Tip 3: Tips to have the best healthy Diet ;)

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Many people ask about diets, how to have a good one? what does a healthy diet mean? what am I supposed to eat and not to eat?...

First of all, you should know that only a specialist can give you the best suitable diet for you. You may NOT find what's good for you on the net.. what worked for some will NOT work for others so don't listen to your friends when they tell you eat that and don't eat this just cause it worked for them.

But.. There are few tips that could help you, few things that work for everyone:

1. Focus on VEGETABLES. very important. Having vegetables in your meals is a great tip to lose weight fast. Nature has a terrific spread when it comes to choosing vegetables, the leafy green vegetables are the best. so make sure to always include a salad in your diet.
2. FRUITS. very important too, try to eat them fresh instead of drinking them as juice, juice might be sweetened but fresh fruits have natural sugars. They also contain a lot of fiber and vitamins, and they are needed by the body.
3. If you Love fruit juice or just feel like having one then make sure you have fresh fruit juice, instead of the ones that contain flavors and colors, it's even better if you  make your own fruit juice and not sweetening it with too many calories.
4. Always go for fresh fruit. Processed and canned fruits do not have as much fiber as fresh fruit and processed and canned fruits are almost always sweetened.
5. Count calories. It's a great tip to have an Idea about how many calories are there in most items of food, so that you always know how many calories you probably had. Packed food have it on the label, check it out and try to remember.
6. As you count the calories you're having, if you feel like you consumed more calories then you actually need, make sure to burn them by the end of the week.
7. Do NOT have any Fried things. The more fried things that you eat, the more weight you will gain. they're called like that because they were fried in oil or fat, even if the external oil is drained, there is still a lot of hidden oil in it so stay away from it.
8. Go for Fresh vegetables. They are better than cooked or canned ones. Try to eat them raw. When you cook them, you are taking away almost half of the vitamins in them. And canned vegetables too are processed and are not nearly half as good a method of how to lose weight fast as fresh vegetables. When you buy your vegetables it would be a good thing to see if the label says that it is pesticide free.
9. No more than one egg a day, th best is to have 3 eggs a week, but if you're fan of eggs, then you can have one per day not more.
10. Do NOT include chocolate in your diet :D chocolate should be a luxury thing not a routine, even the ones with less sugar, they still contain cream.
11. do not have the same items of food everyday. Try to have variety of foods from all food groups every day, it's also a great way to keep deficiency diseases at bay. And it helps you to not get bored of your diet and experiment with a variety of dishes.
12. Avoid alcoholic beverages. They are not good for you, beer can be fattening and other alcoholic drinks may not be fattening by themselves but after a couple of swigs you will be in no position to watch your diet and your appetite too.
13. Start your metabolism early by taking your breakfast withing one hour of waking. So that your body get's the energy it needs for the day. remember Breakfast is the MOST important meal in your diet BUT it DOESN'T mean that it has to be the MOST FILLING meal.
14. It's better to adopt a more vegetarian diet. It's undoubtedly better for those who are watching their diet. Make a non-vegetarian diet a week end event or something if you find it impossible to give up eating all those animals :P
15. High Fiber multigrain breads are better than white breads. not only because they contain fiber that you must have in your diet (I mean to increase the fiber content in your food), but also because they contain protein as well.
16. Watch the sugar you take. If you must have sweet things go for sugar substitutes, they are sweetening but not fattening. Limit your sugar intake.
17. You can "cheat on your diet", it's hard to give up all the "good" things and all the flavors you used to have, so from time to time give yourself the right to cheat BUT only for flavor just to tingle your taste buds, don’t hog on them.
18. A good diet has 5 to 6 small meals a day, it's called greasing, it's better to eat 6 times a day then having 3 BIG meals, it's a great tip to have small quantities of food.
19. Watch the quantity of salt you have, yes try to stay away from salt, aim to reduce it to half of how much you're having now, salt is one of the causes of obesity.
20. Boil your vegetables instead of cooking them, and this only if you do not like eating them as they are, try steaming them without adding anything at all. it's the healthiest way to eat some vegetables like cabbages and cauliflowers.

...And Good Luck :)