Healthy Diets To Lose Weight
Vitamins and Minerals for Natural Weight Loss
Part of a healthy natural weight loss regiment is making sure that you get all the vitamins and minerals that you need to sustain your body’s health. This is especially important if the weight loss diet that you are on involves a restriction of calories. Ideally you should get your vitamins from eating plant foods but if you can’t you can get them from food then you may have to resort to taking vitamin supplements. Here is how vitamins can benefit you and what foods you can find each type in.
Vitamin A (retinol)
Benefits growth, reproduction and strengthens immunity, skin, tissues and eyesight
Found in eggs, cheese, milk, tuna, bluefish, mackerel
Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
Benefits brain function and converts excess carbohydrates to fat
Found in pecans, peanuts, barley, rice bran, wheat germ, oatmeal, brewer’s yeast, ham, green and black-eyed peas and black beans
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Protects against cancer and anemia
Found in soy milk, brewer’s yeast yogurt, cottage cheese, asparagus, Brussels sprouts
Vitamin B3 (niacin)
Lowers cholesterol, protects against cardiovascular disease and prevents diabetes.
Found in low-fat meats, tofu, brewer’s yeast, fish, eggs, cottage cheese, peas, broccoli, mushrooms
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) Decreases homocysteine levels and risk of heart disease and improves glucose tolerance. It also improves carpal tunnel syndrome, mood and sleep disorders and, PMS
Found in banana, avocado, rice bran, brown rice, oatmeal, soybeans, sunflower seeds, broccoli, all meat, halibut, pork, brewer’s yeast
Vitamin B12
This nutrient aids new cell growth, glucose metabolism and the nervous system.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
Tips on Wrestling diets to lose weight and stay healthy?
I am a junior wrestling at 152 pound weight class, my coach wants me to drop to the 145 weight class when I am hardly making weight at 152. I need tips on diet plans to lose weight so I can drop to 145 healthly. Any help???-
ANSWER:
This should be of help to you.Good luck anyways.http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Cut-Weight-For-Wrestling!&id=116041
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QUESTION:
What other women out there can’t lose weight despite healthy diet and exercise?
I have done everything doctors, nutritionists, magazines, and websites have recommended to get in shape and it is just futile. I need to lose about 30 more pounds. I have lost 14 lbs since January 1. Thats 14 lbs in 9 months. I have done low calorie diets with the healthiest foods available, drank water by the gallon, worked out 5x/week- aerobics with weights in addition to “parking far away and taking the stairs” and “taking 10,000 steps a day”, eating small meals, and drinking tea. I have tried increasing calories following the advice of the “your body is in stavation mode” logic. I have had my thyroid testing including TSH, T3, and T4. I have been tested for blood sugar problems. Please is there anyone else who has followed the accepted philosphies on getting in shape and it hasn’t worked (if so, did you find something that did)? Does anyone else think there is more to weight loss than what doctors spew about calories in vs calories out?-
ANSWER:
i too am struggling to lose weight. i go to the gym religiously and have a trainers to consult anytime i need them. i eat healthy, low sodium, low calorie, low fat, high protein foods. do i lose weight? nope. i’m not one of those women who think that they are overweight, but are really fit and don’t realize it. i am truly overweight. although i remain overweight, my doc says that i am healthier by continuing this lifestyle. she continually reminds me that it took years to put on the weight and it may take years to lose it.i don’t have any advice for you other than to keep at it. think of it this way…you’ve lost 14 pounds in 9 months. that’s 56 pounds in 3 years! i put on my weight 5 to 10 pounds a year and it may only come off that quick…but gaining or losing, every pound counts!
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