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Facts about Weight Loss Trends
Although there are numerous fad diets that promise weight-loss by restricting certain food groups, most dieticians recommend a balanced healthy diet including copious fruits and veg, combined with regular exercise.
Negative Trends for Weight Loss
A drink that tastes good and has a calorie count of big fat zero? The beverage giants cottoned on decades ago with diet drinks that can help weight loss as part of a calorie controlled diet.
It's taken a while for the market to get to the next step. But last year saw the launch of Enviga from Nestle and Coca Cola following research that found that green tea extract EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) could speed up metabolism and energy use when combined with caffeine. Tests have shown that drinking three cans of Enviga everyday could burn an extra 60-100 calories in thin to normal weight people, the firms announced.
There’s an avalanche of information about obesity, diseases associated with obesity, healthy eating habits and weight loss so negative calorie foods looks as a better deal. Ok all foods do have some calorie content but these are foods that actually require more calories to breakdown and digest than the actual food contains.
Theory around Negative trends
One theory surrounding negative calorie foods states that they produce more than enough enzymes for digestion and that the excess enzymes are may be used to help accelerate the metabolic processes thus enhancing the body’s ability to burn calories.
Negative Calorie contents in Food
- Fruits are natural laxatives
- Fruits regulates your body's digestive process
- fruit provides roughage and fiber that is important in helping your body get rid of wastes
- fruit contains important vitamins
- fruits contain important anti-oxidants protecting your body from the damage caused by free radicals
- vegetables are natural foods and contain different vitamins, minerals and thousands of other plant chemicals
- vegetables can help control weight
- vegetables are low in fat and calories, a good source of dietary fiber and provide us with extra energy.
So whether you believe the negative calorie theory or not it just makes good sense to keep plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables on hand to nourish your body daily.
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