

Posted by Virginia H. | Posted in Articles, Eating habits and diet | Posted on 29-03-2010-05-2008

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Eating healthy can help you lose lbs. Here is a food list of some of the best appetite suppressants already in your kitchen

Pine Nuts

New research shows that the fatty acids in pine nuts initiate the release of an appetite-suppressing hormone called cholecystokinin. Sprinkle them on salads or mix them into pesto.

Hot Stuff

As in hot to the touch (think tea and soup). According to studies from the Smell and Taste Research Foundation in Chicago, the aromas released by hot food make you feel full faster by affecting the satiety centers in the brain. We know there’s no substitute for a cold slice of pizza, but pop it in the microwave and you’ll probably eat less.

Green Leafies

Cabbage, iceberg, romaine, spinach, and other leafy greens are nearly calorie-free. And in most cases, you burn them off just by digesting them. (Cucumbers and celery count too.)

Oil, Slick

Researchers at Cornell University found that diners who dipped their bread in olive oil rather than spreading it with butter ate less of the loaf and consumed 53 fewer calories overall. They’re not sure why but think that something in the oil makes it more satiating.

(Article from http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/the-best-foods-for-weight-loss)

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