How to count calories

Diet diet roznNizkokaloriynye products are incredibly popular today. But sometimes they get carried away so stupid as to think: "If I have this cake into small pieces, then I can eat twice as much».





First of all, we need to understand that food marketers do not always care about your interests. Creating a "low-calorie" alternatives aimed more at increasing sales, rather than improving the health of consumers. And when you count calories, there is something more important than numbers indicated on the package. That "something" is called "calorie-satiety ratio».

Bases-calorie ratio sytostVy probably seen in the sale of products on the packages of which read: "100 calories." Yes, they do calories less. But they can not give a feeling of fullness (or "filling"). Eat one such package and try to say that you are not hungry then. Conversely, in the usual chicken breast calories can be twice as much, but you can feel satiety even before they eat everything.

When you sit on a diet, think about calories as the budget. And your goal is to maximize the fullness at the end of the day. Choose only the low-calorie foods that will satisfy you. Of course, products such as olive oil may contain a lot of calories per unit volume and can significantly increase the sense of satiety, but the total number of calories you obtained can be smaller.

The feeling of satiety is not only physical but also a psychological component. After all, you can not be satiated if permanently deprived of your usual food.

Psychological satiety against fizicheskoyDazhe if you are not physically hungry, you can still feel the need to eat something. For example, you might want to eat something sweet, despite the fact that your stomach is full. In this case, the jelly without sugar can be a great option because you can satisfy your desire to eat something sweet, have not used at the same time hundreds of extra calories.

In this case, "low-calorie" is the right choice. In fact, if you drink a day for four cups of high-calorie soda just to appease your sweet tooth, then clicking on the low-calorie drink, you can lose 400 grams of weight in a week without a significant change in their diet.

Suppose that the taste of cookies «Oreo» love you more than anything else.

If a 100-calorie pack of cookies you will be able to create a sense of "psychological satiety" to eat this cookie will be very intelligent decision.

But keep in mind: there is a possibility that the 100-calorie eaten packet of biscuits but will ignite your appetite and make you feel "unfilled". Either cookies will act as an appetizer, and you do not stop until you eat a bunch of cookies. It is important to be aware of this and understand that the choice of options low in calories is really useful, and when - on the contrary.





Where to move on? Given that the total caloric content of food is not always the most important factor when making decisions, there are a few things that should be addressed prior to the formation of its "calorie budget».

The ratio of trace elements in dishes more important than calories. There is one study in which it is assumed that increased protein and reduced carbohydrate diet will make your satisfying. And while the people sitting on a diet, trying to achieve the maximum effect, increasing the protein content in food, you might want to experiment a bit with this ratio.

A proverb says: "Never trust the seller." In the food industry it is more relevant than anywhere else. Always remember this saying, when taking a decision based on the numbers that you see on the labels. The people creating "low-calorie" food version - marketers, not nutritionists. Their main task - to get you to buy this product and not help you lose weight.

It is not necessary to hang on the food label of "good" or "bad." Instead, you should think about eating, keeping in mind the concept of return on investment. In this context, the setting "low calorie" can be useful, but much depends on the person, on the situation of the environment, from thirst and from a variety of other factors. In such circumstances, the only way to know something for sure - is to study yourself and exercise care.

This last point is particularly important. Many probably already threw up his hands and said to myself, "sweet drinks and biscuits in general can not be called healthy food, they simply do not need to eat." But this recipe is complete "diet failure"! Use a more flexible approach to decision-making and in the choice of food. The well-known nutritionist MacDonald, there are two main reasons that lead to the failure of the normal diet:

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