 The body always uses the free and easy fuel first. So the fat deposits get
put on the hips until needed by the body at a later time. Its also essential
to note that many of the diets today are a result of achieving drastic results
at a very rapid pace. Most diets cut out grossly on carbohydrates and though
this may give you an anorexic look in no time, should you strictly adhere
to it, its essential to keep up with a diet like this; which in turn is
most difficult to manage.
Most of the diets have either lots of fibers, or steamed vegetables and
with little or practically no room for carbs. The good part of this is
that although it might make you feel light, it certainly induces a series
of side effects. These may vary from severe head aches, to black outs,
to low mental balances to even desperate carbohydrate cravings. What it
also might do for your career is practically bring it down. Since most
of us have desk jobs, its likely that the constant lack of carbohydrates
can make one irritable and prone to mistakes. Every thing in life is made
for a purpose and so are the carbohydrates. There are some do’s
and don’t that every dietician chalks out, and there are others,
dieticians I mean who only look into one aspect.
There was one dietician that I met recently who was dead against anything
and everything that was white. This included flour, sugar, breads, pastas,
biscuits, cookies, even cottage cheese, potatoes and milk. Although he
was rather pleased at making people lose weight he himself, being the
self starter was visited by me in the hospital. So much for curbing carbohydrates
drastically. There are some do’s enlisted here especially for you!
Have a look and you could possibly carve these out depending on what best
suits you!
Do not eat a heavy breakfast
As far as possible, don’t have a very heavy breakfast. Although as
the name suggests breakfast means the breaking of fast of the 8-10 hours
of rest that you’ve had, its best not to go overboard. Moreover a
heavy breakfast takes a longer time to digest leaving you lethargic and
in a daze all through the day. Do not eat meat every day
Meat takes up to 48 hours to digest. Its best if you had to have meat included
in your diet, you take it evenly though the week and not every day. Meat
also give you additional odors I your system, especially if the meat that
you have is not of good quality. Besides the vitamin K that meat gives you,
it also brings in lethargy in your body, irrespective of the way you might
cook it. Meat is always a heavier option to any other combination you might
seek to have in your meals. Do not eat more than one kind of protein in the same meal
Protein in excess turns into fat. Any kind of protein that your body accepts
starts getting deposited in your body and adds to the fat content. A variation
in protein can help you lose weight as it can by your body for its various
functions, from time to time. Eat fruit at the beginning of a meal, not at the end
Make this a habit and follow it through religiously. Normally when you have
fruit at the end of your meal, during the digestion, it sits right on top
of your food and does not get digested easily. Fruits are loaded with water
and the more you have it before your meal, the less overeating there might
be for your system. When you feel hungry, the hydrochloric acid gets into
your system and if you don’t eat at the time, you are likely to feel
acidic at the time. Fruits always rescue you from this situation.
Do not eat acid fruit in the same meal as protein
Acidic Fruits nullify the effects of protein, so while it’s a good
idea to have fruits at the beginning of the meal, about half an hour before,
its best to keep to safe fruits like apples, chickoos, or even bananas,
for that "complete" feeling. Sugar inhibits the flow of protein digestives
Yoghurt for example, if had with sugar, can block the flow of protein. When
you have artificially sweetened yoghurt, you actually block the whey protein
from entering your system. You might want to avoid this and add in sweeteners,
but then it’s the same effect, as it‘s not all natural anyways.
So its best when its had in its natural form.
The digestion time of various foods is determined by how easy they are
to digest and assimilate in the body. Foods that take less time do not
require a lot of work and energy to digest.
Examples:
Digesting Time for Some Common Foods Green Vegetables (non-starch) -
5 hours Raw Juices-15 minutes
Fat-12 hours Protein (meat)-12 hours
Protein (starch)-12 hours Protein (fat)-12 hours
Starch-5 hours Mild Starch-5 hours
Fruit, Sweet/Dried-3 hours Fruit (Acid)-2 hours
Fruit (Sub-Acid)-2 hours Fruit, Sweet/Fresh-3 hours
Melon-2 hours Syrup, Sugar-2 hours
Milk-12 hours
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