3 MYTHS WE PAY FOR WITH OUR HEALTH

In our efforts to loose "weight" we assume certain heresay and unfiltered read ups to be true and do our own health mighty damage...read on

MYTH A
AAhaa I need to loose weight & I know what to do. Just eat healthy. I'll give up sweets, eat salads everyday. I'm sorted.
This kind of routine may initially help you shed a little fat. But to continue the run, you need to eat blow you daily required caloric intake calculated as per your BMR and activity levels. You also need to keep changing the ratio of energy givers (fat, protein, carbs) in your diet to reduce diet predictability as perceived by your body. Only a health professional can truly help you with accelerated fat loss with minimal muscle loss while keeping your BMR up all the way.

MYTH B
Bingo!! I should just stop eating non-veg. That will do it!
It is true that non-veg foods have a high caloric content. But it is the way in which it is prepared (largely oily, fried, high fat cooking bases like cream & cashew pastes), the organ meats(heart, kidney) & red meats (lamb, beef, etc) that loads the body with damaging fat. Lean meats like chicken (essentially the white variety) which is stripped of skin and fat portions, fatty fish (king fish, sear fish, salmon, etc) & eggs are great foods to inculcate into a fat burning diet. The reason being that your body uses fat preferentially over protein for its energy needs. Besides protein is needed to repair & build every single tissue and muscle in body which for your information is also a consequence of regular exercise! Breakdown of muscles, tissue damage are daily affairs of the body & complete protein (got from animal foods and only certain veg combinations) is quintessential in their repair.

MYTH C
Catch me if you can.....can't stop the treadmill anyway. Eat as much as you want, just exercise it all off.
You can't. 1/2 kg of body fat is equal to 4500 kcals. On an average people using the treadmill lose about 150kcals walking at medium speed for an hour!! Theres more...just 100ml of an areated drink gives you 100cals, a fried 50gms product will give you anywhere between 200-550kcals!! An indian sweet of 50gms could give you 250-300kcals. So much for burning all that you eat off.