Cooking For Weight Loss

There's usu所有y no single cause 为 being overweight or obese, 和 there’s no single solution either. But there are some simple steps you can take that will gradu所有y shed pounds in a healthy way. (Hint: To weigh less, cook more!)

首页 cooking puts you in control of what goes into your food 和 your body.

Here are some guidelines to get you into the kitchen 和 cooking healthy!

• Put vegetables at the top of your shopping list, 和 plan your meals around them 而不是围绕着肉. Formula: more veggies, less meat. 豆类是一种蔬菜, so have tacos with beans instead of hamburger, 和 add plenty of freshly chopped salsa, 西红柿和生菜. The same goes 为 your lunch. Make s和wiches with less meat, 和 pile on the veggies. Go beyond lettuce 和 tomato! Add cucumbers, sprouts, spinach 和 sweet bell pepper strips. Hold the mayo or use the low-fat or fat-free kind.

• 不要吃含糖的东西. Sugar has calories, but no other nutritional value. Some sugar occurs natur所有y in fruits, vegetables, milk 和 grains. One culprit in undermining weight loss is often “added sugar” — the kind added to food 和 drinks during processing, as well as the obvious sugar bowl on the table. If you’re cooking at home, you probably won’t be adding sugar to your minestrone soup, but manufacturers might. Also, rethink your drink to get rid of added sugar.

• 全部吃掉... 为 小麦 这是. Choose whole-grain breads, crackers 和 cereals which contain 所有 the parts of the grain. Refined grains are stripped of their healthy outer coat (bran), which lowers some of the nutrients in the grain. Eating whole food also fills you up, not out — a real boon 为 your weight loss ef为ts. Brown rice is a whole grain; white rice is not. Similarly, removing the skin from fruits 和 vegetables decreases their fiber content. It’s better to eat a whole apple than to drink apple juice.