Stop Dieting: Lose Weight Naturally

If you are like the over 60% of Americans suffering from
overweight or obesity, you're probably looking a way to
successfully end the battle of the bulge. From diet pills to
starvation, you've tried everything in an attempt to get your
weight under control. Recent statistics tell us that up to 95%
of diets end in failure. Let's look at why this is, and what
are the keys to successful weight management.

Many fad diet programs are designed to promote quick results.
To deliver this, they will often encourage extreme cuts in
calories, either through diet modification or through the use
of appetite suppressants. As you refrain from eating you may
experience short-term weight loss, as your body sheds water.
Eventually, however, such diets fail because your body's own
metabolism fights back, going into starvation mode, and slowing
down. It is also common for folks to yo-yo diet, binging after
periods of extreme deprivation.

Other diets require that you completely eliminate entire food
groups. But cutting all fat or all carbohydrates is likewise
not a healthy solution long term either. We need a balance of
nutrients to support optimal health, and including protein,
carbohydrates and fats is a must in a balanced diet. Through
healthy fats we receive many fat soluble vitamins and
antioxidants. From carbohydrates we get energy in an
easy-to-use package, as well as fiber, a key ingredient for
proper digestion, cardiovascular health and blood sugar
maintenance.

Dieting doesn't have to mean deprivation or starvation.
Instead, we should choose to work with the body's own metabolic
processes and follow a plan which will help us lose excess
weight naturally. To encourage this process, we should
evaluate our caloric intake, but also learn to include nutrient
dense but low calorie choices such as fresh fruits, vegetables
and whole grains.

High fiber foods are an asset to dieters, or those looking for
a way to naturally maintain a healthy weight. As it turns out,
foods rich in fiber, can actually stimulate your digestive
system to produce a hormone called cholecystokinin' (CCK) which
sends a message to your brain that you are full. So by eating
foods rich in fiber, we naturally curb our appetite without the
need for expensive and often dangerous diet pills. Fiber also
promotes healthy blood sugar levels. By slowing down the pace
that glucose enters the bloodstream and increasing insulin
sensitivity, fiber goes a long way in helping with blood
chemistry stability. Additionally, because whole grain foods
and produce are lower in calories than processed or fatty
snacks, you can actually eat larger helpings, without fear of
increased calories. Top this off with the fact that such foods
are naturally quite filling, its no surprise that the American
Dietetic Association is encouraging us to get more of them in a
healthy diet.

As you can see, by simply including fiber rich foods into our
diets we can easily sidestep the common pitfalls of dieting,
including both the slowed metabolism and feelings of
deprivation. So eat more fiber and reap the benefit of
losing weight naturally.

About The Author: Cassandra Cox is a 10-year veteran of the
natural products industry. Having received her credentials as
both a Nutritional Consultant and Digestive Care Specialist,
she is passionate about educating others in holistiv solutions
to nutrition and digestive care. http://www.fiber35diet.com

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