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Weight-loss diet: less carbs to lose weight

Weight-loss dietTo slim down the rule must be less carbohydrates because this will greatly cut the fat while providing the same number of calories. The diet, with this logic, should last about three months. This, at least according to research presented at the last congress of the American Endocrine Society. Let’s see what were the terms of the study knowing that 45 women, aged between 18 and 65, were subjected to two different diets: one where 60 percent of calories coming from carbohydrates, 20 percent from fat and the rest from proteins.

But the other in which carbohydrates were reduced to 45 percent and fat, mostly unsaturated from plant sources such as walnuts and hazelnuts, as much as 35 percent. After three months, the ladies had lost 9 pounds less carbiudrati, one more than the others.

“The problem is that back then the lost pounds, at most within two years is because a diet low in carbohydrates is perceived as “unnatural” , is too far away from our food standards. So it is more likely to abandon it, “says Gabriele Riccardi, president of the Italian Society of Diabetology.

Losing weight in this way is quite easy, in a short time, but for long-term results should not be so drastic, better to replace refined carbohydrates with whole ones, increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables.

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Broccoli in Your Diet

BroccoliBroccoli has many properties to help nourish the body. It has a high content of vitamin C and it is estimated that a cup of this vegetable has more ascorbic acid than a large orange.

When we eat, helps us to improve the formation of bones, teeth and tissues as well as the healing processes, digestion and cure colds.

It also has fiber and vitamin B, nutrients that act on the balance of the nervous system and cardiovascular pathways. Medical researchers have determined that frequent consumption of broccoli is considered a factor that can prevent spills anti-paralytic or paralysis of certain body parts.

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