Five Health Benefits To Losing Weight

Here are tips Courtesy of the ADA

Are there easy tips and tricks to help get health benefits from Losing Weight?

1. Fat-free is not always your best bet. There has been research that found none of the lycopene or beta-carotene that help fight cancer and heart diseae is absorbed from fat-free dressings or fat-free foods. Better to go with the low calorie or 1% milks.

2. Don’t skip your breakfast. Skipping breakfast can leave you tired and craving sweet foods by midmorning.

3. Instead of skipping breakfast, fill up up a sweet, fruity breakfast full of antioxidances. In a blender, take 1 c nonfat or low fat plain or vanilla yougurt, frozen strawberries (1-1/3 s) no added sugar, 1 peeled kiwi and 1 banana. Now you can substitute the fruits you enjoy. Then pulse until mixtures has a milkshake consistency. This usually makes a 2 cup serving with approx 348 calories and 1.5 grams of fat.

4. If you are starving by 4 pm and you are in the office with no alternative to be able to leave, reach for the nuts. The same applies if your only choices are at a mini-bar.

5. The next time you are feeling wiped out in the late afternoon, forget that cup of coffee and reach for a cup of yogurt instead. The combination of protein, carbs and fat in an 8-ounce service of low-fat yogure will give you a feeling of fullness that you can’t get from coffee. Of course, you will be getting some of your vital nutrients, too.

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