Low Calorie Foods - The best weight loss foods
You most likely know which foods you should and should not eat to lose excess pounds and maintain a healthy body weight but let us refresh your knowledge. The following foods are most commonly recommended both for weight loss and healthy weight maintenance by the vast majority of food and health experts:
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Vegetables. You can eat most of vegetables from salad greens to tomato and egg plant to zucchini, etc. Besides being low in calories most vegetables are high in vitamins, minerals, fibers and other important nutrients. If possible purchase organic and locally grown vegetables.
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Like vegetables, fruits should be included in diet in large quantities. Most fruits are high in water, vitamins, fibers and various phytochemicals like antioxidants which are believed to reduce risk of series of diseases including cancer. However, it may be wise to keep in mind several things about fruits and fruit products. You probably already know that fresh fruits contain more nutrients than canned fruits, while dried fruits contain more calories. Organic and locally grown fruits are the best choice.
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Foods high in carbohydrates such potato, rice, beans, cereals and bred are very strictly limited or avoided in some types of diets such as low-carb diet. However, whole grains, whole-weat bred, brown rice are high in fibers and other important nutrients, while all major health organizations including World Health Organization recommend to get certain percentage dietary energy from carbohydrates.
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Proteins and dairy products. A healthy weight loss diet should also include dietary sources of proteins such as meat, eggs, nuts and legumes as well as dairy products such as milk, cheese and yogurt but they should be low in fat and calories: white meat poultry, fish, beans, low-fat milk and yogurt, etc. Most health and food experts recommend intake of 0,8 gram of protein per kilogram of healthy body weight per day.