Friday, February 11, 2011

The Kinds of Food We Eat

Research shows that those who are overweight are often found to consume the same amount of calories as those who are not. So what is it that makes the difference? ‘Healthy diet and exercise’ makes the difference. 

It’s a common assumption that too much fat will actually make you fat. This is right in a way because saturated fats are definitely not good for your health. However some fats are required for your body, therefore they are called ‘essential’ fatty acids. Believing in this assumption, some go on a low fat or absolutely no fat diet without realizing that food which has low fat has higher amounts of salts and sugar to make the food more eatable.

Sugar and fast releasing foods inevitably cause weight gain, which people don’t seem to realize.
The rate at which these foods let out blood sugar decides whether you will put on weight or not. This is because each time you consume food, your body has to decide whether to burn this food like energy or store it in the form of fat. Greater insulin levels will change your body. 

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