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What Not to Eat While on Weight Loss

Another factor causing weight gain: Unhealthy eating habits

Read “Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Life” for a brief on “What Not to Eat” and more.

While Sweets, Sodas, Fruit juices, Alcohol, Deep fried, Fatty, Salty foods and Frozen meals are a NO NO, here are 3 additional tips.

 

1.Cross check the labels twice:

What you consider healthy, may be UNHEALTHY in fact.

Bottled green teas are nothing less than a high-fructose-corn-syrup-sweetened water with a load of chemicals.

Tip:

Opt for tea bags instead!

You can control the flavour while you freshly prepare.

 2. Artificial sweeteners may promote WEIGHT GAIN?

Artificial sweeteners are zero calorie sweeteners which help you shed pounds may be a MYTH. On the contrary they may promote WEIGHT GAIN (Harvard Health Publications, 201112304047.)

Here’s how …

Artificial sweeteners are hundred and thousand times sweeter than real sugars. It’s easy to get addicted, when you have a sweet tooth, even real sugars may taste you less! This might prompt you develop a distaste for natural sugars present in Fruits and Vegetables, changing your diet pattern altogether!

Secondly, your body may treat them as real sugars?

Artificial sweeteners may stimulate the production of cells, similar to those which process real sugars. Those new cells may treat artificial sweeteners as real sugars and thereby prompt weight gain.

Thirdly, your body is used to respond to sugars in a certain way, artificial sweeteners may disturb that pattern altogether!

They may impair the release of hormone which regulates blood sugar levels and BP. Your body may not respond the way it should to real sugars and fats, making you susceptible to diseases such as Diabetes and High BP. 

Bottom line: To avoid the ill-effects, use Artificial sweeteners for a limited period so as to wean yourself from sweets.

Use them in moderation to avoid the unwanted effects:

Artificial sweeteners are extremely sweet even in smallest portions. They cannot be marketed plainly, they are combined with Dextrose or Maltodextrin (which carry few calories along) to add bulk.

Certain chocolates and frozen desserts use artificial sweeteners in combination with Xylitol/sugar alcohols to add bulk and texture. Sugar alcohols are sweeteners which are not zero on calories but are lower than table sugar, consume in moderation. Excessive use may produce gas and diarrhoea.

3. Say No to Multigrain Breads?

Multigrain sounds healthy? Multigrain Breads may lose most of the nutrients and fiber while processing.

Instead go for the one with 100% whole wheat, ensure at least 2 grams of fiber per slice.

Tip:

Whole wheat pasta can hinder weight loss! It will empty up fast. Replace your pasta with spaghetti squash which is a healthy variant and stays longer.