Fruits and vegetables in a weight loss diet

Most slimming knows that fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy, balanced diet and can help us achieve when we try to lose weight. But nevertheless, some popular choices of fruits and vegetables in the supermarket aisle still leave us with a sense of confusion.

For example, many of us choose to avoid the bananas, avocados, sweet corn, carrots and peas because we think they are fattening. However, some of us think that eating celery or grapefruit really help weight loss.

What is the truth about the fruits and vegetables?

Eat more fruits and vegetables is essential for good health and to help you lose weight. Most fruits and vegetables are low in calories and fat and high in fiber - three essential ingredients for successful weight loss. Most also contain many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which are important to help you look and feel your best and to protect us from disease.Research also shows that tend to eat the same volume or weight of food each day, regardless of calories. So if you want to lose weight, it is essential to stick to low calorie foods to compensate for this volume. And this is where fruits and vegetables are important in a weight loss diet.Many fruits and vegetables weigh actually much, adding bulk to your diet, but do not provide as many calories. For example, a meal of grilled chicken breast made 150 g potato 300 g, 20 g of butter and cheese low casing 30 g fat provides a total weight of 500 grams and provides 790 calories. Swap meal for a 130 g chicken breast, potato 200 g, 5 g of butter, 80 g of broccoli, carrots 45g and 40g green salad, and still has a total weight of 500 grams, but only 480 calories. 

In short: you will feel as complete as you ate exactly the same amount of food, but you've saved 310 calories - and in one week is enough to help you lose half a pound without even changing the amount of food you ate!

But what about foods like bananas, avocados, corn, carrots and peas? These foods are certainly higher in calories than most fruits and vegetables. For example, you could eat two small blocks of about the same amount of calories as a banana. Similarly, you could eat six times more spinach to provide the same amount of calories from sweet corn.

Meanwhile, lawyers are high in fat than most other vegetables, but most of that fat is healthy for heart monounsaturated fat, which comes in a package with a lot of vitamin E.

Although these fruits and vegetables contain more calories, you should not avoid them. Remain an important source of many nutrients and fiber content helps to fill you up and you are less likely to want to snack on fatty and sugary foods. The key is to add to your food diary for the calories they provide are included in your daily total. 

As for foods like celery and grapefruit, which are certainly very low in calories, but there is no conclusive evidence that eating will actually help you burn calories and make you lose weight. Although some studies have shown that adding grapefruit to your diet will help you change those pounds, the jury is still health. And as for what to take more calories to digest celery stick it proposes - and, most health experts agree that it is a myth!

What fruits and vegetables are best for losing weight?  

Enjoy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables every day. Try to five servings a day and choose a mixture of colors to ensure a good mix of nutrients. All fruits and vegetables, including canned, dried, fresh juices and frozen pure matter to five servings per day.
 
But keep in mind that nuts do not meet as a whole piece of fruit - 100 calories you can eat an apple, a satsuma-seven strawberries (with a total weight of 250 g) or about 1 tablespoon raisins (weighing only 30g)! In addition, research shows that liquids tend to be less satiating foods, you will probably find a whole piece of fruit fills more of a fruit juice.

How many fruits and vegetables should I eat? 

A serving of fruit or vegetables is equivalent to 80 g. Here are some examples of what counts as a serving occur:

       1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
       2 plums, satsumas, kiwi or other similar sized fruit
       Half a grapefruit and avocado
       A large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
       3 tablespoons vegetable bulging, beans or legumes
       3 tablespoons soup rounded fruit salad or compote
       1 tablespoon of raisins or raisins
       3 dried apricots
       1 cup of grapes, cherries or berries
       1 dessert bowl of salad
       1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice 
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