How to Achieve a Healthful Weight (pt.2)

Healthy Food Bytes: How to Achieve a Healthful Weight (pt.2)

Eating Fat doesn’t necessarily make you fat.
Fat plays many vitally important roles in keeping you lean and fit, and most people don’t get enough of the “right kind of fat”. How much fat is good for you depends on each individual. But one thing is for sure, stay away from trans fat – processed fats found in hydrogenated oil and no-cold-pressed vegetable oils. Butter or Ghee (clarified butter) is a better choice than processed margarine or butter substitutes that are not processed correctly. Without an adequate amount of dietary fat, your body can not manufactures hormones or carry on normal cellular oxidation and energy production. This slows metabolism and interferes with the development of lean body mass. Another good thing about good fats is that it doesn’t trigger an insulin response. It actually helps slow down conversion of carbohydrates into the blood sugar.

Exercise
There is no way around it folks. You gotta move your body.

Work up a sweat – do cardio or some sort of aerobic exercise. It does not have to be extreme. Don’t have to hurt your body. I love to power walk. Running does not agree with my knees. So I listen to my body and get a good cardio workout by power walking.

Practice some kind of resistance exercise. I love to incorporate weights into my pilates workout.

Move your body, or lose your body. Your body will literally breakdown from the inside out if you don’t move on a regular basis.

Treat yourself from time to time.
Like I always say “90% food for you health and 10% food for your soul”

Drink plenty of water

Don’t use meal replacements. Don’t eat a protein bar instead of lunch. You can have a protein bar after a workout for a snack, but not as your “real food”.

No artificial sweetners
You think you are doing yourself a favor by eating “diet” or “sugar free”. Just get “Pop” out of your life. It’s all bad for you.

Consider getting tested for food intolerances.
Food intolerances can disrupt blood sugar levels resulting in bad carbohydrate cravings, food addictions possibly from food allergy-induced serotonin deficit. This creates a desire for greater and greater amounts of the sensitive foods.

Reading recommendations
Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health – By Erasmus

Your Hidden Food Allergies are Making You Fat – By Deutsch and Rivera M.D.

This research comes from “The Metabolic Typing Diet” by Walcott

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