If you're considering starting a new weight loss diet do not just go with the latest advertisement you see. There are many programs for diet, working out, as well as tons of gimmicks out there. With that being said it's easy to get overwhelmed with the multitude of information and products on the market. Do not be afraid to get some help on this. There are a lot of knowledgeable and certified experts and there are some solid meal plans available that take the guess work out of it. Your goal is to find the most effective weight loss diet and that make take admitting you need some direction.

Diet and nutrition are key elements to losing body fat. That can also be the most difficult part. Most of us know at least a hand full of exercises to do in order to burn calories. Treadmills and ellipticals are easy to operate and most fitness equipment has instructions. If not, there's usually someone in the gym that can quickly show you the proper way to use machines. But diet is the area most people need help in.

When it comes to a weight loss diet you need a schedule and you need everything easily laid out before you. Rather than ending up frustrated at the grocery store uncertain what to get there are several solid meal plan services you can utilize. These services prepare healthy meals with pure ingredients with no unhealthy additives or fillers. Many of these services also offer home delivery so you never have to step foot in a grocery store. This is perfect is you have a demanding schedule and are simply too busy to cook. The last thing you want to do is to rely on restaurants or fast food joints for your health and nutrition.

Sometimes when we try to take on too much at one time nothing gets 100% of our attention. Your nutrition is not something you want to leave to chance. So if you're a busy person, or simply lack the knowledge or maybe even the discipline to shop and prepare your own meals, you can take advantage of these types of meal planning services. Can be your this new and Improved weight loss diet plan.

The acai berry diet is gaining popularity among health enthusiasts. Consumer reviews on the diet have been on the positive side for the obvious reason that it is safe, effective and healthy on the mind and body. Of course, there will be negative reviews and avowed critics of the acai berry diet but these have been few and far between so far. As with any new health supplement, there is always a period in which it will be hailed as the answer to al of man's health problems – but after this initial period, most of these products can not endure the rigors of scientific investigation. What is interesting to note is that even though this little berry has been around now for quite some time, its popularity is in fact increasing. This alone is a powerful testimonial to this special fruit's nutritional benefits.

Reasons for Popularity

Said popularity of the acai diet is based on many valid reasons. First, the supplements come in pills, powder and juice forms. These can be easily taken with every meal either on their own or as additions to one's favorite food items.

For example, the powder can be used as toppings, added to dressings and used in cooking dishes while the juice can be added to favorite beverages like freshly-squeezed orange juice. This is possible since the acai berry powder is relatively tasteless, thus, its ability to combine with other ingredients without adding unpleasant aftertaste.

Second, acai has been proven by modern medical science to possess one of the highest ORAC levels among the identified superfoods including blueberries and pomegranates. ORAC is the measure of antioxidant levels in fruits and vegetables.

Freeze-dried acai has ORAC of 3,500 units. (In contrast, its closest rival of blueberries only has an ORAC score of 2,400 units) Take note that the higher the antioxidant levels, the better for one's health.

Third, acai berry has fat and cholesterol-burning properties. This spells good news for the metabolic rate.

The abovementioned acai berry properties are just a few of the reasons for the superfood's popularity. You will discover that many uses have been found for the acai berry diet, which will be discussed in the next section.

Popular Uses

With a superfood as its basis, the acai diet offers many benefits depending on the individual's original intent for adopting the natural diet. These benefits include:

• Weight Loss – As previously mentioned, the acai berry has fat and cholesterol-melting properties. Losing weight then becomes a faster process with the acai berry diet since the fats and cholesterol in the body can be eliminated faster, too. Other ways by which acai helps in effective weight loss are through safer appetite suppression, faster metabolism and better nutrition.

• Colon Cleansing – Acai berry possesses antibacterial and anti-cancer properties helpful in cleaning the colon of its buildup of putrefied feces. Its antibacterial quality kills the harmful pathogens lurking in the colon while its anti-cancer property may prevent the formation of cancerous cells.

