Food Combinations That Help You to Lose Weight

Our daily diet consists of mainly carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The main aim is to use these in the right combos to reduce that extra bit. I mean, who wouldn't want to reduce weight and be in perfect shape? Losing weight or burning calories can really make us go mad, almost every time. I am sure you must have tried out various weight loss diet plans or hardcore workouts to achieve it but very few turn to reality, to be very honest. Many people, out of desperation, turn to weight loss diet pills or related ideas which are not useful and very unhealthy. Also, many people indulge into severe exercises with wrong food combinations which is not gonna help either and would lead to gases or bloating and more precisely indigestion. Just eating the right kinds of foods in right amounts and at the right time along with regular exercise is the best option that one can opt for. Weight loss does not necessarily mean restricting yourself to particular types of food stuffs nor avoiding certain foods, but it requires one to follow appropriate food combining diet which stimulates faster weight loss.

Food combinations to lose weight were first brought to the limelight in the early 20th century by Dr. William Howard Hay with healthy food combinations.

• Starches go worst with protein foods, so never combine these two, since acids produced during the digestion of proteins neutralize the alkalinity needed by the starchy food stuffs.
• Do not combine proteins with fatty materials either, since fats are very time-consuming as far as digestion is concerned. Also, eat one protein at a time since it's easy to digest.
• Make sure you eat carbs and proteins separately in different meals cause carbohydrates require an alkaline environment and proteins acidic.
• Fruits are the easiest digest-able foods available and hence never really combine or hinder digestion of carbs, proteins and fats. So eat fruits separately but regularly.
• We all love desserts, don't we? But having them especially the heavy one's will not do good instead, screw up your health causing fermentation and production of various alcohols, vinegars and acetic acids during the digestion process.
• The most important thing is to have small meals (say 6 small meals) throughout the day instead of having heavy and larger meals.
• Make sure your diet consists mainly of vegetables, salads and fruits and try eating less of fats and oily stuff. Do not go in for processed foods since you can't trust these.
• Hog on non-starchy vegetables like leafy greens, broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, carrots, bok choy, cabbage, celery, lettuces, green beans, garlic, fennel, onions, chives, turnips, sprouts, red radish, yellow squash, zucchini, cucumber, beets since these are highly nutritious and healthy.

Below is a food chart on foods that burn fat and build muscles.

Proteins Neutral foods Starches Meat products Almost all vegetables Biscuits Poultry products Salads Bread and bread products Cheese All seeds Cakes Eggs Nuts Oats and Crackers Fish Herbs Pasta Soya beans Cream Potatoes Tofu Olive oil Rice Yogurt Butter Sugar, Honey and Sweets
Check out some amazing recipes and food combining menus for weight loss which are easy-to-make.

Recipe #1: Healthy Scrambled Egg and Bacon in Mushroom Caps (Protein recipe)

Ingredients: Mushrooms (4 cups), Eggs (4), Olive oil (one tablespoon), Flat leaf parsley (chopped), Black pepper, Cheese, Back Bacon (4 rashers)

Procedure:

• Remove the fat from the bacon and chop it. Fry it in a pan until it is dry.
• Grill the mushrooms for 5 minutes by brushing them with little oil.
• Scramble the eggs in another pan. Add the leaf parsley, the cooked bacon and the black pepper onto the scrambled eggs.
• Spoon the mushrooms with the mixture.
• Decorate with cheese, if you want to.

Recipe #2: Brown Rice and Beans (Starch recipe)

Ingredients: Olive oil (one tablespoon), Butter, Onions (chopped), Brown rice (cooked), Sweet corn kernels (250 gms), Mixed pulses (500 gms), Dried mixed herbs (half tablespoon), Dried tomatoes (4, sliced)

Procedure:

• Add oil in a frying pan and cook the onions in it until they are golden brown and crispy.
• Add all the ingredients in it and cook.
• Serve it with brown rice.

Recipe #3: Creamy Porridge with Almond milk

Ingredients: Water (3 cups), Oat bran (one cup), Honey (one tablespoon), Almonds, Bananas (sliced or chopped)

Procedure:

• Boil water and oat bran in a vessel for 6-8 minutes. Stir the mixture.
• Add honey and stir again.
• Serve it with chopped bananas and almond milk (blend 12 almonds with 250ml water).

Here are some healthy foods to lose weight which increase the metabolism as well as help burn fats.

• Cayenne pepper
• Salsa
• Hot peppers
• Chili sauce/mustard
• Ice water
• Green tea
• Apple cider vinegar diet
• Thermogenic Cocktails
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Brussels sprouts
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Lemon
• Vinegar
• Grapefruit
• Berries

I hope these food combinations will be useful to you to help reduce weight and get the perfect shape and size you have always wanted to flaunt. All the best.

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