2 Foods To Avoid If You Want To Lose Weight

The 2 foods to be avoided may come as a surprise to you. You may even find it hard to believe. The common belief would be that they are fine to have as part of a controlled diet. It comes as a big surprise for most people, to learn that they should ditch them.

It is a fairly well known fact nowadays, that trans fats should be avoided, and that goes for the high-fructose corn syrup. So I won't bore you with this again. I was not referring to either of these two foods.

The first one that you should avoid is all wheat products - I mean, the ones that contain wheat such as all types of bread, pasta, bagels, and cereals (even the "whole wheat" cereals are to be included in this list).

There are 2 main reasons why wheat products are to be avoided. First of all, a large percentage of the population has an allergy to the gluten contained in wheat and other grains. But what is more significant, we were never meant to consume wheat in such huge quantities. Our digestive system has not adjusted to it.

Wheat has only appeared in the human diet in the last couple of thousand years or so, and has NEVER been such a large part of our diet until the last 80 to 100 years! Previous to that, we had a much healthier diet which consisted mainly of a mixture of of vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.

When somebody is trying to lose weight, if they will cut wheat out of their diet for 2 to 3 weeks, they will get results. Not only will they lose weight and feel better as a result of having more energy, but in some cases it has resulted in curing headaches and indigestion that had persisted for years.

The second food that should be eliminated from your diet, will come as a shock to most people - fruit juice. It is generally regarded as a very healthy choice and would probably be included in most calorie controlled diets.

Don't get me wrong - I am not totally against carbohydrates. I believe that most fruits are actually very healthy, when they are consumed whole. But when you separate the juice from the fiber and the other beneficial parts of the fruit, it's no longer useful for dieting. What is left is a sugary mixture that is high in calories.

When you only drink the juice of the fruit, your body is missing out on the fiber. This will result in a craving for more carbohydrates. Oranges and apples are two of the best examples of this. The fiber in the fruit will help to satisfy the appetite, and it also slows down the response of the blood sugar, much more so that the juice alone.

The bottom line is that consuming too much fruit juice makes you fat. But consuming the whole fruit is an important part of a balanced diet, and supplies your body with a high level of nutrients. This also depends on you having unprocessed foods in the rest of your diet also.

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