• General Health – Of course, the acai berry diet is most useful in the maintenance of good health. The high levels of antioxidants in acai helps in lessening the risks for cardiovascular diseases and chronic degenerative illnesses like diabetes and Alzheimer's.

The acai berry diet is not just about losing weight contrary to the typical conception of a "diet". It can be adopted the whole year-round to keep you healthy in mind and body – no side effects, thankfully. Of course, a proper diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains as well as a moderate exercise program as part of a healthy lifestyle is a must in an acai diet, regardless of the intent for its adoption.

Using pressure cookers for your everyday cooking is the best way to cook food in a faster manner while also retaining nutrients and saving energy. But if you are a rice eater and want to remove starch from rice, what would you do? You would use a diet cooker or a stainless steel pressure cooker that comes with the option of removing all starch from rice!

Starch is made of glucose and is a carbohydrate. Thought it is an intrinsic part of a person’s diet, if you use it too much, it can lead to weight gain. If you are diabetic, you better stay away from starchy rice. The best way to do so is to use an Ultra diet cooker which comes with a starch remover. How convenient, isn’t? And healthy, of course.

If you use a traditional pot for cooking rice, which is not very convenient for modern times, owing to the lack of time, there was one advantage. Starch would be taken out as rice would boil. However, in a typical stainless steel pressure cooker, the starch is not removed.

How does a diet cooker work?

In such a scenario, what do you opt for? Presenting a diet cooker which brings you the best of both methods. These diet pressure cookers come with a starch remover with perforations at the bottom. All you need to do is use rice, pour water and wait for the whistle. Once the cooker cools down, you can remove the starch remover containing rice and notice that all the starch has trickled down to the bottom of the cooker. This is a traditional method that incorporates the modern concept of quick pressure cooking. What’s more, the starch remover or utensil comes with a neat handle lending it a basket-like appearance, so it is easy to hold it and take off from the cooker.

The stainless steel pressure cooker also comes with a high-impact bonded base so cooking is super fast and uniform. The base ensures that food doesn’t get stuck to it or get burnt.

Cut down those calories!

By using a diet cooker, you can effortlessly do away with at least 30 calories for every meal. Isn’t that a huge step towards a healthy diet and weight loss programme? Regular pressure-cooked rice is high on calories as all the starch gets re-absorbed into your cooked rice.

The other aspects you need to consider about pressure cookers include the material that the cooker’s body is made of, and the safety valve. Also find out about the finish of the diet cooker, both inside and outside (a mirror finish on the outside and a coating of satin inside), the material that handles are made of etc, so that you bring home a diet cooker that is perfect in every way.

Find out about the warranty and its validity as well. Ensure that you follow the method of cooking mentioned in the instructional manual and follow up with regular maintenance.

Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla) is just one of the special herbs cultivated on the Greek Island of Crete. Crete is of course home to the Cretan Diet which has been scientifically proven as the healthiest diet in the world and is a close cousin of the Mediterranean diet.

Lemon Verbena is a small deciduous perennial shrub renowned for its citrus lemony fragrance, and smells wonderful. When crushed, the leaves of this wonderfully fragrant plant give off a gorgeous lemon citrus aroma.

It reportedly has many health benefits including acting as an anti-depressant and digestive aid, helping with metabolism. A tea made from the leaves of this herb is very calming and mildly sedative too.

Although not native to the Greek Island of Crete, lemon verbena has become a firm favourite with the Cretans to use as a tea or tisane. It is becoming renowned as an herb for weight loss and for helping reduce cellulite.

This versatile herb is sold on the Greek Island of Crete at farmers’ markets and village shops as a diet tea. Packets of the fresh smelling dried leaves of this plant are often labelled as a “Slimming Tea” or “Tea for Weight Loss.”

Along with drinking the weight loss tea, women are using the herb as an aid to reducing cellulite. A top tip for this is to use lemon verbena as a scrub.

