| With WHO reporting over 1 billion overweight | | | | kind of food, or both. |
| people in the world, 300 million of them being | | | | For the exact same reasons as the last point. |
| classifiable as obese, there's no wonder a lot of | | | | Diets like this will usually claim that the world is |
| people on the internet today are searching for the | | | | one big conspiracy consisting of bad food that |
| best weight loss plan. Unfortunately a lot of | | | | your body was never meant to eat. They will |
| products on the internet only help you lose one | | | | claim that their type of diet has been scientifically |
| kind of weight - and that's the weight of your | | | | proven, and even more often then that claim that |
| wallet. Here's 5 tips to help you save time, money | | | | switching to this totalitarian style of eating will not |
| and energy, and find a good fat loss plan that | | | | only help you lose fat - it will also solve pretty |
| suits your lifestyle: | | | | much every single other problem you've got out |
| 1: Stay away from diets that claim you can lose | | | | there. (You have no idea how far some products |
| weight without reducing the amount of calories | | | | take it, but the most usual claims are better skin, |
| you consume | | | | more energy, reduction of mood swings and |
| This is a very tempting idea, and the sales site will | | | | better concentration). The sole exception from |
| often claim that your body only needs one | | | | this is low-carb diets, which have a solid body of |
| magical ingredient - usually in the form of some pill | | | | scientific evidence documenting success. However |
| or herbal supplement. Most, if not all of these | | | | not only is low-carb dieting extremely hard to |
| products are either complete frauds or make no | | | | keep up for anyone with any kind of social life or |
| real difference. While additives like caffeine, chili | | | | commitment at all, it will also drain you of energy |
| and cinnamon, or even ice water have all been | | | | if you do even one single step wrong. Unless your |
| proven to increase your metabolism - the amount | | | | doctor recommends it, stay away from low-carb |
| of calories it increases by is somewhere around | | | | diets. |
| 40 in a day, which has no impact in the big | | | | 4: Stay away from diets that require you to buy |
| picture. Fact is, your body will store any calories | | | | supplements |
| that aren't immediately needed as fat. There is no | | | | There are many supplements that are effective |
| way physiologically to burn fat other then to put | | | | in replacing holes in your diet. If you don't eat |
| less calories into your body then you're using. | | | | enough fish, fish oil is good for your joints. If you |
| Examples of signs to look for: Cleansing diets, | | | | don't eat enough vegetables, a multivitamin won't |
| detox diets, «scientific breakthroughs», miracle | | | | hurt. If you exercise, creatine is a proven way to |
| herbs from doctors that are «hunted by the | | | | get more out of it. But a supplement will not help |
| medical community». | | | | you lose weight. Supplements are there to fill up a |
| 2: Stay away from diets that require a certain | | | | lacking diet. If you are overweight, the one thing |
| combination of carbohydrates, fat and proteins to | | | | your body isn't lacking is food. Putting more stuff |
| work. | | | | in your mouth only promotes more eating. Which |
| This is another trick the fitness industry will use | | | | brings me to my last tip: |
| on you. Authors will often claim that a certain | | | | 5: Stay away from diets that require eating at |
| ratio of macronutrients have proven efficient in | | | | certain times or intervals in order to work. |
| fat burning, and cite this as scientific evidence. | | | | The authors will make many claims. They'll claim |
| However, if this WAS scientifically proven, there | | | | that eating multiple meals at certain times boost |
| would be no competing diet books. If you look | | | | your metabolism, they'll claim that not doing so, |
| around in another area of science, most of what | | | | will lower your metabolism. The scientific evidence |
| you hear from a professional is something that is | | | | for these claims are non-existent. In fact, the only |
| universally agreed on by virtually all scientists in | | | | agreed upon scientific fact you will find no matter |
| the field. Not only does trying to maintain a certain | | | | who you ask, is the following: If you eat less |
| ratio take your attention away from the most | | | | calories then you burn, you will lose weight. The |
| important component of weight loss - your | | | | psychological effects of meal timing is also |
| calories, but it also gives you a reason when this | | | | profound. You're literally training your brain to tell |
| extremely complicated diet fails - «You didn't | | | | your body to be hungry at certain times of the |
| balance your macronutrients». With a diet this | | | | day(something called obsessive compulsive eating), |
| complicated - the diet can never be blamed, the | | | | and as you've seen in this article, the last thing |
| authors will claim you just don't have the | | | | you need to lose weight is more meals or food. |
| willpower. Examples of signs to look for: Any kind | | | | To the best weight loss plan - what you need is a |
| of diet that claims this is important is a sign to | | | | system that can let you systematically consume |
| keep searching. | | | | less calories that suits your lifestyle. While counting |
| 3: Stay away from diets that require you to only | | | | calories is possible, this is also incredibly hard to |
| eat a certain kind of food, or never eat a certain | | | | keep up in a busy, on-the-run life like we all live. |