7 Helpful Weight Loss Lessons From “How Not To Diet”
We all want to trifecta: to feel great, to look great, to not have to worry about feeling or looking great. What if I said that it is not as difficult as you may think? In Dr. Michael Greger’s How Not To Diet, he has spent countless hours pouring over studies and conducting his own to prove what works and what doesn’t. These are the eight lessons I learned from How Not To Diet.
Eat More Fiber
When you eat fiber not only are you filling your body, but your body is not able to digest it before it dispels it through the anus. It is not able to be absorbed by the body by definition. But by eating a high-fiber diet, people are more likely to eat fewer calories. Part of the reason is that high-fiber diets require more chewing than low-fiber foods. The added benefit is that it helps to prevent acid reflex disease and gallstone disease.
The first short cut that may come to mind is to get some of the fiber powders to mix into water. But the studies in How Not To Diet found that these powders may help with bowl movements, but are not so great at having the same affect that whole-foods with fiber have.
Eat More Whole & Plant-Based Foods
On average, people who eat a healthy whole and plant-based diet weigh twenty to thirty pounds…