Vegan Diet
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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.
- -Feed the muscles with
protein so act as a fat
furnace!
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