To lose weight and be fitter, you don't need to force yourself to eat more often if you don't feel the need
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousTo lose weight and be fitter, you don't need to force yourself to eat more often if you don't feel the need. Just be careful what we ingest
Is it better to eat only for lunch and dinner or is it good to indulge in 'hunger-breaker' snacks throughout the day? This is the question many people ask themselves when starting the diet or when they simply want to eat healthier and more consciously.
Having a snack every now and then serves to quell the peckishness that comes to us during the day, so as not to get too hungry for lunch or dinner. But it can also depend on the environment we are in or on what we are doing. For example, if we are at home and we are bored, we will be more likely to nibble on something even if we are not really hungry. Likewise, if we have 'tempting' foods available (such as chocolate, chips or cookies) we are more likely to have a snack even if we don't feel the need.
If we're going to lose weight and stay fitter, is it wise to have a snack every now and then or is it better to resist the temptation to grab something before lunchtime? In fact, it depends entirely on us: even if it is common opinion that eating often (but less) increases the functionality of our metabolism, in reality there are no scientific studies to confirm this theory. Indeed, some studies have shown that the frequency of our meals has no effect on the number of calories burned by the body.
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What can really make a difference in our weight loss is the quality of our snacks we take. In fact, having a mid-morning or mid-afternoon hunger-break snack doesn't necessarily mean eating processed snacks or cookies. We can also opt for snacks based on fruit (even dried fruit) or vegetables (even a simple raw carrot or fennel can quell the appetite) - rich in nutrients and at the same time low in calories, or indulge in an herbal tea or a thirst quencher. fruit milkshake.
Particular attention should then be paid to the time of consumption of meals: between 10.00 and 14.00, in fact, the metabolism reaches its peak and the digestive function is at maximum efficiency - this is the best time interval to eat lunch. which should be lighter than breakfast and dinner. The latter, on the other hand, should be consumed about five hours after lunch, leaving a good time interval in fasting before going to sleep, to allow our body to assimilate nutrients and digest.
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