Diet, Calories & Portion Control

Most people are overweight or obese due to diets providing more calories than their bodies need to maintain a healthy weight. With foods available 24/7 in many countries or while on vacation, it is easy to add a few extra pounds.

Adding a few extra pounds is not inevitable. It is due to a lack of understanding how easy it is to gain weight compared to losing weight.

While most people can lose weight on any diet, the secret is keeping the weight from coming back. Replacing a 3,000 calories high carb diet with a 3,000 calories low carb diet will not produce the miraculous weight loss some diet claim.

Too lose weight and keep it off on any diet requires controlling calories. Controlling calories requires limiting portion size.

Supersized portions usually results in supersized people.

In this video:

• Diet versus dieting. 00:41
• Diet and calories. 3:29
• Can you eat foods you love and lose weight? 9:07
• Eating more food and less calories. 14:22

Understand And Using Nutrition Facts Labels

Nutrition Facts labels are used in many countries around the world. The labels are controlled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and required on most processed foods. This video shares how to use nutrition labels and the differences between the 2006 and 2016 labels.

In this video:

• Why you should use nutrition labels. 1:59
• Differences between 2006 & 2016 labels. 4:13
• Who determines what nutrition information is included? 7:32
• Manipulating serving sizes and nutrition information. 8:32
• The consumers need to know. 12:31

Complete Protein

For decades, we have been told meat and dairy protein is complete, and vegetables protein is incomplete. That vegetarians, especially vegans, must eat a combination of foods at each meal to obtain compete protein. By complete, they mean provides all 9 essential amino acids. Our bodies do not use protein directly. Protein is needed to supple amino acids the body cannot make.

As it turns out ALL proteins are complete, but some foods provide more essential amino acids than others.

This video shares:

• What is protein?
• Why is protein important?
• Protein & amino acids.
• Complete vs. incomplete protein.
• Animal vs. plant protein.
• How much protein do you need?
• Risks of too much protein.

Protein Powders

Many Americans eat a high protein diet. A diet provide more protein than their bodies need. The past few years has seen explosion of highly processed protein products; bars, shakes, and powders.

Some protein powders have been found to contain high levels of toxins had increase health risks when consumed on a daily bases.

This video shares some of the risks and benefits of adding protein powders to your diet.

Bone Broth Facts & Myths

Americans are spending millions of dollars on bone broth.

Bone broth is supposed to be high in collagen the protein used to make gelatin. Collagen is claimed to have miraculous health benefits.

This video looks at some of the facts & myths behind bone broth and how one prepared broth appears to have less collagen than homemade chicken soup.

 

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