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Vegetarian
Eating RIGHT is the NUMBER ONE thing you must practise to lose weight effectively.
In other words, you must find out what foods to eat and how to eat them in a way to generate maximum fat loss for you. Otherwise, you'll gain weight easily despite working out at your favorite gym like mad.
What Foods to Eat for Weight Loss?
Cut down on those refined vegetarian foods that contain white sugar (simple refined carbohydrate), high-sodium and unhealthy vegetable saturated fats (except coconut oil).
Instead, choose more nutrient-dense vegetarian weight loss foods for their super high nutritional value but low in calories.
Such weight loss foods often come in whole, natural forms with abundant supply of fiber, protein, complex carbohydrates and various vitamins and minerals essential for your optimal health and well-being, besides helping you to lose weight.
Foods containing complex-carbs and fiber fill you up nicely before you consume too many calories. You'll feel full in your belly but without that heavy, "overeaten" feeling.
At the same time, your body will receive a steady stream of energy supply in the form of blood glucose because complex-carb requires more energy and longer time to digest due to its complex sugar structure, as compared to simple carbs. With addition of fiber, the digestion takes even longer. So you get to sustain your metabolic and physical activities over longer duration.
More importantly, complex-carb and fiber keep your blood sugar and insulin level in check, thereby preventing type 2 diabetes. It also puts a stop to your food cravings.
More fiber will also help to sweep toxins and waste out of your body quickly so they can't stay around in your intestines to create havoc, thereby accumulating fat in your midsection.
Protein also helps to increase satiation. Of course, plant-based proteins like beans, peas, and lentils, often contain fiber and other essential vitamins (e g. A & C) and minerals (e.g. potassium, iron, manganese) too.
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