When you want to lose weight, you simply
want to do everything that you can in order to shed those extra pounds. But
with several fad diets made popular by celebrities, it is difficult to decide
what is best for you. And sometimes, the truth is far from what you know. Let’s
look at some of the top diet myths you need to ditch for weight loss in UAE:
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Eat When You are Hungry –
Ever tried a diet in which you starve
yourself and eat only when you are hungry? Then repent, because you ate more
than what you usually eat? Yeah, this is what you are doing wrong. The key to
weight loss is to keep yourself filled by eating healthy and eating at regular
intervals. Start your day with a heavy breakfast and gradually lower the
quantity of food you eat for lunch, dinner and during snack time. Ideally, you
need to eat food loaded with nutrition every 4-5 hours on a daily basis.
2 2. You Can Eat Everything in Moderation –
This is another myth that needs to be
busted right away! If you compare French fries to jacket roasted potatoes, the
latter will win hands down, nutritionally speaking. So, the whole idea of eating
everything in moderation needs to be done away with and instead, you need to
adopt an eating plan that includes eating healthy.
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3. All You Need is Low Carb Diet –
A lot of people blindly believe that a low
carb diet is all they need to eliminate excess calories from the body. However,
there is no such thing that happens when you are on a low carb and high protein
diet. The rapid weight loss that happens for the followers of such diet is only
due to the body draining up the glycogen stores for energy. After a week or
two, the rapid weight loss stage comes to a standstill.
4 4. Some Diets Make You Lose Cellulite –
Cellulite is often hereditary, and it has no
correlation with diets. They are just clumpy fat that are a result of uneven
fat cells stored under the skin and look ugly. These can be eliminated with
certain weight loss techniques that include massages. It has nothing to do with
what you eat.
5. Good Fats in the Diet Keeps You Satiated –
Among all the food components, fat is the
slowest one to pass the stomach/digestive system. Because they take time to be
digested, they give an illusion of making you feel full for a longer duration.
This myth is baseless and if you are looking forward to feeling full and
satiated, you need to go for proteins.
Now
that you know the myths behind the fad diets, it’s time to chalk out a plan
that works best for your body. Need more weight loss tips from us? Keep
watching this space!
