It turns out in order to lose weight you need to... eat more. This convinced scientists from the British University of Leeds. Satiety - is the key to weight loss, and hunger prevent us lose weight. What kind of food and how much to eat to boast of a slim figure?
Experts say thatget rid of the extra kilosneed to eat more low-calorie nutritious food. The use of a large number of products that contain fewer calories per gram, in particular, pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables, contributes to the fact that the person for a long time does not feel hunger for day.
Scientific studies have shown that people who eat a low-calorie food in sufficient quantityquickly lose weight, than those who focus on counting calories.
Women who are 14 weeks stuck to a low-calorie diet, while eating big enough portions, so as not to feel hunger lost an average of about 6 kg that was more than 6% of their weight body. At the same time they feel satiety, and they did not have "failures", irritability and the desire to stop the diet.
The second group of subjects has restricted their diet to 1,400 calories a day. Weight loss after 14 weeks on average was 3.3 kg (about 4% of body weight). In this case, the woman admitted that they constantly feel hunger, mood swings and a desire to interrupt the diet.
Scientists explain the best result in the first group of subjects that even though they ate big portions and feel satiety is actually received fewer calories.
"You can eat 250 grams of carrots and get 100 calories, or 20 grams of chocolate and the same number of calories. But eating a larger amount of carrots, you will not feel hunger, - says study leader Dr. Nicholas Buckland. - Many people give up dieting because of the feelings of hunger between meals. Our research shows that eating low-calorie foods can help solve this problem. "
And be sure to ask, that actually prevent us lose weight.