What so big deal about overweight or obesity?
Obesity can damage the immune system in the long run, thus increasing the risk of developing
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Alzheimer’s disease
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Cancer
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Diabetes
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Heart disease
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Osteoarthritis
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Stroke
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Allergy and more…
Let us brief some weight loss methods and choose the one that does not burden our body and will not easily regain weight once we stop it.
The following slimming methods are popular, are they safe?
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Fruits Diet：Consuming only fruits, it will promote malnutrition and weakens the immune system. And some fruits contain a high level of sugar and calories that are not good for diabetes and obese people as well.
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Diet Drugs：Many drugs suppress appetite, but it does not promote a change of behaviour. Not just diet drugs, even Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and natural ingredients can cause unwanted side effects.
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Vegetarian Diet：Many of the vegetarian processed food is fried, flavoured and seasoned for taste; it is bad for health given those chemicals, additives and preservatives added into it.
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High Protein Diet / Carnivore Diet / Ketogenic Diet / Low Carb Diet：Meats are high in saturated fat, eating high amount for a prolonged period raises the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke, gout and several types of cancer. When our body does not have sufficient carbohydrates, the body uses fat from foods and body fat for fuel in a metabolic process known as ketosis, which is associated with impaired mental function, nausea, fatigue, hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure), and bad breath. Animal-based foods also provide an abundance of acid that the body neutralizes by drawing calcium from the bones and over time, it coulds weaken the bones.
What is the safe and sustainable slimming method?
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Reduce Calories Intake
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We should know the importance of controlling calories intake and by doing that we can prolong our lifespan by about 30%! Healthy weight loss happens slowly and steadily, aims to lose 0.5-1kg/week.
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For example, a 33-year-old office lady with a sedentary lifestyle needs to cut down 500-1,000 calories intake per day to achieve the slimming target, or exercise to burn off the same amount of calories.
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Consume a variety of plant foods
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We should consume more grain fiber, plant-based protein, a variety of veggies to achieve our slimming target! Please refer to "The best food for diet" to understand how it works.
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What is the best food for diet?
Soy
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Slimming: High in plant protein to build and maintain muscle in order to burn more calories. The active polypeptide in soy helps to speed up the fat decomposition process and to boost metabolism in order to achieve weight loss.
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Health: Osteoporosis prevention, minimize menopausal symptoms, lower cholesterol and triglycerides, cancer prevention.
Psyllium Husk
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Slimming: High fibre can reduce the fat and cholesterol level, increase satiety to curb appetite and control weight.
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Health: Detoxification, constipation prevention, heart & stomach protection, control blood sugar, cancer prevention
Fruits and vegetables
Slimming: Low-calorie diet.
Health: Daily balanced diet (high in phytochemicals, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fibers).
What if I only exercise instead of controlling calories intake?
We should exercise to improve our overall body function, but looking from the weight loss’s perspective, if we just exercise without controlling calories intake, it is ineffective. For example, by swimming non-stop for one hour, calories burned are equal to about 200ml of milkshake or 140g of fries only! The impact of diet is too significant to ignore but of course, it is the best to combine two together.
