Why Weight

Leave The 21st Century And Start A Natural Diet

By Oliver Springate


Whenever we feel we have gained excess weight, we try to follow certain fanatic diet plans and exercise regimes to lose the weight as fast as possible. Very rarely we consider the pros and cons of such diets and the threats they pose to our health. Most of us give such diets an enthusiastic start and leave them midway after the initial interest is lost. This may lead to weight gain. And this time we gain more weight than normal. We end up putting on more weight than we started with. But there is a solution.

The Natural Diet is the answer. Losing weight through a natural diet is the best way to keep it off forever. It involves losing weight by giving your body proper nutrition through natural foods.

What to eat?

We consider ourselves as ‘omnivorous’. That means we can eat plant and animal foods. Biologists believe that we are not designed to eat flesh as nails, teeth and jaws of humans are similar to herbivores. Even our stomach is not suited for proper digestion of meat which all indicates that our diet should comprise mainly of plant based food - vegetarian food.

In a natural diet, the stress is on consumption of natural foods that are rich in nutrients and fibre. The excessive processing done on packaged foods takes away the nutrients, so these as well as overcooked food, fast food, convenience foods and combination foods that work against each other should not be consumed.

Fruit And Veg

It is best to eat more fruits and vegetables. Nutrient rich green vegetables should be eaten. We might miss out on proteins due to a vegetarian diet. To avoid this soy proteins should be consumed, as this is the only complete protein from plants.

Eating whole fruit rather than fruit juice will help you as fruit juice does not have fibres that whole fruit has, but juice can be a good substitute for your sodas. Herbal tea can be a substitute for tea and coffee and you should also drink lots of water; at least 8 glasses everyday. Our daily food may consist of soups, whole grain sandwiches, cereal, yogurt, fruits, milk, boiled vegetables etc.

It is a good practice to read labels on food products and buy the ones with least preservatives and processing.

How to eat?

We usually eat one or two large meals a day and snack in between. But it is advisable to have three to four small meals of natural foods instead. This way our body can burn the calories faster. Thus our metabolism is high and we are packed with energy throughout the day. The best thing is that we don’t even feel that we are on a diet.

After all, the existence of humanity is down to originally eating natural food, so going natural must have its own benefits. Eating natural would not only take care of your health, resulting in toned bodies, glowing skin and rosy cheeks, it would also keep many hundreds of chickens happy!

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posted by Cheryl Levesque @ 11:48 AM