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Fiber, your new best friend

Fiber, your new best friendWhat does this title? It simply means that we should plan to eat more fiber you eat now. Thirty to forty grams is now twice what is consumed in those days.

It is easy to achieve if you eat foods that are recommended for burning fat. The pastas, breads and cereals then become your best friends. Provided they do not burden them with added fat and full of sodium, or varieties that are high in fat.

Make sure that you choose breads and cereals are good sources of fiber, read the labels and choose those that contain two to four grams of fiber per serving. Always choose brands that are made with whole grains because they have three times more fiber than white bread. In reality, very little fiber in white bread and other foods made ??with white flour, which is not nutritious at all.

You should also change the priorities of meals. Eating lots of vegetables and fruits will also help you get the necessary amounts of fiber. Add at least three vegetables and fruits eaten as snacks.

A small warning, if you’ve never taken a diet rich in fiber, then do it slowly to fit your system. Add a food with high fiber content area at each meal for a few days, then begins to increase the amount. Go slow and drink lots of water because otherwise the fiber will make you feel bloated and have gas. However it will be worth making these adjustments, and you’ll get a menjor health and reduced weight.

Nutrients, the fundamental basis of any diet

Nutrients, the fundamental basis of any diet.Nutrient is any substance in food and that we needed to live and stay in health. Essential nutrients are those that the body can not synthesize (from others) and therefore completely dependent on food intake. Human nutrition as a science is very recent and, indeed, the discovery of 40 or 50 essential nutrients occurs in the last decades of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth century.

The nutrients that provide energy are called macronutrients and consist of: 1) proteins 2) the fat and 3) carbohydrates.

1) Protein is our structure and are therefore essential for growth, renewal thereof and for the synthesis of many substances related to our immunity and cellular enzymatic reactions.

2) The fat is the quintessential energy nutrient (1 gram of fat provides 9 kcal, compared with 4 Kcal of proteins and carbohydrates) also supply essential fatty acids provide the body with fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Its intake is essential, although the excess of their contribution, especially saturated fat (as in the normal diet of developed countries) is detrimental to health.

3) Carbohydrates have a fundamental role is energy: the energy is more user friendly. Their input has a protein sparing action and avoidant of ketogenesis. The recommended daily intake and sedentary healthy adult is 3 to 5 g / kg / day, or about 200-300 g / day.

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Exercise to Burn Fat

To Burn Fat

The following routines are used to burn fat from your abs. We have said previously that aerobic exercise is usually allow us to burn the fat from the abdominal area. But these exercises also serve and the best is that he was only charged for 10 minutes every day. These exercises should also be doing a healthy diet combined with fruits, vegetables, grains, fiber, protein and plenty of water.

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