Food Tips for Healthy Weight Loss

diet for weightlossAn overall detoxification of the organism would be highly recommended with appropriate vegetable and fruit diets in case of weight loss. Unless you already eat enough vegetables and fruits through all year.

Consume more energy-rich meals in winter and autumn. Make sure you are eating enough vegetables and fruits all year long. It supplies fibre, minerals and important vitamins. The effort is to balance the diets and the intake of all important substances throughout the year.

Change Your Diet Today

  • Fats should not make more than 25% of the total calories per day
  • Vegetable fats must outweigh the animal fats
  • Eat a large amount of fruit and vegetables, low-fat dairy products, poultry and fish meat
  • Eat regularly several times a day
  • Drink 2–3 litres of clear water everyday
  • Do some sport for weight loss
  • Avoid stressful situations

List of “Super-Foods” Which Contain Important Vitamins and Minerals

Dark Green Leafy Vegetables

These vegetables are full of chlorophyll, calcium, iron and other important and necessary nutrients. They are perfect in salads, soups or in stir fry dishes.

Tomatoes

They are very important in diet, prefer the uncooked tomatoes. They contain many beneficial substances like vitamin C and lycopene which help protect against illnesses. 100 grams of tomatoes contains only 100 kJ.

Grapes

Dark, green or seedless grapes contain lots of beneficial micro and macro nutrients, especially potassium and phosphorus. Also they have a lot of vitamins A, C and B. They contain a lot of fructose, the perfect fuel for our body. They are easy to digest. If you have troubles with seeds, the easy way to get rid of it is use the blender to make a healthy smoothie or you can simple juice it. Red and blue varieties are richer in bioflavonoid.

Fibre Founded in Vegetables and Fruits

We need also some non-digestible substances for the healthy bowl movement and the intestine gut flora.

The fibre mainly includes cellulose and pectin. Fibre is in fruits and vegetables, in some whole grain products, legumes and potatoes. Eat enough quality vegetables for quality fibre!

Other Beneficial Vegetable Sources

  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Celery
  • Basil
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Peas
  • Beans
  • Red / blue / yellow / white peppers
  • Potatoes
  • Lentils
  • Virgin olive oil

Fish

It should be an important part of our eating regime. Sea fish include omega 3 fats that help cells to function. Fish are great for slimming and are recommended to eat several times a week (cod, salmon, and tuna). The benefits of eating fish meat are well-known thanks to very health nations like Japanese.

Milk

Milk contains calcium and protein. Calcium is very important for healthy bones and teeth. However, the relatively low daily intake is advised because some people might have lactose intolerance. Low fat milk is almost the ideal source with the right ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates for little snack.