Nutrition Tips to Improve Fat Loss by Rick DeToma

Incorporating these fat loss tips will improve your nutrition

program. Start off slowly and add one a week, you don't have to

adopt all of them at once. Before long, you’ve cleaned up your

nutrition program and on your way to reaching your goal. Trendy

diets, fads and the infomercial product of the month, are not

going to help you reach your weight loss goals. A well

thought-out nutrition and exercise program will.

Eat breakfast

Proven time and again, those who eat breakfast are more

successful at controlling their weight than those that don't.

Plus, when doing strength training exercises (and you know you

should be), it's even more important to make certain you fuel

those muscles after an overnight fast. The perfect time for

burning fat because glycogen, blood glucose and insulin levels

are all low.

Unfortunately, it may also be perfect for burning muscle, because

glycogen levels are low, and levels of the catabolic stress

hormone cortisol are high. If you skip breakfast and eat lunch at

noon, you’re not only in a highly catabolic (muscle wasting)

state, you’re also sending an unmistakable starvation signal to

your body.

Eat less sugar

Start reading labels! Sugar is hidden in almost every commercial

food item. A single tablespoon of ketchup gets 3 of its 4 grams

of carbs from sugar. A 12 oz can of cola has a staggering 40

grams of sugar, and ALL of the carbs in a cola are sugar! Why

does that matter?

Simple sugars are digested very quickly and cause a rapid spike

in blood sugar. Your body then releases large amounts of insulin.

Insulin quickly clears the glucose from the bloodstream leading

to low blood sugar (hypoglycemia.) Low blood sugar causes

cravings, hunger, weakness, mood swings and decreased energy.

These cravings for sugar result in a vicious cycle of ups and

downs in blood sugar levels throughout the day.

Eat More Often

Studies have shown that those who eat 4-6 smaller meals per day

have less body fat than those eating 2-3 meals a day, even if

both groups eat about the same number of calories. This is

because of maintaining steady blood sugar levels. Too much

insulin activates fat storage enzymes and forces fat in the

bloodstream into fat cells for storage.

High insulin levels also inhibit enzymes that promote the

breakdown of existing stored body fat. You can manage your blood

sugar and insulin levels by choosing fewer simple carbohydrates,

more complex carbohydrates, eating fiber and having your

carbohydrates with lean proteins approximately every three hours.

Eat protein

Be sure to include enough protein for your level of activity (you

are exercising…right?)

Protein speeds up your metabolism because your body has to work

harder to digest, process, and utilize it compared to fats or

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BIO:

Rick DeToma is a fitness coach, and trainer
who specializes in home workouts. Contact Rick for a no
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