How to distinguish right from wrong on diets?

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Learn to distinguish right from wrong on diets

Do not drink water during meals, it's bigger. True or false?

• Wrong.

It is even advisable to drink water during meals (reasonably course) when you want to lose weight, because it tends to increase the feeling of satiety.

Similarly in case of small depressions.

Express regimes (eg 4 kg in 2 weeks) are more advantageous as motivating. True or false?

• Wrong.

To lose weight, you have to take your time.

Restrictions may be rapidly effective on the balance but weight regain is then very quick and harmful for the body.

The purpose of a plan is to lose weight in the long term.

For this, there is only one solution: to learn to eat healthy. And like all learning, it's long, at least several months and more a year.

It is advisable to exclude dairy products a diet because they are fattening. True or false?

• Wrong.

These are the excesses that make you fat, no dairy products themselves.

As part of a plan, it is best to limit dairy products to one or two servings a day and focus on yoghurt and other fermented milks, nature.

One can lose weight while having fun. True or false?

• It is true.

Of course, and it is even the best way to get there.

No food is excluded. It is the excess must be avoided.

In addition, restrictions stir envy and sometime we love. There are many ways to prepare foods light version.

We recommend two portions of cheese a day, at lunch and dinner. True or false?

• It is true.

The cheeses are interesting foods, particularly because ducalcium they bring, but they have the disadvantage of being high in fat.

It is therefore recommended 2-3 servings of dairy products per day, but not more than one serving of cheese per day.

Similarly, if red meat is eaten, for example (high fat) with a meal, it takes no cheese at the same meal.

With light products, we are sure to lose weight. True or false?

• Wrong.

A disadvantage is that low-fat products is tempted to eat more under the pretext that they are less caloric.

Or if they are low in sugar or fat, you have to replace these nutrients with others, which can also be calorie.

Thus, a reduced sugar products can be found high in fat and vice versa.

So be sure to read the labels.

It is perfectly possible to lose weight without using diet products.

Simply choose his food, varied and cook with minimal fat and of course not to excess.

Starches are fattening. True or false?

• Wrong.

Not at all. And they are also very interesting in the context of a diet because they provide a feeling of satiety.

They help to wait until the next meal without cravings.

Prefer whole foods (wholemeal bread,  ....) refined products as their glycemic index is lower.

To lose weight, the first thing to do is to eliminate sugar. True or false?

• Wrong.

We must exclude any food, be it only for the pleasure dimension. All have a place in our diet.

As part of a plan, as much as possible decrease sugar intake.

It is easier and more efficient to do it gradually, increasingly putting only half sugar in her coffee, half a teaspoon of sugar in its natural yogurt, honey ...

The bread or baguette, it is similar. True or false?

• Wrong.

The nutritional value of white bread is not the same as the bread.

The bread is fatter and caloric because cooked mold, it contains (in addition to the flour of yeast, salt and water), various fats, sugar, additives and milk.

Better to eat a sandwich that skipping a meal. True or false?

• It is true.

This is true even in the context of a plan.

When you skip a meal, the body tends to store more calories at the next meal.

In addition, a sandwich does not necessarily grow if we know to choose.

"Bread-butter-cheese" for example, is to be avoided, while the "bread-salad-chicken" (without mayonnaise!) Will be preferred.

With fruit and a glass of water, it is fast and balanced meal