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Weight Loss Program
Here’s the basic scientific information about some of the weight loss programs currently in vogue. Use these data to assess what could be the most suitable for you, then consult your doctor before starting any of these programs (and spend money there).
The programs include weight loss, in addition to diet, physical activity and plans for change. The names of these plans are the original creators, but different countries can be promoted in different versions with different names.
Body for Life
Premise: A 12-week plan you eat a high protein diet and exercises regularly. Its creator, Bill Phillips, a physical-culture and businessman, puts the emphasis on the portions, not calories. You eat six meals a day, every meal is a protein portion and a portion of carbohydrates and some vegetables to add two meals. Once a week, allow one day “free” that may be happy to eat their favorite foods.
The facts: The claims of success of this program is based on testimonials and anecdotal evidence. Although Body for Life emphasizes foods low in fat, does not present a great variety, as a truly healthy diet should be done to meet all their nutritional needs.
Lifestyle Program
Premise: Combines vegetarian diets and low fat. Encourages eating high-fiber foods and limiting processed foods such as cheese. It also recommends a daily exercise program.
Chewing gum for weight loss
Friends of diets and weight loss methods are always looking for options to achieve its goal as having the ideal weight.
Any trick or strategy appears to be valid and one of the most popular says that chewing sugar-free gum helps burn calories and thus lose weight. Is this really true?
Sorry to disappoint you, the answer is NO. Gum and some plants have been considered negative calorie foods, this means that the body burns more calories chewing and digesting them than those incorporated by the food itself.
However, this belief is banished as a result of studies conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA, in which a team of researchers told a group of people who chew gum at a rate of 100 times per minute.
After chewing gum calculate the energy consumed was equal to about 11 calories per hour, they concluded that if a person chews gum every hour of the day awake only be losing half a kilo less after a month.
Considering that the number of hours spent by a person chewing gum is actually much lower, then we conclude that chewing gum does not help you lose weight by caloric intake used in such activity.
Moreover, we consider that the gum may help some people to combat anxiety and fool the stomach, perfectly valid to avoid falling into temptation with the trinkets and foods high in energy.
If you really want to lose weight using what really works: a balanced diet without excess and an increase in physical activity beyond the jaws move, try the Mediterranean diet and join a gym to train in bodybuilding, goes also to the spinning classes and cardiovascular diseases, your body will thank you.