Understanding the best way to lose weight is not just about looking great, having more energy and fitting into your skinny jeans, but about eliminating internal fat to lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. While fat cells can’t be eliminated, they can be shrunk. The question is: how? Here are the answers you’ve been looking for on how to effectively loose weight, not based on myths, personal speculation or popular marketing scams, but on scientific studies.
Are You Immune to a Fat Burning Diet?
Many individuals blame their weight gain on a “fat gene” or a “slow metabolism”. Science has studied whether obesity is primarily genetic and if some people are immune to a low-calorie fat burning diet due to a naturally low metabolic rate. What did they discover?
Throughout this post, follow the scientific exploration of How To Be Slim presented by the BBC in a six-part series:
BBC – How to be Slim Part 1/6
Do Slim People Have a Higher Metabolic Rate?
Metabolism is about how much energy (calories) the body requires when at rest, and the facts indicate that heavier people have a higher metabolic rate, not the other way around. Abnormal metabolisms are rare and seldom the cause of obesity. A normal metabolism will MAINTAIN body weight whatever that may be.
BBC – How to be Slim Part 2/6
Is a Fat Gene to Blame for Obesity?
The famous “fat gene”, only found in a minute percentage of the population, isn’t triggered without excessive caloric intake. Fat isn’t generated by breathing air, therefore, a fat burning diet, which reduces calories below what the body needs to maintain its current weight, will be effective.
BBC – How to be Slim Part 3/6
How Much Are You Really Eating?
Why do certain individuals gain weight while claiming to adhere to a low-calorie diet? The answer is that some people eat a lot more than they think they’re eating. For science to prove that the best way to lose weight is indeed a low calorie diet, a test was developed to measure how much people REALLY eat. Using DLW (doubly labeled water), with non-radioactive isotope markers, caloric intake is measured accurately. The results indicate that people with weight issues, who believe they eat very little, unconsciously may consume as much as double what they claim to eat.
BBC – How to be Slim Part 4/6
Protein-Rich Meals – Long-lasting Satiety and Weight Loss
With genetic and metabolic excuses eliminated, and overeating again responsible for weight gain, the question remains:
Why do some people eat more than others?
There are two main reasons.
- a propensity to eat even when not hungry (poor eating habits established in childhood)
- eating foods that don’t satisfy. When hunger returns quickly, a person is likely to eat sooner, therefore consume more calories.
Scientific studies suggest that the best way to lose weight is to obtain satisfaction from meals for longer periods of time. How?
BBC – How to be Slim Part 5/6
1. Protein
Eating protein keeps the stomach full longer. Reducing carbohydrates and increasing protein is the key to a fat burning diet. Tofu, salmon, tuna, trout and mackerel, plus leafy greens, provides the body what it needs to lose weight and be satisfied.
2. Thick Soup
Scientific experiments prove that drinking meals may be best way to lose weight. A thick blended soup will satisfy longer than the same foods in a regular meal + a glass of water.
3. Portion Size
Studies indicate that people tend to gobble whatever’s served on their plate/bowl. By choosing a smaller dish, people can feel satisfied with 30% – 50% less.
4. Meals As Events
People consume more when focused on watching a movie / TV. Whether eating meals or imbibing nutrients while on a juice diet, mealtime should be a separate event in order for the brain to record optimum satisfaction.
5. No Buffets
Experiments suggest that too many choices (even healthy ones) will cause people to unconsciously overindulge little by little. Avoid buffets like the plague.
BBC – How to be Slim Part 6/6
A Vegetable Juice Diet?
