Natural Fat Burning

Medical science has made such dramatic breakthroughs over the last few decades that many are tempted to think that losing weight is obviously going to be assisted by some medically developed pill or other form of prescription. However for those of us who have been engaged by our doctor to consider losing weight few doctors, if any, will write the over-weight patient a prescription for their obese condition. A reputable doctor will in most cases refer you to a dietician or nutritionist. Other than some drastic measure such as gastric banding, in the most extreme of cases, the issue of weight-loss for your GP is not a prescription but a strong recommendation for a change in your diet.

However into this arena do come the so-called health shops that do attempt to sell you a whole series of fat burning pills and prescribed diets all claiming to assist the hapless dieter lose weight. To often the pills and potions offered are claimed to be derived from some natural source, be it berries, leaves, roots or tree bark. Despite these claims few of these so-called natural remedies are really required for a natural weight-loss diet and most are ineffective and very expensive.

What Then is Natural Fat Burning?
I would suggest that natural fat burning would be any change we can make to our diet that assists us lose weight without recourse to any form of medication. There are a host of changes we can make but the most effective is a return to simple natural foods cooked in our own kitchens. In such an easy change of diet the concept of natural really comes to the fore.

The issue of diet is somewhat complex and this is not helped by the fact that we are all different and our responses and reactions to diets vary tremendously. Diets that work for one for some unknown reason do not work as effectively for another. However the good news is that we know more of foods and diets today than we have ever known and some real hard facts are becoming part of the arsenal of dietitians today.

Foods We May Have Lost Sight Of
What is known today is that there are a whole range of foods that burn more energy in their digestion than they give to the body. These foods are a dieters dream. You can eat all you like of these foods and burn energy at the same time. What is humbling is that these foods were the foods of our grand-parents and our great-grand-parents. Why? The simple fact that most of the foods we eat today were simply not to be found then. Neither were the supermarkets from which we now purchase foods that are anything but natural and the source of most of our dietary problems. We have lost sight of the dramatic changes that have taken place in western diets over the last hundred years or more.

Natural fat burning means turning back the clock in your kitchen. From the following meal plans look at the variety of foods that can be used in any of these meals.

1. A Cooked Meal of Vegetables
Cook a meal of fish or lean meat, and add three or four items from the following:- broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, lemons, mushrooms, onions, peas, peppers, pumpkin, red cabbage, spinach and turnips.

2. A Salad
Make a fresh salad out of any of the following:- apples, asparagus, celery, chives, lettuce, mangoes, mushrooms, onions, peas, peppers, pineapple, prunes, radishes and tomatoes.

3. A Fruit Salad
Enjoy a fruit salad out of any of the following:- apples, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, grapefruit, grapes, lemons, limes, mangoes, nectarines, oranges, papaya, peaches, pears, pineapple, prunes, raspberries, strawberries, tangerines and watermelon.

Every one of the above foods is a natural fat burning food. And this is but a simple start to a whole range of foods and meals that can be considered natural fat burning. Add some exercise and you are on your way.

A change in dietary habits does not always come easy for a lot of people. You may need to work slowly on such a change. For more detail on this subject and how to adjust your lifestyle visit my website below and find two very helpful programs.

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