Shed the Unwanted Pounds with These 3 Superfoods

By Bruno Ellerbe


It is important to be aware of what superfoods are if you want to achieve healthy weight loss. Typically plant foods, superfoods are loaded with plant nutrients referred to as phytonutrients. Additional nutrients run the list from vitamins, minerals, special fibers called prebiotics, and even more. With all the great things these plants foods contain, is it any wonder they're called super? And if that's not enough, studies have found that many of these superfoods can help in the prevention and treatment of many diseases because of specific properties they have. The list of benefits you'll get from superfoods is long and in addition to those benefits, you can use superfoods for weight loss.

There are a variety of nuts and you should be extra cautious as to what to believe about nuts when you read about them. Many people cite the fact that nuts are high in fats. This means that you should avoid them if you're looking to lose weight. There are nuts that contain unhealthy fats, but this doesn't mean all nuts have these fats in them. As a matter of fact, the healthy nut varieties have healthy fats in them as well as fiber and other nutrients. When you add nuts to your weight loss diet, make sure you do so in sensible amounts. A sensible amount is approximately an ounce of nuts daily. Nuts will fill you up and are a healthy snack.

Did you know that if your diet is poor and you don't exercise on a regular basis, your body will start storing excess weight in your large intestines? Don't think that's significant? Did you know that when Elvis Presley's body was autopsied, they found more than 45 pounds of accumulated waste in his large intestines? That brings us to kiwi fruit because this fruit is loaded with great fiber. Kiwi also has lots of other nutrients that the body needs. Prebiotic factors are also present in kiwi in high concentrations. Prebiotics are the substances you cannot digest, but the beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract does eat them. Incorporating kiwi to your diet will promote regular bowel movement and keep excess waste from accumulating in your intestines.

If you want a powerful superfood that also helps you lose weight, and then eat more berries. You'll find that some berries are more nutrient dense than others, but overall they're wonderful -- both in nutrition and taste. Berries are rich in antioxidants and other phytonutrients and will provide a level of prebiotic factors for probiotic growth. You can also give in to your sweet cravings by eating berries. It's because berries have natural sugars, which make them so much better and healthier for you than cookies, pastries, candies, and other sweets. In addition, the phenols (antioxidant compounds) in berries kill not just free radicals but the unhealthy bacteria in our digestive system. Berries are an effective weight loss aid because they help with digestion and waste elimination.

In reality, many people have been consuming superfoods for most of their lives and they just didn't know about the nutrients in the foods. However, it's a lot different if you aim to eat these foods for weight loss purposes. What you want to do is specifically choose those superfoods that can help with weight loss and then make them a regular part of your diet. That's a more intelligent approach than buying something in a bottle that is temporary and may have side effects.




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