To make a good homemade cellulite reducing scrub, grind some of the dried leaves and mix in with ground oatmeal. Add some olive oil to form a paste. Use each day before showering to tackle stubborn cellulite.

So both internally and externally, lemon verbena can be used to enhance health and beauty!

Of all of the questions that I get about medifast and other diets, people ask about the shakes most of all. I think that it’s very appealing to think that a product that’s so convenient and decent tasting can compose a large part of your diet plan and weight loss. I’m often asked about the differences between many of the popular diet shakes on the market. So, in the following article, I will compare three popular shakes (atkins, slim fast, and medifast) in terms of taste, calories, protein, carbs, and sugar.

Atkins Diet Shakes: First up, I’m going to look at the atkins shakes. I’m going to use the standard chocolate flavor for all of these products because I want to remain consistent. I’m looking at the advantage milk chocolate product. This shake contains 160 calories, 9 grams of fat, 4 grams of carbs, 1 gram of sugar, and 15 grams of protein. In terms of taste, I find this product to be a bit chalky and to have an almost artificial sweet taste. This product does have an impressive amount of protein, but it’s relatively high in calories and fat.

Slim Fast Weight Loss Shakes: When I went to do research for this article, I found that the slim fast shakes had recently been recalled. Still, the nutritional information was still available. I will be looking at the original slim fast milk chocolate shake. This shake checks in with a whopping 220 calories, but has only 3 grams of fat. It has a disturbing 30 grams of carbs and 34 grams of sugars. In its defense, it does have 10 grams of protein. Still, the fat, calories, and the high amount of carbs and sugars will probably run counter to this. And to make matters worse, the taste of this product is by far the chalkiest of all three shakes.

Medifast Weight Loss Shakes: Now, I’ll look at the medifast 55 dutch chocolate shake. This one has the least amount of calories – at only 90. There is only 1 gram of fat, 13 grams of carbohydrates, 8 sugars, and 11 grams of protein. This one has the lowest amount of calories and fat by far. And, I find that taste to be the best of the three. I do have to add some extra liquid to this product because I don’t like shakes that are too thick, but with that little modification made, this one is my opinion the best tasting of the bunch.

How These Shakes Fit Into A Plan Of Weight Loss Based Partly On Ketosis: Most of these shakes work under two principals. They want to save you calories on your meals and they want to save you sugars and carbs while giving you more protein. The goal here is to get your body into ketosis so that it’s able to burn fat instead of sugars and carbs. But to make this happen, you have to do your part by taking in enough protein and by taking in less calories and carbs.

I find it questionable that the slim fast shake would meet this criteria. There is simply too much sugars and calories. The atkins shake is better in this regard, but it still has significantly more calories and a whopping nine grams of fat, which I find pretty problematic. I might be biased because I regularly consume medifast shakes, but I find them to be the winner both in terms of nutrition and taste.

I struggled for years to get rid of my fat belly and double chin. This is my story…

I lost my double chin and big fat beer belly after a near 6-year struggle. In the end the solution was easier than I expected. If only some could of told me right at the beginning I could have had 6 years of looking great and not wasting so much money on fads and enjoying the food I eat.

My fat belly made an appearance at the age of 26. I looked ridiculous with my big fat belly. Where did it come from? I did eat a lot of sausage rolls that Christmas, or maybe it was just turning 26. Whatever it was that fat belly was here to stay. Loosing weight was not something I had done before but I believed the answer was easy – eat less food and exercise. I was no expert but this simple formula seemed the most straightforward way to lose weight. It just had to be.

My fat belly motivated me to stop eating and get to the gym. I hit the gym with force. I skipped lunch to cut down on eating; I was sure this would eliminate my beer belly in a shot. After a few months of trying my best at the gym and almost starving myself I had defiantly lost weight; as much as 6kg – a good effort. But looking at my belly it didn’t look any smaller; in fact it might even be bigger. I had lost weight on every part of my body except my belly.

