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Acai Berry, Another Fad Diet?

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acai Acai Berry, Another Fad Diet?

acai Acai Berry, Another Fad Diet?

You will find many sites on the internet claiming significant weight loss in just a few days with the Acai Berry diet. There are many anti-oxidant related benefits with the acai berry and it’s being stretched a bit to include rapid weight loss. Many of the before and after pictures are taken from sites where the loss was generated from months of a well balanced nutritional food plan and exercise.

Here is a great teleseminar that gives the truth about the acai berry fad that is dominating the internet at this moment

The Real Truth about the Acai Berry Fad

The Myths of Fad Diets

1. Diets that promise quick and easy weight loss are usually based on eating more of one food type and none of another. These do not give the benefits that you would get from a balanced diet. They may suggest you take supplements but many supplements are not absorbed by the body unless they are taken along with the foods that the diet has banned. After a few weeks, if you stick to it that long, you may begin to develop nutritional deficiencies.

2. Fad diets are often boring and over restrictive. After the novelty of the first day or two, you will not enjoy your meals. You will then start to crave food constantly and will break the diet. You may even feel guilty, thinking it is your fault that you did not lose weight.

3. Most fad diets do not follow recommendations of the American Heart Association and similar bodies for fat levels in the diet. Often the diet will recommend high fat foods and low carbs which if taken long term, could result in heart disease. The promoters may tell you that the diet is only intended to be followed for a short time. But you probably will not reach your goal weight in that time, and then what? You either continue with a plan that is not good for your health, or stop and probably gain back what you lost.

4. Many fad diets do not help you to incorporate enough servings of fruits and vegetables in your weight loss program, or give you the variety of foods that your body needs.

5. Quick weight loss diets are just a temporary solution and do not help you to make permanent changes to your eating habits. Permanent changes are the only way to remain at your target weight once you reach it. Fad diets encourage yo-yo diet-binge cycles of fast weight loss and equally fast weight gain. This is worse for your health and your self esteem than if you had stayed overweight all the time.

Whatever the publicity materials may say, these diets will not help you in the long term. The best way to sustain weight loss is to eat a varied and healthy diet, do not overeat, exercise regularly and avoid fad diets.

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Fat Loss Foods

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Many people are under the impression that you have to starve yourself or suppress your appetite in order to lose weight. The exact opposite is true. It is better to eat 4-6 meals a day in smaller portions in order to increase or boost your metabolism. But the truth is there are foods that actually help you to lose weight, particularly unwanted fats.

First in the list of fat loss foods is egg. This poultry product is rich in protein which is good if you want to lose fats. It is devoid of carbohydrates which are believed to initiate the development of more fat cells. Carbohydrates turn into glucose which you do not want if you are planning on shedding off the fats.

There is even a so-called diet, which took inspiration from the very popular Atkins diet. Through the egg diet, you can satisfy your hunger with lots of proteins. In this diet, you can eat other foods aside from eggs, like cheese and meat and other foods which are high in protein. Eggs are also perfect in this diet because you can make a lot of dishes using eggs. You can have scrambled eggs, you can have omelets, you can have boiled eggs, and many more.

Oatmeal is also one of the best fat loss foods. It has a handful of benefits. For one, they are good for the heart because they lower bad cholesterol. Oatmeal also gives you the feeling that you are full for a long time. Even bodybuilders, who are “allergic” to fats, consider oatmeal as one of the best foods to help you eradicate unwanted fats from your body. There are also several ways on how you can make your oatmeal more engaging to the taste buds. You can add dried fruits, fresh fruits, cold fruits, and even fruit preserves.

Green vegetables are also beneficial for fat loss. Spinach, kale, turnips, collard, and broccoli are rich in substances such as fibers, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants among others. These substances are necessary for you to drop those fats from your body. Wednesday is weigh in day for me and we’ll see what I have to report! Until then, bye for now!’
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