Myths and Facts on Dieting

Contrary to popular belief, fat in foods do not make you feel full. You think that the greasy fried chicken will keep you feeling full all day? Wrong! It's true that fat is the slowest food component to clear the stomach.  So for years it was presumed that fatty foods slowed down digestion, keeping you feeling full longer. However, recent research proves that the amount of sugar and fat in your meal has little or no affect in a satisfying meal.

Researches have revealed that protein is more apt to leave folks more satisfied than either carbohydrates or fat. Not only does fat not aid in satisfying one's hunger, a gram of fat has extra calories compared to both protein or carbs.

Consume meals superior in fiber, such as fruits and vegetables and whole grains if you would like to consume more and weigh less.  We don't know exactly why, but fiber and whole grains affect feelings of completeness.  It's possible that fiber and whole grains affect the hormones in your body that remit signals to your mind that you've had an adequate amount of to eat.

Don't miss meals to cut pounds.

Folks who munch at regular intervals, are better fed, think more visibly and account for less mood swings than those who eat occasionally.  According to the most up-to-date study, individuals who miss out meals, specifically breakfast,  have a tendency to have a weight crisis.  Perhaps the reason is that as soon as they do eat, they eat too much of all the wrong foods. They often think that they can save calories by skipping meals.  However, if they kept a food journal and counted calories they'd discover that they more than make up for those saved calories.

Researchers at the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) report that spacing food evenly throughout the day is key to weight-loss success. Meal skippers consume more calories than people who eat frequently probably do because meal skippers find it difficult to stop once they start eating. People who maintain their weight eat every three to four hours everyday of the week.

There are bad and good foods.

Have you heard the aphorism, there are no bad and good foods, only bad and good diets?  For the most part individuals generally don't suffer a predicament delighting themselves to tasty, rich dishes.  So, to say that there are no bad foods might be a license for certain individuals to nibble at something any time they want.

If having cookies in your home causes you to over eat, then cookies could be a problem merely because it results in unhealthy behaviors. To enjoy unhealthy dishes occasionally and in reasonable quantities is not unhealthy.  However you should always stock your home with good wholesome foods, such as fruits, whole-grain breads and vegetables.

Diets low in carbs do not flush calories from the body.

Champions of low-carb diets claim that you can excrete fat fragments called ketones in urine, thereby flushing fat calories out. But a study at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg discovered no correlation between urinary ketone levels and weight change in women on low-carb diets.

It is possible that carb cutters restrict so many foods that are normally high in fat such as ice cream, that they end up slashing calories overall. The initial rapid weight loss that some carb cutters experience is caused by the body draining glycogen stores for energy. For every gram of glycogen used, 3 grams of water are released.  The result is a rapid loss in weight due to increased urination. After 10-14 days, increased urination ends and so does the rapid weight-loss phase.

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