Contents:
- Why should you eat low-carb foods if you want to lose weight?
- Tips for living a low carbohydrate diet
- 1. Eat meat and fish high in protein
- 2. Eat low-carbohydrate vegetables
- 3. Eat fruit low in sugar and carbohydrate content
- 4. Take high-fiber snacks before a big meal
You certainly know that foods that contain high carbohydrates can make you gain weight. For those of you who are trying to reduce weight, it's good to reduce high-carbohydrate food intake to help maximize efforts to maintain an ideal body weight.
Ramadan can be an opportunity for you to fast while reducing weight by starting a low-carbohydrate diet. How to run a low carbohydrate diet? Come on, see the tips below.
Why should you eat low-carb foods if you want to lose weight?
Carbohydrates are a type of nutrition that can be obtained from various types of foods and beverages in the form of flour, rice, and sugar. Therefore, excess carbohydrates are very likely to occur, especially in Indonesian people who mostly consume rice white as a staple food.
A study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine journal found that low-carbohydrate diets were more effective at losing weight a year, than eating a diet that avoids fatty foods.
Why should you avoid carbohydrates? The carbohydrates that you eat will be immediately processed and digested into the body's energy fuel. Then, if you are consume carbohydrates too much, while your activities are lacking, the body will not use everything to be converted into energy, but adjusted to the calorie needs of each individual body.
If not used, these carbohydrates will be directly stored in the body to be used as energy reserves. This reserve of energy is stored in the body in the form of fat. And in the end, fat is what makes the body weight go up.
Well, a low carbohydrate diet makes you limit your carbohydrate intake, or adjust it to your daily needs and activities. This is useful for maintaining weight and preventing obesity.
Tips for living a low carbohydrate diet
A low carbohydrate diet generally does not reduce excess calories, just avoiding too much simple carbohydrate intake. In carrying out this diet, avoid various sweet drinks, foods contain gluten, trans fat, artificial sweeteners, high-fructose corn syrup, and flour-processed foods such as noodles, pasta and bread.
Here are 4 tips for eating intake that you can follow to lose weight through a low carbohydrate diet:
1. Eat meat and fish high in protein
Did you know, if you eat protein and fat can hold back full longer? Yes, cheese containing fat, beef, chicken and fish, on average contains less than 1 gram of carbohydrate per ounce.
While innards such as chicken liver only contain 0.17 grams of carbohydrates in a dose of 2 ounces. Although it contains high fat and protein, we must be smart to choose a good source of protein with fat to replace daily carbohydrate intake.
2. Eat low-carbohydrate vegetables
Most vegetables contain fiber and essential nutrients for the body, but who would have thought that some vegetables also contain carbohydrates. To lose weight, it's good to consume types of vegetables such as broccoli, lettuce and cauliflower, because on average these vegetables contain carbohydrates less than 4 grams. In addition, the fiber and water content in these vegetables is digested for a long time by the body so that you become full longer.
3. Eat fruit low in sugar and carbohydrate content
As with vegetables, there are certain fruits that contain high carbohydrates. You have to reduce your intake of fruits such as bananas, apples and pears with more than 30 grams of carbohydrates.
In addition to high carbohydrates, the fruit contains fructose sugar which can increase your weight. It is recommended to consume fruits such as avocado, strawberry, papaya and cantaloupe which contain carbohydrates less than 10 grams.
4. Take high-fiber snacks before a big meal
When you are trying to make your body weight decrease, reducing carbohydrate intake often feels excruciating. Besides that, there is a term that Indonesians have not been full of if they haven't eaten rice, so it's good for you snacking SOYJOY Crispy two hours before eating, to avoid eating too much rice.
SOYJOY Crispy is made from soybeans with high fiber content and good protein that makes the stomach full longer. The goodness of soybeans is now present in SOYpuff crunchy You also do not need to fear experiencing an increase in blood sugar, because SOYJOY Crispy is a snack with a low glycemic index and gluten free.