While protein prolongs satiety, getting sufficient veggies, especially greens, is essential, yet difficult. A vegetable juice diet may be a means to obtain the three to five recommended fruits and vegetables a day and in delicious combinations that just glide down. Jason Vale is one of the UK’s top juice diet experts. Take a look at a snippet of Jason Vale’s juice diet recipes in this video:
’7lbs in 7 Days’ – Super Juice Detox Diet DVD
For an energy boosting start to your day, try one of Jason Vale’s smoothies:
Juice Master Smoothie recipe – Breakfast On The Go
Blend spinach, apple and pineapple for a delightful green smoothies recipe. Watch how easy it is:
Juice Master Smoothie recipe – Turbo Express
Buy Jason Vale 7 Lbs in 7 Days Super Juice Diet DVD (NTSC version) for a full 150 minutes of simple, delicious and effective juice diet recipes and instructions – a complete program that works FAST!
You’re just 7 days away from a slimmer, healthier YOU.
Plus:
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Jason Vale, best known in the UK, now offers ‘the Juice Master’ program to people in the United States and around the world.
Why is the fat burning diet with juice so effective? Because it removes all the wheat and yeasts and refined “good for nothing” carbs while presenting you with a way to make your meals filled with nutrient rich vegetables and fruits – in fact, by following a few simple tips, you can be eating and drinking your way to health with up to 70% LIVE foods. Included in the book is the special Jason Vale Power Green Smoothies Recipe.
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- The Juice Master: Turbo-Charge Your Life in 14 Days by Jason Vale
Another way to get greens and fruits is with green smoothies like those recommended by Victoria Boutenko.
The difference between a juice diet and green smoothies?
The differences between a juice diet and drinking smoothies is about carbohydrates and fiber. Vegetable/fruit juices are EXTRACTED, green smoothies are BLENDED using whole fruits / leafs to create a thick drink with parsley, kale, dandelion, spinach (or other greens) plus apples, blue-purple/red berries and seasonal fruit –the fibrous pulp is included. A juice diet focuses on nutrients in a variety of starch and non-starchy vegetables; green smoothies are just leafy greens and fruits – no starch.
Green Smoothies Recipes
The best green smoothies recipes are those made from 40% – 50% fresh leafy greens and 50% – 60% seasonal fruit, plus water. Nothing else! Exotic super fruits are not essential for nutritious smoothies. Adapt original green smoothies recipes using basic principles found in the book “Green Smoothie Revolution: The Radical Leap Towards Natural Health” by Victoria Boutenko.
- Green Smoothie Revolution: The Radical Leap Towards Natural Health by Victoria Boutenko
For simple, basic tips on GREEN smoothies, have a look at what Victoria Boutenko’s son, Sergei Boutenko, has to say in this video presentation:
Green Smoothie (Original)
Digestion and Combing Fruits and Veggies
Green smoothies recipes don’t include carbohydrate-type vegetables like carrots, beats, broccoli, cabbage (and others), only green leaves and fruit. The distinction is important when it comes to digestive enzymes. The basic rules for green smoothies are:
- Use only greens (not starchy veggies), fruit and water
- keep smoothies simple = two/ three ingredients
- rotate greens daily for optimum nutrients
- reduce fruit and increase greens slowly over time
Buy the DVD Greens Can Save Your Life by Victoria Boutenko (NTSC version for Region 1 – the United States and Canada). Although release in 2005, the information and inspiration provided in as up to date and pertinent TODAY as it ever has been. Greens don’t go out of style! Even if you’re skeptical about Victoria Boutenko’s approach, this DVD will show compelling evidence about the nutritional value of GREENS.
- Greens Can Save Your Life by Victoria Boutenko
For more information on diet and nutrition, and to discover ways of eating healthy on a budget (and what unhealthy foods to avoid) continue reading 30 Days to Healthier Eating Habits.
Can ANYONE lose weight by reducing calories and increasing greens?
Why does it seem like some people eat and eat and never gain an ounce, while others sniff something yummy in the air and gain a pound?
If you’ve ever wondered: Why Thin People Aren’t Fat, here’s an intriguing scientific experiment presented by BBC2 in a seven-part series that answers exactly that question:
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 1/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 2/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 3/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 4/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 5/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 6/7
Why Are Thin People Not Fat 7/7
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