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02 Sep 09 The Wrong Way To Eat Healthy

On a diet and eating healthy but still struggling to lose weight?  Well the key may not be in what you are eating, but how you are eating those foods.  Eating healthy is all well and good, and will help you lose weight, but you have to eat healthy the right way.  Knowing what to eat, how much to eat, and how to eat are all essential to a good healthy diet.  Faltering on any of those steps can lead to slower than expected weight loss, or lack of weight loss altogether.

For example, a food that a lot of people make a mistake with is yogurt, particularly yogurt with artificial flavoring.  Yogurts with artificial flavoring, or that add their own fruit, will contain more fats and sugars and therefore calories than normal low-fat plain yogurt.  Yogurt itself is very healthy, but you have to make sure you’re eating it the right way.  Instead of buying a flavored brand of yogurt, purchase a low-fat plain yogurt, and then buy some berries, or any kind of your favorite fruit, and slice up a few pieces to go in your yogurt.  Not only will this be lower calorie, you’ll be eating healthier at the same time.

White rice, white pasta, or white bread are all bad choices in a food category where you can find very healthy replacements.  The problem with white grains like these is that they don’t contain very much fiber.  Fiber is a key component in foods like these that not only makes you feel full, but gives you a healthier form of carbohydrates that slowly release in your body.  The white versions of grain foods contain carbohydrates that all release quickly, so they are more likely to turn to fat in your system.  So stick to whole wheat breads and pastas, and brown rice.

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