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When diet is a challenge when you are invited to eat at the restaurant by clients, friends work together or family gathering. Of course it is hard to resist, but that does not mean you can not start your diet. As reported by She Knows, here’s tips on diet, but must eat in the restaurant.

A. Choosing Healthy Foods
Stay choose healthy foods that help your diet, such as salad or fruit. At lunch, you can replace white rice with brown rice.

2. Do not Eat Too Much Sauce
Sauce can actually be a ‘friend’ is most appropriate for your food. You might also agree that if there is no sauce when eating, the food will taste bland. However, most of the sauce can derail your diet. Choose dressings such as olive oil, sour cream. Avoid mayonise and chili sauce, if you really want to use mayonies or chili sauce, just a tablespoon. “Do not eat all the sauce is served if you’re in the diet. Enough sauce consumption is a maximum of one or two tablespoons,” said Lyssie, a nutrition expert.

3. Limit portion Eat
The number of servings of food greatly affects calorie intake. Usually, restaurants that serve food portions larger than your nutrition needs. Try to measure and manage your own meals. For example, for foods that are rich in carbohydrates like rice and pasta, limit the portion up to one fist of your hand. For protein-rich foods like salmon and steak, limit it to a thickness of your hand. As for the vegetables, the more the better portion if it contains no oil or butter.
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You feel you’ve been following these tips and diet rules properly. But weight does not go down? Without realizing it, we often do some habits that are not slimming, but it adds weight to the body. Here are six things you do not cause weight gain also fell, as quoted from the All Women stalk.

1. Expect results Unrealistic
Any restrictive diet, it will not make you lose weight 2 kg in just two days. That is, you should target a realistic outcome in order not to upset and eventually stop the diet program. Do not dream of weight loss of 5 kg in three months if you lakuka only sport 3 times a week and still eat fatty foods and high calorie. When you stop the diet because of disappointment with the results obtained, of course, your weight will not be reduced. Plan your diet program with nutrition and fitness expert with the instructor. Consult how safe and ideal way to have an ideal weight.

2. Not Checking Calorie Intake
Diet to lose weight does require you to learn a little mathematics. Calories you consume should be less than calories burned, that’s the key to success reduce body weight. If you have not managed to achieve the target, probably because you do not calculate caloric intake and expenditure since the beginning of the diet. Read the rest of this entry »

Being slim is one of your resolutions in 2012? So the first thing to do is to plan proper nutrition. Not by eating only organic foods or low-calorie products, but planning can (and should) you do regularly and periodically.

Dr. Simran Saini, weight-loss program consultant at Fortis Hospital, one of the best hospitals in India gives six tips to trim a healthy way, as reported by the Times of India.

Step 1: Create a Food Diary
Write down everything you eat and drink, as well as routine activities for three days. On the fourth day, check again writing in the diary and you can see how eating patterns and frequency of physical activity for three days. Food diary serves as a deterrent, helping you control your eating habits, providing a record of health, the desire to help reduce consumption of unhealthy foods and ultimately help you keep portions of food at every meal.

Step 2: Reduce Processed Food
Make sure at least 1 / 3 the food you eat is not processed plant products. To improve nutrition, one of the most important is to eat fresh foods in your daily diet. Fresh foods such as fish, meat and vegetables will help you determine your own spices to avoid excessive usage, such as salt and sugar. You can cook it by boiling, stir-fry or roast. Read the rest of this entry »

Often we can not resist the desire to eat the wild, so that caloric intake was greater than necessary. Many health problems can result from eating too much, as more and more free radicals are formed when the body digests food.

Some of the problems that can arise include heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The more we eat, the greater the free radicals are produced. If you tend to be easily tempted to eat large portions, sandingkanlah these foods with healthy foods that can reduce negative impacts. As quoted from the Huffington Post, there are four foods that can help you minimize the negative effects of overeating.

1. Spices
Adding spices to the diet can reduce the negative effects of excessive desire to eat. In a study published in The Journal of Nutrition, respondents who put two tablespoons of spices (such as rosemary, oregano, cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, cloves, garlic powder or paprika) into the food, triglyceride and insulin levels decreased while the levels of antioxidants in the body increased after respondents eating high in fat and calories. The researchers assume, mixing the spices in the diet helps slow the absorption of fat. While the content of antioxidants combat free radicals that may be produced when you eat too much.
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One scoop of ice cream, chocolate pudding with a molten fla or cheesecake may be the perfect dessert after eating lunch or dinner.

All the food is certainly not recommended for those who are dieting, because the content of sugar and high calories. But that does not mean you can not enjoy dessert (dessert) after meals. Try to make some dessert a safe and healthy to eat, as quoted from Ourvanity.

1. Fruit Salad
Fruit salad can be one option for a healthy dessert, but note that the combination of fruit and sauce. Banana, mango and berry fruit type is sufficient to complement the needs of vitamins and minerals. Do not use mayonnaise sauce or a thousand islands, but rather a mixture of lemon juice and yogurt. Vary the fruit salad menu regularly so as not boring, for example a combination of orange-apple-grape in this week or kiwi-melon-banana in the next week.

2. Chocolate Fruit Bags
After eating heavy meals, usually you will be tempted to eat sweets. Instead of eating chocolate cake or ice cream rich in fat and calories, change your options with pieces of fruit dipped in chocolate. You can pick strawberries, Sunkist oranges, melons or other fruit variety. But remember, only use a type of dark chocolate, not milk or white chocolate. Dark chocolate is lower in sugar and calories, it also has beneficial antioxidants that fight free radicals. In addition, dark chocolate is also rich in flavonoids that lower high blood pressure and cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »

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