Eat your favorite foods while lowering their glycemic index

Eat your favorite foods while lowering their glycemic index

The glycemic index (GI) of foods has a great influence on weight gain.
Many successful diets are also based on controlling the glycemic index of the foods in a meal.

As a reminder, the more quickly a food causes insulin secretion, after its ingestion, the more its glycemic index is said to be “high”. There are now tables providing the GI (glycemic index) of most foods. The basic index is 100 (measure of white bread). Foods with an index above 70 are considered to be consumed sparingly and foods below 50 are considered to be beneficial for achieving a healthy weight.

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Stop counting calories and lose weight

Stop counting calories and lose weight
Counting calories, diet of vegetables and fruits

New research shows once again that calculating calories is not necessarily the best way to lose weight.

Early lunch:
A study by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom followed a group of ten women for a month. During the first two weeks they had a generous breakfast at 7:30 in the morning. Then for two more weeks they did not have lunch but took a snack around 10:30 in the morning, thus constituting their first meal of the day.

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Sleeping better helps you lose more weight

Sleeping better helps you lose more weight

According to many studies, people who sleep the least tend to gain more weight.
According to one of these studies, conducted over six years by researchers studying obesity at Laval University in Quebec City, it was established that people who slept five to six hours per night as well as those who slept an average of 9 at 10 hours gained more weight during the follow-up period than those who had slept an average of seven to eight hours, as recommended.

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The traditional soup diet reviewed and corrected by a nutrition specialist

The traditional soup diet reviewed and corrected by a nutrition specialist

The effectiveness of soups in a weight loss strategy
If you are looking for a “miracle” diet to lose weight and your research has revealed a multitude of methods and diets, it is very unlikely that you have heard or even tried the soup diet. . In fact there are probably as many recipes for this diet as there are websites that offer it. Many books have also been published to describe the benefits.

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