Fruits and Veggetables and Long Term Weight Loss

A recent study by Consumer Reports looked at people who don't seem to gain weight as they age. The study, not surprisingly, found that getting a large part of nutrition from fruits and vegetables was a common factor among those people.

Fruits and veggies are low in calories, high in volume and high in critically important nutrients. Eating fruits and vegetables can turn off your cravings for other food and shorten food addiction cycle.

Here are some of the fruits and veggies that you can choose from:
Green team: composed of dark green leafy vegetables like spinach, turnip greens, mustard and collard greens and deep green lettuces. These veggies prevent heart disease and detoxify carcinogens.

Red team: red fruits and veggies like red bell peppers, watermelon and tomatoes. They are full of lycopene, the carotenoid that offers high levels of protection against prostate cancer.

Orange team: carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and oranges are high in beta-carotene which prevents cancers of lungs and stomach and lowers risk of heart disease.
Purple team: composed of grapes, blueberries and eggplant which are cancer fighters.
White team: potatoes, mushrooms, bananas and onions are good sources of potassium and vitamins and fights cancer and heart disease.

Brown team: beans, pintos and lentils are foods with high level of protein and are sources of iron and phosphorus. Their fiber content keeps cholesterol right where they should be.

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Weight Loss and Post Workout Snack

If weight loss is one of your goals, you should not eat right after working out.

According to Barry S. Braun, director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, "If people are going to go out and exercise to benefit their health, they should not be eating back the calories immediately upon finishing, or within a couple of hours of finishing. In order to maintain the benefits, you need to be in this calorie deficit."

Researchers conducted an experiment to see the outcome of post workout snack to weight loss, and found out that exercise increased the insulin efficiency by 40% for those who did not eat afterwards. However, that was completely wiped out to those who had a high-carb drink afterwards.


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