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Consume fewer calories per day: 4 Tips

The year-end holidays are approaching, with their larger meals, prepare yourself mentally to consume fewer calories per day with this tips.

1) Eat foods with lots of water
Foods that contain lots of water, such as cucumbers and tomatoes are low in calories while you feel full. You can get into the habit of taking a big bowl of salad with meals. It will grip you lot and you will not snack.

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2) Focus on proteins
Lean protein is a natural appetite suppressant. Include sources of protein (chicken, fish, beef without fat, eggs, beans, etc..) In your main course will help control appetite and reduce your desire for sweet foods.

3) Focus on fiber
The fibers are very useful to be felt in the stomach it is full, and to slow the descent of other foods (not to eat again too soon.) The pulp, seeds and fruits are all rich in fiber and help delay the onset of the sensation of hunger. They accelerate the passage of sugars in the blood, giving you the least envy calorie sweets like cookies.

4) Choose small plates or bowls
Choose smaller plates or bowls that the average will trap your brain into thinking you have a larger portion of dish. If you feel that you eat plenty of food, you’ll feel less deprived of food. There are a lot of psychology in attempting to reduce its weight and this is very good trick to get you to eat less.

Nutrition Tips for Better Health

In our daily lives, we are inundated with nutritional advice. Most fad diets today, advertisements, booklets nutritional advice are everywhere we go. However, good nutrition should not be complicated. Here, we filtered all these countless information in a sort of top 2 nutritional advice.

1) The balance remains the most important links between proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
While many popular diets recommend to exclude one of these 3 nutrients, the body has yet need all these nutrients to survive. Carbohydrates are the fuel your body, supplying the energy necessary for it to work.

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Protein helps maintain muscle mass, helps immune function and tissue repair, and supply of hormones and enzymes that your body needs. Lipids store energy and help to absorb other nutrients.

A deficit in one of these categories leads to health problems. In your quest for good health and great physical shape, it is important to eat every 3 nutrients.

Currently, nutritionists recommend that:

* 45% to 65% of your daily calories from carbohydrates,
* 10% to 35% from protein,
* 20% to 35% from fat.

If you try to build muscle (read also our article “How to muscles fast? How to build muscle?”), Then eat more protein.

Try to maintain this balance and your body will thank you with greater energy and, potentially, a finer size.

2) All carbohydrates are not created equal.
On the food pyramid, carbohydrates are the foundation. Because, as we said above, carbohydrates provide the body with energy. In the body, carbohydrates are broken into sugars that fuel our body. Some carbohydrates are converted into sugar quickly (it is simple carbohydrates), and others over a longer period of time (these are complex carbohydrates).

For maximum nutritional benefit, eat mainly complex carbohydrates. These carbs keep your blood sugar more stable, eliminating periods of fatigue at midday. These carbohydrates can also help you feel full (e) longer, which means you eat less while you still feeling satisfied (e) (to have eaten enough).

The complex carbohydrates found in whole grains and vegetables like beans, corn, peas, lentils, etc.. Ideally, doing so to include all your meals throughout your day.

HDL cholesterol

HDL CholesterolFats (also known as lipids) such as for example Cholesterol unite in human blood) with specific proteins. Proteins and can be transported in this manner in good to individual body regions. These compounds, which consist of proteins and lipids are also known as lipoproteins.

HDL cholesterol (high density lipoprotein-cholesterol) is the smallest species of endogenous lipoproteins. They contain approximately one quarter of the total body cholesterol.
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