Weight Reduction

Counting Calories:

All the food you eat is a source of energy and can fatten you, but some foodstuffs are more fattening than others.For instance, fats are more fattening than both carbohydrates and proteins. Calories are a simple way to measure, how much energy and how much fattening potential your foods contain.

Foodstuffs differ in thier caloric content because of two reasons: Firstly they contain varying amounts of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates and secondly, they contain different amounts of water, an ingredient which truly has zero calories.Similarly the energy you spend when working or exercising can be measured in calories.

So the simple basis of a “calorie control” diet would be to limit your calorie intake, while making you use up the usual or more number of calories.Your body will then have to draw upon the fat stores to fill the energy gap and you would begin to lose weight.

While on a weight reducing diet there are certain foods you must avoid:

1.All fried and greasy foods.
2.All sweets:Honey, ice-creams, cakes, pastries, jams, chocolates, candies.
3.Dry fruits and nuts:peanuts, almonds, cashewnuts.
4.All alcoholic drinks.
5.Fruits: Bananas, grapes, mangoes, strawberries.
6.Vegetables: Potatoes and other tubers.

Foods which you can eat as much as desired without causing any problems:
1.Salads: Carrots, radish, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, lettuce.
2.Drinks: Clear Soups,Lemon Juice, jaljeera, Buttermilk.