Doing too much exercise and not eating enough caused my body to burn muscle to get extra energy. What I had been doing was counter productive, I was reducing my muscles and increasing my fat storage. This was going to be harder than I thought.

Things were about to get worse now at the age of 28 a double chin. I was still at a total loss as to how I still managed to have the fat belly I had tried so hard to get rid of. I swapped weights for cardio – pushing myself for faster times on the bike and running further and further on the treadmill. After only a few weeks eating salad for lunch and hitting the treadmill every day I looked in the mirror and saw I had burned away almost all the muscle I had put on. I was back to square one.

A flyer came though my letterbox for a local gym that advertised body re-shaping by way of a special but sensible diet. I had never heard of Educogym but the flyer did seem intriguing. My own experience of weight loss had made me angry and cynical. But since I was getting married I would make one last attempt to sort my body out and I picked Educogym.

Gina at Educogym explained to me that we would be training every day for 12 days; only 20 minuets at a time but this would be high intensity. Gina then explained to me my new diet. Gina explained to me about a chemical called insulin. Insulin regulates blood sugar in the body and effects how the body burns energy. If your insulin is kept low then your body will burn fat and not muscle. To keep my insulin low I would need to eliminate one particular thing from my diet – SUGAR.

No sugar, and nothing made from flour. Starches such as bread and pasta will absorb itself into the blood and raise my insulin. Even natural sugars from fruit need to be kept to a minimum. Fats on the other hand do not raise your insulin.

Sugar is in so many of our daily foods; it’s only when you try to avoid it you realize how often you eat it. To my surprise milk is 40% sugar. No eating white bread, or any bread for that matter. I would have to train my body to burn fat and fat only. So from now on I will be eating only protein and fat. Something in me knew this was going to work.

Breakfast was Bacon and eggs every day, no toast or anything else. No milk in my tea or coffee; but I could use cream which I found very nice. Lunch was meat – beef, lamb, or pork (no chicken), preferably meat with a nice fat content, and some green vegetables. Dinner is more of the same. Adding some walnuts for additional fatty acids was beneficial.

After a few days my body was now in a state of ‘ketosis’. That is all the energy used by my body came from fat and not carbohydrates. The fats and protein diet had killed my hunger and prevented me getting sugar cravings for chocolate and other mid morning snacks. I was burning fat and only fat; if there was no fat in my stomach to be burned then it would have to come from that large fat deposit – my fat belly.

I started to notice the difference from day two. The flab around my belly was much softer. The diet was slightly tedious but bearable; I did really miss all those wonderful sugar hits from chocolate and other foods. On day 7 my wife looked at me while I was recovering on the sofa from my hard 20-minute workout and exclaimed, “your double chin has gone!” On day 12 my measurements concluded I had lost some 3% body fat, my double chin was gone and my beer belly was about half gone.

Success finally. After all these years it was a dream come true. My belly was still there but was significantly reduced but there was some work still to do but the trend had been broken. I now knew how to beat the fat.

Fosomax and Tums

Osteoporosis, weak bones, and calcium deficiency has women supplementing their diet. Although calcium is essential for healthy bones – women should be careful to choose calcium supplements like Sugarfree Tums. Even with these sugarless tablets it is best to brush your teeth after chewing these tablets.

The Frequent Nibbler

This is the most common and most damaging style of dieting that we encounter. In an effort to control one’s appetite, the frequent nibbler has developed a very effective diet habit. Instead of having large portions of high fat foods, they will have many small crackers or even fruits throughout the day. Pregnant women who get nauseous when they eat large meals are forced to eat many small meals. On Weight Watchers, 6 Melba toast = 1 bread or 6 saltines = 1 bread. Many of our patients find it very satisfying to keep a pack of crackers or pretzels or other starchy snack in their pocketbook. This allows them to eat the crackers one at a time over a period of several hours. As far as their calorie count, they only had one 1 bread… As far as their teeth, they have given their teeth 6 separate meals. Each time they have one of these mini meals the bacteria converts the small meal into tooth-destroying acid and bone destroying toxins.

