More Nutrition Information

Fat loss is not as simple as cutting calories and increasing activity. Calories are not the primary focus of some very successful fat-loss programs. How much you eat may not be as important as what you eat. Fats are no longer considered bad. And eating a lot of carbohydrates may make you fatter, even as much as cheese and steaks can. Research shows that certain carbs may cause more metabolic problems than any other food you put in your mouth, because of the assault of glucose on your system, which essentially shuts down almost all other nutrition processing functions (including fat burning) while it is being processed.

Eating more protein will even speed up your metabolism and slow down your appetite. It will make you feel full faster then either carbohydrates or fats. You body uses more energy to to digest then carbs or fat. The more protein you eat, the harder your body has to work to digest it, which means more expended calories. People that eat a high-protein diet (over a high-carb diet) burned more then twice as many calories during the hours after they eat.

Everybody has heard of good carbs vs bad carbs. The good carbs are the ones that empty out of your stomach slower. Bad carbs empty out quickly. The longer it takes for something to process through the system, the more satiated you will feel.

So what do you eat?

Best protein sources are (you probably already know these):

* Lean beef
* Chicken breast
* Turkey breast
* All types of fish

How about carbs? (these may surprise you):

* Breads - pumpernickel and sourdough
* Grains - Barley, parboiled rice, Bulgar and kasha
* Pasta - Angel hair, linguine and other thin strand pasta; bean threads or cellophane noodles; whole grain spaghetti
* Cereals - Rice bran, unsweetened high-fiber, like an all bran cereal.
* Vegies - Sweet potatoes, yams, green peas, tomatoes
* Fruits - Mangoes, bananas, kiwi, oranges, grapes, apples, pears, strawberries, dried apricots, peaches, plums and cherries
* Snacks - Cheese, nuts and olives
* Protein-carbs - Unsweetened peanut butter, beans, eggs and unsweetened soy milk
* Misc - Low-fat yogurt, foods sweetened w/sucralose, saccharine, fructose or aspartame.

What about fats?

* Olive oil
* Canola oil
* Corn oil
* Walnut oil
* Soybean oil

Got it? The easiest way to think about the above foods is to ask yourself, 'How many steps did this food take to get to my table'? If the answer is, 'Alot'. Avoid it. A whole, fresh potato? Ground to produce section. Potato chips? Ground, processing factory, packaging factory, long truck transport (most likely) and then to the grocery shelves. Phew.

Good luck on your fat loss goals, and refer to the above lists often.