Yes! It is entirely possible to follow a diet to lose weight than you can satisfy your hunger, get all the nutrients your body needs and still control the amount of calories. What is the secret? The energy density. Keep reading for you to find out what it is.
It seems unbelievable, but true. There is a way to diet without starving, while reducing the calories you eat and lose weight. How? By carefully choosing the foods you eat according to their energy density.
I explain … Every food has a lot of calories in a specific volume, and that is called energy density. For example, a “kiss” of chocolate has a high number of calories concentrated in a small volume and therefore is considered to have a high energy density.
However, cucumber has a lot of calories much lower in volume much larger, and therefore has a lower energy density than the “kiss” of chocolate. After all, the eat a whole cucumber you can fill more than a “kiss” of chocolate and do not gain weight as it has so many calories.
But do not panic, this diet is not only eat cucumber. It can actually be quite varied diet, if you know good food choices and plan your combinations, so that every meal will satisfy your hunger while not exceeding calorie.
What foods should you choose? First, look at what NOT to be: fat. The grease immediately increases the energy density of any food is a food for so very small (low volume), contains many calories. Accordingly, candy and chips are the first to be out of your shopping list.
And second, note that SI must have: water and fiber. The two make the food are bigger (more volume) but lower in calories. Especially the fiber, it takes much longer to digest and therefore helps to calm your hunger for longer. (more…)
