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Exactly what to eat if you want to lose weight

Want delicious, nutrient-dense, wholesome foods that also help you lose weight? Here's what to have on hand to satisfy your hunger and burn maximum calories

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Excerpted from The Digest Diet, Reader's Digest

Vitamin C

Have you heard that C is a fat-loss aid? Without optimal levels of certain micronutrients, like C, your efforts to stay lean and avoid belly fat are undermined.

Top food sources

Vegetables: Asparagus; bell peppers; broccoli; broccoli rabe; Brussels sprouts; cabbage; cauliflower; collard, mustard and turnip greens; escarole; garlic; kale; kohlrabi; onions; peas; spinach; squash; sugar snap peas; sweet potatoes

Fruits: Cantaloupe; grapefruit; kiwi; lemons; limes; mango; oranges; papaya; pineapple; raspberries; strawberries; tomatoes

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2 Comments

Any diet program devised by Man is flawed and dangerous and should not be followed. There is nothing wrong with natural sugars, natural carbs, natural proteins, etc. Everything must be eaten in moderation. AND we all must exercise. We are animals of this earth despite our own superiority delusions and a sedentary life is a bad one. Eat wisely, sleep well and get those muscles moving.

Submitted by Absurdity on Thu, 2012-11-29 4:26pm.

You need to stay away from all sugars period if you want to lose weight. Even natural sugars in fruit will make you fat. Sugar is sugar plain and simple. That also includes, peas beets carrots and corn. Potatoes are full of starch and that is all potatoes.
Try checking out the Ideal Protein way and watch your fat melt away before your own eyes quickly.

Submitted by Maddy on Wed, 2012-10-17 12:09pm.