What nutritionists are silent about...

What nutritionists are silent about...

Very often, among various recommendations for weight loss, there is the following: “eat in small portions, but often.” Just one unnoticeable phrase among a stream of advice, many of which we remember by heart. So we ignore it, reasoning something like this: “You can’t get enough of small portions! It’s better to eat 1-2 times a day, but more thoroughly. The daily total calorie content of what is eaten is the same...”

That’s why we don’t lose weight (and often even gain excess weight), completely trusting the doctrine of the calorie content of foods and knowing nothing about what our body actually needs.

So, here's a secret that nutritionists don't bother to tell us about: the break between meals should not exceed 5 hours! Before this time expires, our stomach must wake up and receive food. Moreover, it doesn’t even matter whether the food is fatty or dietary, our body just needs to know that there is enough food, it comes regularly, so there is no need to accumulate fat “in reserve.”

What do we do if we have not received such valuable instructions from our dear nutritionists? We try to eat as little as possible; We rejoice if, due to lack of appetite or urgent matters, we skip lunch, or we find the strength to refuse dinner, because someone voiced the thesis: “after 18 o’clock you can’t eat, and in general, dinner must be given to the enemy.”

How does our body react in such a situation? After 5 hours of “downtime,” the stomach begins to ring all the bells and, in upset feelings, telegraphs to the body: “Hunger is coming! Let's stock up! "

When, after a long break, food is finally received, our body squeezes the maximum number of calories out of it. After all, it is necessary to provide energy not only for urgent needs, but also to put at least something else “in reserve”, just in case, because hungry times have come!

Of course, people with normal metabolism do not have such problems, but people who are prone to obesity, due to circumstances, need to treat the whims of their neurasthenic body with due respect.

Feed him regularly, at least every 4-5 hours, and he will calm down, sighing with satisfaction: “The hungry days are over!”

To ensure you don’t miss the five-hour interval, eat more than 3 times a day. Simply put, snack between meals.

How many times have we heard in childhood from our parents: “don’t grab pieces before lunch - you’ll ruin your appetite!” Now we, adults, are tormented by the diametrically opposite question: how can we spoil him, such a parasite?

There is no need to reinvent the wheel, but simply remember recipes from childhood: between main meals, eat a couple of sandwiches, large apples or a small plate of something, washed down with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

By acting in this way, we kill two birds with one stone: we calm the body and, if we like to eat tasty and a lot, reduce the feeling of hunger. It is ravenous hunger and the appetite that develops as a result of infrequent meals that force us to quietly eat more food than we need.

Calorie content of foods: our stomach is equal to a stove!

Calories... Calories... Calories... On the packaging of each product there is a number that we are used to trusting limitlessly. We often deny ourselves many tasty things just because the number of calorie points in them exceeds the average.

In order to prevent excess calories taken from food from negatively affecting our figure, we try to eat as little as possible, go on low-calorie diets, and torture ourselves in the gym. For many of us, life is subject to the rule: “I ate extra calories - I worked out an extra half hour”...

But what does “calorie content of foods” actually mean? You will laugh very hard, but this is just the number of units of energy released by the product when