Loss Weight

Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category

Diet is the greatest way to drop a lot of weight.  It’s just as if not more important than exercising. The best thing you need to keep in mind about any diet you are on is to get at least 20 grams of protein at each mealtime. I’ll explain to you why below.

Protein increases your metabolism. Of course that’s a good thing since it forces your body to burn up more calories. Second, protein helps to act as a “safeguard” to blood sugar spikes caused by simple sugar, foods that contain a lot of carbohydrates.

So if you ingest food that has a great deal of sugar in it, the protein slows down the release of it into your blood. You have lots of options with proteins… some are beans, tuna, chicken breast, lean red meat and many more. A great source of protein and one of my favorite are black beans.  Black beans have no fat or cholesterol and are full of fiber. They have the same quantity of protein as an eight ounce steak.

Jumpstart your weight loss with protein!