Coffee, Tea, Soda or Water with lemon

Another famous diet habit especially for men is the continuous consumption of coffee or tea with sugar. Realizing that regular soda is loaded with sugar, some of our patients drink diet soda all day! They don’t realize that diet soda is high in acid. A favorite aid for the serious dieter is hot or cold water with lemon. We have seen many of you with sever erosion of teeth. These acids are strong enough to melt away the hard enamel covering of your teeth forever. This erosion is not reversible. Once you’ve lost the enamel, it’s gone.

The Candy Man and the Candy Lady

Every 3-year-old that comes to our office will tell you – if you eat too much candy you get cavities. Unfortunately for many of our adult patients they forget that important rule. Many of our patients use sucking candies similar to the way that others use pretzels or crackers. They will keep a pack or handful in their purse or sports jacket. The candy companies are notorious for misleading you right into a ROOTCANAL. If you go into the candy shop you’ll find “Low Calorie – Anne Raskins”. Sorry! These candies are all sugar. It’s only because sugar is relatively low in calories that they can fool you. Another fooler are the “Seven Calorie Candies.” You guessed it, 100% sugar. Remember RICOLA Cough drops, Luden’s, Smith brothers and all the other “medicated” cough drops and “breath mints are all pure sugar!

It’s not only Gummy Bears that stick to your teeth

Things that stick to your teeth have more time to do damage. We have spoken to many “health-wise” mothers who send their children to school with raisins, dried fruit or “all natural” Fruit Leather. These snacks really stick. Starchy foods are also sticky in a different way. Because they are pasty, foods such as crackers, dry breakfast cereal, and other carbohydrates will stick to the biting surface and between the teeth.

We Like these ideas from the plans:

1. Stop eating by 7 PM or as early as possible in the evening. Many adults spend their entire evening “nibbling”.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, Eat lunch like a Queen, eat dinner like a Pauper.

3. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. In NYC the tap water is fluoridated. Fluoride is one of the main reasons that so many of the children we see are growing up without any cavities. In New Jersey where most of our patients drink only bottled water it is a good idea to supplement your fluoride. (Ask us.)

Some Diet Guidelines to save your teeth:

1. Control the frequency of snacking. Remember: Carbohydrates are O.K. It’s the frequency of nibbling that is doing the damage. If you must nibble… be sure to brush and floss afterwards.

2. Foods that stick to your teeth have more time to do damage. If you do eat these sticky or pasty foods such a s raisins, candies, crackers, pretzels, dry cereal, and other similar food try to clean your mouth afterwards.

3. Never go to bed without brushing and flossing (or using Rotopoints). The bacteria and the food stuck to your teeth causes much damage.

4. Don’t give your teeth a SUGAR BATH”. When you such on sucking candies you are bathing your teeth in sugar. For a candy treat, we like “People Pops” or “People Drops” because they taste good and really don’t promote tooth decay. Plus they have no Nutrasweet or Sorbitol.

5. Sugarless Gum really does work to reduce the acidity after you eat. It doesn’t have to be Trident. Any sugarless gum will effectively reduce the acidity after eating.

6. Don’t Fool yourself, read this article, get regular checkups, brush, floss and take your teeth seriously.

In Oriental Medicine, the nature and quality of food including its flavour, taste and heat/cold nature, determines its healing potential and its ability to balance or unbalance the body, through affecting the Blood, Qi and other body fluids.

There are many ‘diets, and the aim of this perspective on food and nutrition, is not to give you another ‘diet’ to follow rigidly, but rather, to give you some simple guidelines from a combined western and oriental perspective. These will give you a way to gently nurture and support your body from the inside.

