There's a lot of things going on in the food we eat and how it ultimately affects your body and your health. Being overweight can cause a number of serious health problems. Here's some foods you should try to avoid when trying to lose weight and stay healthy.
Of course most people know about saturated fat and trans fatty acids and the potential problems that they can cause with your cardiovascular health. Heart disease, plaque build up, cancer, etc. Fast food restaurants tends to be high in preservatives, saturated fat and trans fatty acids. If you must eat there stick to the salads (low fat or no fat dressings) and broiled chicken.
You should also try and avoid refined and processed foods as they tend to help making weight loss more difficult and often times leads to weight gain and poor nutrition instead. Refined foods that has been pre-processed such as bleached flour and white rice adds empty calories because much of the nutrients and vitamins have been bleached out, as a result the body doesn't need to work this hard to digest it and you get less nutritionly. The fiber that's in unrefined foods helps the body to move excess food and potentially harmful preservatives and toxins out of your system before it gets the chance to turn to fat thus helping you to lose weight.
Also avoid sugary foods and high glycemic foods. For example, certain types of refined carbohydrate (those with a high-GI value) is absorbed by the body to quickly and raises the blood sugar levels causing a "sugar spike". This in turn causes the body to "overract" and produce to much insulin which results in producing low blood sugar. Thus resulting in mood and appetite swings from this yo-yo effect from the high and low blood sugar swings.
By eating foods that are low in the glycemic index it results in a more consistent blood sugar levels. Low glycemic foods includes apples, plums, cherries, yogurt, skim milk, etc. High sugary foods should also be avoided. Fruit contain sugars so if possible eat the entire fruit as it contains fiber, as opposed to just drinking the juice, the fiber will help to minimize the spike in your blood sugar.
Additional foods to keep away from to lose weight are hydrogenated oil, partially hydrogenated oil, vegetable shortening, high fructose corn syrup, corn oil, margerine, food preservatives.
And another great weight loss tip is to eat smaller and more frequent meals and snacks. Rather then three large meals a day spread out your meals and snacks more evenly throughout the day. This produces a more consistent blood sugar level and you'll have less mood swings and be less likely to "binge".
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