Proteins are extremely friendly from the weight loss/management prospective. The official recommendations are to consume 0.8 g per kg of body weight of proteins per day. Most people simply round this number to 1 g/per kg of body weight. Proteins…
Basal metabolic rate
Is an amount of calories your body burns in the rest state just to maintain the physiologic functions. For average sized humans it’s around 1600-1800 calories/day for women and men correspondingly. Check your BMR at http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ This number is not…
Satiety and food
Food is obviously supposed to deliver to our body energy and nutrients. For many of us that are heavier than we should be, the important role of food that we often ignore is satiety. I think satiety depends on many…
Mindful eating tricks
Eat like this is the last meal of your life, appreciate your food like it is the most delicious and unique and the most expensive meal in the whole world. Trick number one – slow down. Designate a special time…
Fats as macronutrients
Fats have earned unfair reputation as being unhealthy and the one responsible for the obesity… It is not true. The only negative side of fats from the weight management prospective is the fact that most fats are energy dense, meaning…
Carbohydrates
Bad carbohydrates so far appear to be the main culprit to the epidemic of obesity. Why? It appears that consumption of plane sugars results in prompt deposition of them as fat… The consumed nutrients have three main pathways to be…