Scientist have admitted they have previously miscalculated how much energy we actually need. But as most people under estimate their calorie consumption, is this a green light to eating more?
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Weight Loss
When choosing a diet to lose weight it seems that rather than eating a balanced healthy diet people choose to follow the latest celebrity endorsed diet which often emphasize eating high levels of protein, fat or carbohydrates. Now researchers have examined the long term advantages of these diets.
Everyone knows the maths, increased food plus decreased activity equals increased weight gain and fat accumulation. But consuming the right types of fat for your body shape may affect your fat metabolism
Restricting food for weight loss isn’t really my thing. Although I need to lose some weight, I think it’s more important to adopt a long term healthy diet than to starve yourself for a few weeks. I started by not having sugar in my coffee, there is around 16 calories in a teaspoon of sugar, which doesn’t sound like much but in 5 cups a day 7 days a week that is around 560 calories.
