Fat Burning Snacks With “Mouth Feel”

Sometimes you are hungry and you just need a quick fix!  However the celery is just not doing it. You want something that feels like dessert or that is sharp, salty and has that “mouth feel” that junk food does.

One of the challenges to losing weight is trying to stay away from those unhealthy foods that have that mouth feel that you crave as well as the calories that you feel you need to sustain you through a long afternoon or evening of working hard.

You should make it your personal weight loss and bodybuilding mission to consume foods that are healthy including the zero calorie foods.  Zero calorie foods are considered to be ALL fruits and vegetables with the exception of the avocado, which is loaded with calories and fats.

However the avocado does contain very good fats that help keep your skin beautiful, flush other oils and fats from your system and also keep your mood cheerful.  So if you really are craving something lush, moist and that has a fatty taste a slice of avocado perhaps accompanied by some raw fish roe and on a whole wheat cracker is not a bad choice at all. You are feeding your body and your brain at the same time by eating an avocado and it does have that mouth feel.

An oatmeal cookie is not a bad snack to have at all because oatmeal is lower in calories and high in fibber. Oatmeal is also a great source of B vitamins and it can help lower cholesterol levels and clean fat out of your arteries.  A cookie like this can really take care of the cravings you are having for sweets.

For the ultimate antioxidant and disease fighting treat have a handful of berries. Any type of berry will do. They are fresh, full of vitamins and fibber and have zero calories. They also help to move food through the intestine and also can heal the intestines because they are full of compounds that fight bacteria and parasites. Fat free whipped cream can help round out the taste of this treat.

If you are working out a lot and your muscles are sore then you certainly should try eating more pineapple as a snack. Fresh pineapple is best and dried pineapple is second best. Stay away from pineapple that has been soaked in calorie laden sugar syrup as these are not healthy calories.  Pineapple contains brome lain which is an anti-inflammatory. Once again you can use fat free whipped cream to give this food a comforting twist.

Craving French Fries? You can get by substituting deep fried yams or sweet potatoes instead. For best results you should have them baked. Both deep fried and baked sweet potatoes and yams are now widely available in most restaurants. The reason the yam is so much healthier for you is that they are full of good fibre, which can help sweep your intestines clean of debris.  Eating yams can also help fight the food cravings that can be caused by hormonal shifts in women.

As you can see there are healthier snacks to be had and in fact snacking is recommended instead of food deprivation as that can cause you to binge on calories later in the day and sabotage your good intentions to stick to a solid fat burning work out and eating regimen once and for all.

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Drinking Your Vitamins is Better For You

Is it possible to drink your vitamins? It is if you own a juicer or a super-sophisticated blender like a Magic Bullet.  Better than a pill, juices allow your body to absorb nutrients as fast as possible. Juices work the best if consumed within seconds of being freshly extracted from the fruit or vegetable. Juicing gurus advise holding the juice in your mouth for a couple of seconds before swallowing to get as many nutrients as possible.

 

Fresh juices are also superior to bottled or canned juices in terms of both taste and nutrition. Vitamins can cost anywhere from $5 to $80 or more a bottle. Let’s just say you are in need of Vitamin A supplementation. You can buy Vitamin A plus cofactors for fifteen dollars or more you can buy a bunch of carrots and juice them for less than five bucks. Just one pint of fresh carrot juice contains more than 20,000 international units of pro-Vitamin A in its purest andt natural form?

 

Scientific research also recently reveals that fresh juices may even cure a variety of ailments. For instance, fresh cabbage juice heals ulcers, fresh cilantro juice helps kidney problems and fresh prune juice relieves constipation. Lettuce juice contains an unknown factor that helps relieve insomnia while watermelon juice has anti-inflammatory agents that relieve pain.

 

Green juices have enzymes that encourage weight loss and the regrowth of damaged gum tissue. Orange, yellow and green vegetables may help prevent some forms of cancer. Purple and blue juices contain important phytochemicals that prevent varicose veins and prevent blindness.

 

Naturally derived vitamins from fresh fruits, vegetables, sprout and grasses have more of a nutritional punch then vitamins. For instance one pint of fresh vegetable juice supplies the same live vitamins, minerals and enzymes found in two large vegetable salads. Imagine how beautiful your skin would be if you drank fresh juice every day.

 

Synthetic vitamins are also a “dead” food source of vitamins whereas resh vegetables and fruits are considered to be live.  Incorporated into a healthy diet fresh juices also do not put you at risk for nutritional imbalances in your body.  Juices help the body absorb those nutrients that are often deficient in our modern day diets.  Drinking your vitamins in the form of fresh juices can actually boost your RDA (recommended Daily Allowance) of vitamins by as much as 500%!  No pill can do the same thing!

 

Juicing is not meant to be a replacement for a daily diet. Although fresh juice provides your body with optimum levels of nutrition the maximum long-term health benefits are achieved by incorporating fresh juices into your lifestyle over time and in a sensible manner.

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