Tips for Healthy Weight Control to Prevent and Treat Diabetes

Tips for Healthy Weight Control

Body weight is directly proportional to calorie intake. Gain in body weight is equal to energy intake minus energy utilized (expenditure).
• A diet containing excess carbohydrates, proteins and fats can increase body weight. Excess dietary fat increases fatness of a person.
• Keep your waistline trim; because fat around the abdomen is more dangerous than fat around the hips.
• Blood sugar and triglyceride levels increase with refined foods and sugar. So they should be eaten in moderation or are best avoided.
• Weight reducing diet should ensure optimum intake of all nutrients although they must be low in total calories. But remember that very low calorie diets - around 300 kilocalories per day are very harmful.
• Diet restriction should be combined with exercise.
• Weight reduction should be gradual. Losing around 1 kilogram a week is ideal and healthy.
• Cut down on sugar and fried snacks. Keep a count on the calorie content of various foods.
• An excess intake of 100 Kilocalories per day can increase body weight by approximately 4 kilograms in a year.

Foods That Need To Be Avoided
Meat, fried foods, butter, cheese, cream, chocolates, ice cream, sugar, candy, all alcoholic and fizzy drinks, potatoes, legumes, cereal products and bread.

Fletcherism
Fletcherism is a method that helps in weight reduction. According to this method:
• Avoid eating till you are actually hungry.
• Savor the flavor of the food and enjoy every bite.
• Chew food thoroughly to a pulp and then swallow.
• Avoid thinking about unpleasant things at mealtimes.
• Avoid eating when you are excited, worried, anxious, tired or angry.

This weight reducing method works wonders.

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