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You Eat 6 Meals A Day and Still Lose Weight
There
are many people who believe that reducing the calorie intake is
the key to losing weight. This is again fueled by so called health
experts who suggest a variety of diets for cutting down on your
weight. What people tend to forget is that most diets not only
restrict your calorie intake but also have a very major impact
on your body's metabolism. When your body is not able to get the
required calories it goes into starvation mode. In this mode the
body will not be able to burn calories as quickly as it can normally.
This means cutting down on your calorie intake will not help you
lose weight quickly. However, there is no cause for concern as
there is a very good solution.
Yes, you can now eat six meals in a day and still lose weight.
Unbelievable, isn't it? However, it is true. Eating six small
but healthy meals will provide you with a number of benefits that
will enable you to get fit and healthy. Let us now understand
how this benefits your body.
Eating six meals in a day will enhance your body's metabolism
rate. This means you will be able to burn a higher amount of calories
through out the day. When you consume healthy and protein rich
food you will find that your metabolism rate increases and it
works very efficiently in burning the calories. Over a period
of time this will enable you to cut down on the excess flab and
lose weight.
It is said that food has a thermic effect on the metabolism rate.
What this means is you need sufficient amount of calories to break
down and absorb food in your body. For instance protein based
foods have a thermic effect of up to 30%. This means that you
can burn up to 30% of such foods just by digesting them. Likewise,
fat and refined carbohydrates have a very low thermic effect of
about 3% which means it can be stored as dietary fat in your body
quite easily.
The fact is, it does not matter how much you eat, what matters
is what you eat. When you eat six small meals every day, you can
get rid of the hunger pangs and at the same time ensure high energy
levels. When your metabolism rate is higher, it becomes easier
for you to build muscles quickly.
Finally, by eating six small meals every day, you will not only
be able to increase your energy levels and add muscle growth,
you will also be able to enhance your body's metabolism rate without
actually storing any fat. This way, you will be able to lose weight
even when you eat six meals in a day.
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