Vegan Diet

Vegan Diets

How to lose weight as a vegan?

Excess carbohydrates in the diet is one of the major reasons for weight gain i.e. cereal and toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, pasta for tea and other carb based snacks such as rice cakes and chocolate during the day. So to lose weight its important to look at the balance of carbohydrates and protein in your diet.

Protein comes in the form of meat, soy products, cheese and dairy products. However, most of these are in the form of animal proteins, which add greatly to the bad cholesterol in our bodies. Therefore we need to look for high quality proteins, in our diet, from non-animal sources.

Balance of carbohydrates and protein in your diet

As a vegan, what is the balance of your diet between carbs and protein. Excess carbohydrates are easily stored as fat. Feed the muscles with protein so they act as "fat furnaces" Are you getting the right protein intake?

Healthy Breakfast

Is your breakfast made up entirely of carbohydrates. Look at alternatives to breakfast cereals and toast. Focus on getting non-animal protein into every meal. Soy Protein and Weight Loss

Make sure you eat breakfast.

If you don't eat breakfast, you slow down your metabolism and send the body into "hoard mode," thinking it's starving because you're going a long period of time frequently 8 to 10 hours or more, without food. Or you develop a snacking habit later in the day. Try a
shake packed with nutrients, hunger busting soy protein and complex carbohydrates instead of skipping breakfast.

Don't starve.

Dropping your calorie intake below 1,000 calories a day will signal to your body that you are in starvation mode, and will slow down your metabolism.

Find alternatives to carbohydrate based snacks

Such as rice cakes, chocolate bars, crisps and other bars where the principal ingredient is carbohydrate. Read how carbohydrates can give you a short term sense of fullness but that protein controls appetite over the long term. Look at alternative healthy snacks

What about fruit?

Yes a healthy snack as contains fibre and nutrients but avoid snacking on fruit as an alternative to balanced meals, especially if sensitive to carbohydrates. There are more nutrients in vegetables!

Body shape?

Science has discovered that not all people respond to food in the same way and an individual's metabolic differences can make optimal nutrition difficult and elusive. Understanding how the body copes with carbohydrates could provide a solution and a new shape.

Eat smaller meals more frequently.

Smaller, more frequent meals keeps your blood sugar stable and provides a steady source of energy to fuel metabolism.

Build muscle with weight training or resistance exercise.

Muscle burns more calories than fat, and the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn, even at rest! Maintain a
healthy muscle mass by maintaining adequate protein in your diet. Regard your muscles as fat furnaces.

Understanding Hypoglycemia

The ratio of macronutrients protein, carbohydrate, and fat-in the meals you eat is the key to permanent weight loss and optimal health.

Water, water, water!!

You've heard it before, but drink those 6-8 ,8-ounce glasses of water every day. The energy burning process of metabolism needs water to work effectively.

Avoid fizzy drinks

They interfere with the metabolism, that includes diet versions!

Vitality

How a variation in your blood sugar levels through consumption of carbohydrates can affect vitality levels. How to boost energy levels?

Support your metabolism

-Use Thermojetics Herbal Beverage with natural thermojetic ingredients. Do you struggle to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day? The Thermo beverage counts towards your total water consumption as unlike coffee its  doesn't have diuretic properties.
-Control your appetite and boost your metabolism, with  new Thermo Complete
-Feed the muscles with protein so act as a fat furnace!
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