The Water Element which governs the Kidney and Bladder organs in Traditional Chinese Medicine, relates to the season of winter, and it the most yin part of the seasonal cycle. It is the time for introspection, rest, putting oneself into a receptive mode and storing energy, nutrients and Chi. It is also about warming the body’s core.

The flavours that support the Water energy are the salty and bitter flavours, because they promote a sinking, centering quality.

Bitter foods include lettuce, endive, watercress, turnip, celery, asparagus, alfalfa, rye, oats, quinoa, amaranth and citrus peels.

Salty foods include, miso, soya sauce, seaweeds, millet and barley.

The Kidneys in Traditional Chinese Medicine are seen as the core of the body and are the foundation of all yin and yang qualities in the body.

The Yin energy is about nurturing, supporting, stabilizing, moistening and building the body. The Yang energy warms, energizes, and animates the body. The Kidneys also store the Jing essence, which is the Qi (vital energy) passed on from the parents. Jing determines the constitution and health of the person, and once it is used up, life ceases. Certain foods nourish Jing, and will promote the growth, renewal and development of the body and mind, resulting in more vitality, longevity, increased reproductive capacity and protection from premature ageing.

The Kidneys can manifest a deficiency of Kidney Yin and/or Kidney Yang, Deficient Kidney Qi, (which is not as deep as a Kidney Yang deficiency and Jing (essence) deficiency.

Symptoms of Kidney Yin deficiency are those which indicate a drying up of internal fluids and an increase in deficient heat symptoms. For example, dry mouth and throat, fever, dizziness, tinnitus, constipation and spontaneous sweating.

Symptoms of Kidney Yang deficiency include cold extremities, an aversion to cold, lack of sexual desire, frequent clear urination, weak knees and back and a pale complexion.

Foods that nurture Kidney Yin include millet, barley, tofu, string beans, black beans, kuzu, watermelon, berries (black, mulberries, blue) potatoe, seaweeds, spirulina, chorella, black sesame seeds, sardines, crab, clams, eggs, pork and cheese.

Foods that nurture Kidney Yang include cloves, fennel, anise, black peppercorn, ginger, cinnamon, onion family, chicken, lamb, trout, salmon, quinoa and walnuts.

Foods that build up the Kidney Chi include parsley, wheat berries and sweet rice.

Foods that nourish Jing essence include chorella, spirulina, fish, liver, kidney, bone and marrow, almonds, milk, ghee, royal jelly, bee pollen, plus vitamin A and B12.

A common imbalance in the Bladder is a condition known as Damp Heat in the Bladder, in western terms a Bladder infection. This indicates that dampness and heat have combined in the bladder, producing symptoms of burning, painful or frequent urination, sometimes fever, thirst and a sensation of urinary fullness.

Bitter, cooling and alkanizing foods help reduce dampness and heat.

Useful foods for damp heat conditions include aduki beans, lima beans, celery, carrots, winter squash, potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, lemon and cranberries.

Eating lightly (vegetable broths) and drinking plenty of fluids is the best recommendation, especially in the acute stage of the infection.

Becoming slim & fit is the agenda for every third person you meet. There are innumerable tips and weight loss diets available online. Along with the chemical diet supplements you also hear about the natural fruits & herbs that help you lose those love handles. But have you ever heard of ginger and garlic helping in weight loss? Yes, they are quite beneficial in helping you lose the extra body fat. They are surely a wise choice over the artificial diets.

Ginger and Weight Loss

· Ginger is recognized for its excellent medicinal properties for a long time. It is best to help the digestive system. Ginger contains shogoals & gingerols. These help calm the stomach acid. It further helps in toning the muscles of digestive tract.

· Ginger root is beneficial in medicinal uses. It lowers the cholesterol level which in turn helps in weight loss.

· Ginger root aids the metabolism.

