Tip 41.
Watch your
fat intake for
fast weight
loss.
Each fat
gram contains 9
calories so by
reading the total
calories on a
food and knowing
the quantity of
fat, you can
estimate the % of
fat, which should
in no way exceed
30% of the
food.
Tip 42. Go easy
on
salt
Too much
salt is one of
the causes of
obesity. Make it
a point to really
cut down on salt.
Try to bring down
your salt intake
to half of what
it was last
year.
Tip 43. Change
from table butter to
cholesterol free
butter.
Bear in
mind that these
small changes can
go a long way
towards weight
reduction.
Tip 44. Instead
of frying food, try
baking without
fat.
Baking
is by far a
healthier method
of preparing food
than frying.
Baking requires
lesser oil or
fat.
Tip 45. Use a
non stick frying
pan.
Using a
non-stick frying
pan for your
cooking means you
do not have to
add oil. The
golden rule is to
try and avoid as
much oil as
possible and a
non stick pan is
the perfect
solution to this
problem.
Tip 46. Boil
your vegetables instead
of cooking
them.
Or even
better, eat them
fresh. If you do
not like eating
your vegetables,
try steaming them
without adding
anything at all.
This is probably
the healthiest
way to eat
cabbages,
cauliflowers and
a host of other
vegetables.
Tip 47. Carry
parsley with
you.
Parsley
is an excellent
thing to munch on
in between meals.
Not just is it
good for you in
terms of
vitamins, but it
is also a perfect
way of making
your breath
fresher.
Tip 48. Choose
low fat substitutes or
no fat
substitutes.
There
are plenty of low
fat or even no
fat substitutes
available in the
market so why not
choose wisely. It
is much better
for your heart
too. Many people
just go for
shopping and pick
up whatever they
can. They do not
bother to find
out if there are
nay substitutes
for the thing
they are looking
for.
In the markets of
today, you will be
astounded at the range
of goods that
manufactures have to
offer. In fact with all
the hue and cry that is
being made about weight
loss, low fat
substitutes and no fat
substitutes are hitting
the stands faster than
mushrooms that sprout
after the first
rains.
So the next time you
head for the stores
instead of picking up
what you have always
picked up, see if there
are better
substitutes.
Remember that our
bodies need nutrients
and not just calories.
Fats give us nutrients
but with more calories
than what proteins or
carbohydrates do.
Tip 49. Avoid
crash
diets.
They are
bad for health
and you will gain
what you have
lost once you
take a break.
Crash diets are
not a solution to
weight loss.
Though it may
seem that you
have lost a few
pounds, the
moment you stop
the diet
everything will
bounce back with
a vengeance.
Take a look at it in
this way. Do you think
that it is possible for
a person to survive on
a crash diet for the
rest of his or her
life? Certainly not! So
at some time or the
other, you will have to
give up the crash diet
and then you will see
for yourself that a
crash diet does more
harm than good on the
long run.
Crash diets may have a
lot to promise, but
very rarely do these
promises come true.
Crash diets are things
people go on in order
to wear an old dress or
suit for a particular
occasion. That’s the
only purpose that they
serve as far as I can
see.
Tip 50. Use
your
teeth!
We
were given teeth for a
reason, therefore we
should develop a habit
of chewing all food
including liquid food
and soft foods like
sweets, ice creams at
least 8 to 12 times.
This is essential to
add saliva to the food,
as it is only in the
saliva that sugar is
digested.
Often we find that
whatever goes into our
mouth goes down like
lightning. We hardly
give the saliva any
time to act on the
food. So does digestion
take place like it
should? Do we just
stuff our tummies with
food that doesn’t get
digested or in other
words that doesn’t
yield the benefits that
it should?
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