As we know, the winning combination to lose weight is to (re) put yourself to sport and adopt a balanced diet. And if we know well the sworn enemies of our line - haro on sugar! - It is often more difficult to identify the foods that help us slim down.
Lucile Woodward, sports and wellness coach has agreed to enlighten us on the subject. And it starts well since according to her: "There is not really food to lose weight, it is an impossible shortcut." Gosh !
Vegetable proteins and vegetables to stop cravings
However, the coach has some suggestions: "Some foods can make you feel full longer and limit sweet impulses or impulses to fat and salt. "
To avoid sweet cravings at night (we all know the jar of delicacies in which it draws briskly at the time of the film ...), Lucile Woodward advises to prepare a dinner rich in vegetable protein and minerals. She explains that sweet impulses are often synonymous with deficiency of tryptophan (an essential amino acid) and magnesium.
The ideal meal for dinner is a plate of quinoa and crushed hazelnuts with steamed vegetables .
Finally, we are allowed a square of dark chocolate at 70% (minimum). "This is a great meal, revitalizing and remineralizing, the feeling of hunger is diminished," says Lucile Woodward.
Fibers, the slimming ally number 1 to cook with all the sauces
If there does not seem to be a real miracle food to lose weight, some categories would help us anyway. This is explained by Karen Ansel, American nutritionist, in her book Healing Superfoods for anti-aging: stay younger live longer (" The supers-foods anti-aging drugs: stay young, live longer ").
She advocates a diet rich in fiber. According to her, we would eat only half of the recommended fiber intake, or 25 grams for women. It's not enough. Because the fibers maintain the growth of good bacteria in our intestinal flora, and govern the balance of our hunger.
Related to "sponges" in our stomach, they keep it full and avoid the feeling of hunger. Moreover, since they are indigestible, our bodies do not store them.
We therefore favor wheat cereals, legumes, nuts and seeds, but also vegetables such as cabbage, green beans, spinach ... We have fun with fruit: apple, raspberries, strawberries, bananas, etc.
Bet on magnesium-rich waters
Side drink, if you know that alcoholic drinks and sodas should be avoided, and that you need to drink a lot of water (1.5 liters per day, MINIMUM), Lucile Woodward goes further and advises drinking water rich in magnesium during meals. The latter facilitate the elimination of toxins and help to prevent pump stroke.
According to her, it is also the morning that we commit the most food errors, which leads us to be hungry all day.
To avoid this unpleasant sensation, she advises to remove the sugar in the morning and favor a breakfast type: bread sandwich organic (to avoid pesticides), butter and mashed cashews, without jam. Add fresh seasonal fruit and unsweetened hot drink and you're done.
