The summer season is in full swing. And although summer clothes, the body is still winter. Most of us go to great lengths to look … perfect for the upcoming holidays. And perhaps it would have been achievable if not for the flood of information from everywhere. Colorful magazines offer exotic diets and social networks outdo each other in publishing more exercises. So what to do to not go crazy from the information overload and achieve success? Let’s check the truths and myths about effective weight loss.
- Easily digestible diet
With: You can’t fool the body with lettuce and raw carrots alone. Let all those who thought so give up hope. You can’t get a perfect body by eating only vitamins.
Fact: The diet should be nutritionally diverse. In addition to vegetables, it should contain proteins and easily digestible carbohydrates.
- Miracle diet in 3 weeks
With: If someone thinks that you can lose 10 kg in such a short period of time, they are probably right. You can, but only if we finish our body. From a medical point of view, this is a serious threat to life.
Fact: Fast weight loss at the beginning of the diet is not related to the reduction of fats that we want to get rid of, but the nutritional value and mineral salts. During this period, the body mainly loses water.
- Do not exercise during the diet
With: Anyone who has noticed a few kilos more should, in addition to diet, use appropriate exercises, even half an hour of aerobics. You can’t count on eating lightly while lying on the couch, you can’t lose weight, what’s more, you get stunning results. So “to lose weight you also need to exercise”, we tell all disappointed lazy people.
Fact: Diets with exercises constructed in this way are usually used by athletes who need to maintain the achieved effects. These are usually the guidelines of nutritionists who are responsible for physical development.
- Dried dates and pits will help satisfy your appetite
With: Nothing could be more wrong. It is enough to reach for the table with the calorie converter to immediately notice that these small, innocent snacks contain lots of fat, simple sugars and carbohydrates. Even a small handful of sunflower seeds replaces the caloric content of one meal.
Fact: Small amounts every few days will help speed up the metabolic work of the body. This will ensure proper digestion.
- Fasting alternative to a flat belly
With: Starvation is a signal to the body that it should stop digesting everything it has received and start producing the replacement of these ingredients with fat, which will ensure the body’s proper functioning.
Fact: One-day fasts, or rather cleansing the body, are useful when we want to prepare the body for a diet or a change in eating style. However, it should be remembered that then our body must have more water than usual.