Copyright 2006 Eva Moffat
When you are considering going on a weight loss diet, probably
you have the mistaken idea that you have to eat less. This is
not strictly true.
Rather than eating less, it would be better to make wiser
choices. If you are in the habit of eating and enjoying cakes
and other foods made with pastry as in pies, try to cut these
items out of your diet. Replace these foods containing
Carbohydrates with foods that are better for you.
What Are These Better Foods?
You want to have a Balanced Diet.
A Balanced Diet consists of:
• Proteins • Carbohydrates • Fats
PROTEINS are found in Meat, Milk, Cheese, Eggs and Fish. These
are complete Proteins and help the body to maintain itself in
good condition.
Imagine your body is a car engine. Put Diesel in a Petrol engine
and you have major problems. And the same if you put Petrol in a
Diesel engine.
Protein can also be found in other foods eg plants, fruits and
nuts. But these are not Complete Proteins. Yet whether Complete
Protein or Incomplete, Protein is Protein and is good for you.
Plants are usually what we know as Cereals, you will usually
have them for Breakfast. A way to remember them is to use the
mnemonic 'BROW'
B = Barley R = Rye O = Oats W = Wheat
CARBOHYDRATES are found in Wholegrains, eg Corn, Flour, Bread,
Rice, Oats, Potatoes and Legumes.
Carbohydrates provide the body with energy.
FATS are found in Meat and Dairy Products and some Vegetable
Oils.
The body needs a certain amount of fat to be sure everything is
working properly. But there are two kinds of fat that we get
from our food.
One is considered GOOD FAT and that is UNSATURATED FAT.
THE BAD FAT is SATURATED FAT.
SATURATED FAT causes the fat to settle on the inside walls of
the Arteries. The FAT in the Arteries is called Cholesterol.
It's the Cholesterol that makes the Blood Vessels narrow so the
blood is unable to pass through properly. The heart then has to
pump harder to allow the blood to pass round the body, the
result can be the heart is weakened, so causing Heart Failure,
High Blood Pressure and Strokes.
BAD FAT is called LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein).
If you can cut ALL the BAD FAT out of your diet, you will be
doing yourself and your body a big favour.
But whatever you do, don't mistakenly leave out the GOOD FAT
from your diet. Because the UNSATURATED FAT has been found to
actually liquefy the Cholesterol and pass it out of the body by
natural means.
The GOOD FAT is called HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) this GOOD
FAT can be found in Plants and Animal Products. Therefore if you
eat more fruit and vegetables you will be on the right path to
living a healthy lifestyle.
And as an added bonus, you might even lose weight.
About the author:
Eva Moffat a 66 year old disabled lady, living in Manchester,
England. In the early 1970's I was a nurse. My main interest is
all aspects of health, especially Weight Loss and Nutrition. I
have written several articles. You can see the others if you
visit my website.
http://www.weight-loss-4-you.com or email me
eva.moffat@onetel.net
