Undoubtedly,
burning fat is about consuming healthy food. When we eat right, eat healthy
food, we do not have to bother about burning fat anymore. Working out at the
gym for hours burning calories will not reduce your weight and burn enough of
your fat when you do not consider what you consume. It means that burning fat
by only doing exercise is not enough. Yes, you can burn fat and lose some of
your weight by doing exercise but if you do not maintain what goes in from your
mouth, soon you will get back the fat you burn. The root problem is controlling
what goes into your body. And consuming healthy food is the solution.
What does it
mean by consuming healthy food? The term healthy is very much dependent on the
amount and frequency in consuming the food. There is no single food that
contains all the nutrition our body needs. Thus, consuming healthy food
actually talks about series of eating healthy food
over time, in other words, having healthy eating lifestyle. You do not get
healthier right after you eat a lettuce; neither do you get significantly
higher cholesterol by eating a piece of fried chicken. It is the series of
eating those foods that affects your health. It is the constant action of
eating the food you choose that affects your body. Thus, healthy eating
lifestyle is what is important.
How to
choose healthy food? There are two common characteristics of healthy food.
First, the food is unprocessed. Second, the food is organic.
First, the
food is unprocessed. It means we eat what the nature gives. Most of the food is
provided on our table after several processes. They are boiled, fried, grilled,
or preserved. Most of these processes do not make the food healthier. The
unprocessed food includes fresh fruits and fresh vegetable. To name some, whole
grains, legumes, raw nuts, fresh sprouts, etc. Probably the only process that
the food can go through is the process of cleaning. The food has to be made
fresh on our table as if we eat it directly after we pluck them.
Why do we
avoid processing food? After processed, the food may lose the very nutrition
that our body needs; lose entirely or some in quantity. For example, we lose
healthy vegetable nutrients after we cook them. After processed, the food may
contain ingredient that is dangerous for our body. For example, higher
concentration of heterocyclic amines (HCA) or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAH) after grilling process. HCA and PAH can cause cancer. PAH is also found
in tobacco smoke.
Second, the
food is organic. It means we eat pesticides-free food. The food is natural, not
genetically engineered, and irradiated. This kind of food offers you the
highest nutrition and the purest taste of all the food available. Choose the
organic food when you go to restaurant. Include organic food in your monthly
shopping list. Select packaged food that has organic label, although you might
need to check further on this one. Go organic.
Not only the
selection of kind of food that are concerned, but also the nutrition that the
food contains. Among carbohydrates, protein, and fat, protein is the one that
uses more calories to burn. What does it mean? It means when you consume more
protein, your body burns more calories. When your body burns more calories,
your body is using more energy. It is identical to have you run in a longer
period on your treadmill. It burns more of your body fat. Thus, the food that
you consume determines how you will burn fat and lose weight.
Finally,
your dream to burn more fat is not only about exercise. Exercise is, by all
means, really good. But you also need to watch the food that you eat. By having
healthy eating lifestyle, rest be assured that it avoids the fat you burn to
come back filling up your body again. Consider healthy food as your daily menu.
Filter your food choice. Get rid of those unhealthy foods. Make eating healthy
food your lifestyle; choose unprocessed and organic food. You will be amazed
how this can work in your progress of losing your weight.
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