Facts About Weight Loss

1. Do certain foods increase your metabolism rate and eventually make you lose weight?

A wide range of foods or food products derived from them affects one's metabolism rate to some extent. Some foods are proven to increase metabolism and eventually contribute to weight loss. On top of this list, we have black tea, tea, caffeine, coffee, calcium, chili (capsaicin), conjugated linoleic acid, ginger, fish oil, medium chain triglycerides, flax oil, various herbs and spices and extra protein.

2. Individuals who skip breakfast are slimmer than those who cannot do without breakfast

The US National Weight Control Registry in a study concluded that people who maintain slim body figure and healthy living have a number of characteristics including regular cereal breakfast consumption, low-fat diet and regular exercise. Other studies also concur that cereal breakfast is associated with lower Body Mass Index (BMI) than full heavy breakfast with white bread. It is therefore true that individuals who skip breakfast will have lower weight than people who take breakfast regularly. Breakfast is known to have a pattern that one keeps and will always encourage over eating and taking in of more calories.

3. Carbohydrates cause Fattening

The most infuriating but true fact about gaining fat is that most of it caused by carbohydrates and not fat. When you eat food with more energy than you need, it is transformed to fat and stored in the body. Carbohydrates have lower metabolism cost than proteins, therefore they are more likely to be stored in the body than used up. 'Metabolic cost' is the energy that a food supplement needs in order for the body to unlock and use the energy that the food supplement contains. This is the main reason why health experts will advise you to take in foods with calories, but engage in activities and exercises that will ensure that the energy you take in is burned up and not stored.

4. Excess protein causes weight gain

Most of us probably know that foods with protein should be on the white list as far as foods needed to lose weight are concerned. However, taking in excess proteins will cause the excess food to be broken down to carbohydrates. Carbohydrates will then be converted to fats and stored in the body. Energy balance is very important, that is spending as much energy as your body gains from food, to cut weight and keep it down.

5. Extra muscle helps in losing weight

It is true that muscle in the body uses more energy when exercising and resting than fat. However, replacing fat with muscle in attempt to lose weight does not guarantee that you will lose weight. It may be true to say that muscle turnover uses more energy and needs oxygen consumption during and after exercising but the rate of energy used is very little. The best thing to do is maintain a good muscle-fat training to increase the muscle while losing fat. Just remember that your metabolism rate will drop when you lose weight and rises fast when you put on more weight.

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