· It improves the gastric mobility. This helps in reducing the bloating by the moving food and aids digestion.

· There are a number of ginger root weight loss supplements available online.

· This also makes the digestion process work properly.

Garlic and Weight Loss

· Garlic is the other miracle food that makes you fit & healthy. It contains a compound called allicin that has anti bacterial effects. It helps in reducing the unhealthy fat & cholesterol.

· Garlic helps in weight loss as it contains antioxidants. These antioxidants also help reducing the risk of cancer.

· For losing weight with garlic include it in your day to day diet.

· It increases your metabolism by removing the toxins and improving the circulation.

· It does not have any side effects.

· Garlic gives you excellent result when accompanied with a balanced diet and regular exercises.

So, it is now clear that with the use of ginger and garlic, weight loss is no longer a painful affair.

Proper nutrition before and after training helps you burn more body fat because the right nutrition will improve your workouts and your recovery. By eating a small and easy-to-digest protein and carbohydrate meal before training you perform at your best, which gives your body the signals to improve fitness, muscle tone, and burn the fat.

A protein and carbohydrates meal within 90 minutes of your training session is vital for fat loss goals.

Several studies show you burn more calories by taking in nutrients soon after a workout compared to eating those calories later in the day.

Protein and carbohydrates help you recover so that you perform better next time, and increase lean muscle tissue. These two factors alone will ramp up your metabolism dramatically. Don’t miss your post workout meal, because if you do, your muscles will continue to break down and you won’t recover as well and get the benefit of adding new fat-burning muscle tissue.

Again, you want something that is easy to digest, to allow the nutrients a speedy journey into your muscles. Meals and snacks with moderate protein, moderate carbs, and low-fat will digest best for you.

Here is the most PROFOUND SECRET to controlling your weight.

“When it comes to losing weight, the bottom line is eating less than you are burning off.”

The more activity you engage in and the higher your metabolism, the more calories you burn off.

Remember the more lean muscle you have, the more calories you burn at rest and the more potential you have to burn more calories during activity.

It is crucial to get the most out of the calories you consume each day. Your first focus is to take enough protein with every meal and snack. Many people have succeeded by taking in round 20-30% of their calories in the form of protein. If you eat 2000 calories a day, split into three meals, and two snacks this would equal 20-30 grams of protein per serving.

PROTEIN IS YOUR BEST FRIEND IN YOUR EFFORT TO LOSE FAT.

Protein is ideal for fat loss because it:

Builds and repairs lean muscle tissue

Burns the most amount of calories through digestion (studies show that protein will burn 25-30% of the calories eaten from that protein just to process it!)

Keeps you satisfied

Energizes you

You must eat enough calories to keep your metabolism up for continued and permanent fat loss.

The number of calories needed for you to lose body fat and maintain/build lean muscle depends on your metabolism. In order to lose body fat, you want to consume fewer calories than you are burning off. Do not drop your calories too low, which can hurt your metabolism and make you lose muscle (your metabolism generator). This can be common in many diets today.

A common winning strategy for many is to create a 500-calorie deficit from their maintenance caloric amount daily. This can be done by increasing activity by 500 calories, decreasing food by 500 calories, or a combination of both to equal a 500 calorie difference between what is burned off and what is taken in.

You can expect to lose one pound of body fat per week with this strategy as long as you keep your metabolism up.

If you want to lose two pounds of body fat per week, you would want to aim for a 1000-calorie deficit per day. Simply drop your food intake by 500 calories below your maintenance level and increase your activity to burn an extra 500 calories per day.

You’ll be as lean as you want to be in no time.

You will get your best results by combining both. If you eat below maintenance and increase your activity, you will burn body fat. By including resistance training, cardio-respiratory work and proper nutrition, you will ensure that you keep/build lean muscle tissue and speed up your metabolism for continued and permanent weight loss.

Its just like a bank account, simply spend more calories than you deposit and you will lose weight, it is that simple.