Thursday 22 October 2015

BEFORE YOU SAY I DO - Five Healthy Foods That Fight Belly Fat And Inflammation


For most brides if not all, looking fabulous and beautiful on her wedding day is a big deal. She takes her look seriously, because she is going to be the center of attraction all through the ceremony. Therefore, looking delightful, dashing and beautiful must be highly considered. One way to achieve this is by eating and living healthy.

Eating healthy food has enormous benefit; it helps us to look radiant and healthy, helps to repair or replace damage cells in the body, its prevent cardiovascular diseases, obesity and most importantly prevent inflammation and belly fat. For every bride planning for her wedding, there are healthy foods with anti inflammatory properties to add into your dietary plan if you want to be in-shape and dazzle your guest. These foods not only do they help you to stay healthy, it also prevent inflammation and belly fat.


Consider this; as a bride you have labored to find a perfect wedding dress for your wedding only for you to later discover that you can’t fit in to your wedding dress. Due to the fact that you have consumed food that causes inflammation. What an awkward situation that will be, but don’t worry I have painstakingly researched for healthy foods with anti inflammatory properties you need to add into your meal plan to help reduce or prevent belly fat before you say I do.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
As a bride who want to look smart and trendy on her wedding day; adding fruits and vegetables to your meal is a necessity. This is not just to prevent belly fat but to have a healthy life style in general. During meal the American dietary guideline recommended that you make one-half of your plate to be fruits and vegetables. Some benefit of fruits and vegetables;
1. Supplying of dietary fiber.
2. Lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and obesity.
3. Source of phytochemicals which serve as anti oxidants.
4. Source of phytoestrogens.
5. An anti inflammatory agent.
Fruits and vegetables makes you feel filled because they are high in water content which then signal the body that you have eaten enough and you have no room for more food.

FIBERS 
Foods rich in dietary fiber are beans, pea, Root vegetables and tubers, whole grain.
As a bride it is advisable to add fibers to your meal. They provide so much health benefit such as helping to maintain a healthy weight so to keep you in-shape before your wedding day. Fiber helps in lowering diabetes and heart diseases, lowers total blood cholesterol levels. Fiber supplement have been shown to enhance weight loss management, likely because it increases the feeling fullness which make you stop eating. 

WATER
A universal solvent; more than 60% of our body is made of water. Studied have shown that it has enormous benefit to body, some of which is helping in weight loss, increase body metabolism. It is recommended to drink at least 8 ounces of glass of water per day for the body to work at its optimum capacity. So for those brides, who want lose some weight in time before their wedding day, drinking up to 2 liters of water every day can increase your total energy expenditure by up to 96 calories per day – it helps your body burn out calories that might be store in some part of your body like the stomach area (belly fat).

BEVERAGES
Beverages like coffee and green tea are examples of food that increase body metabolism; metabolism is an important activity that occurs in our body. It provides the body with adequate energy to synthesis and process new material which allow the body to grow and function. As bride to be it is advisable to include this food into your daily diet, because this mild beverage is great for helping shrink your waistline as well as decreasing inflammation and belly fat. Green tea has phytochemicals call EGCG that promote weight loss, it promotes the internal heat of the body and fat oxidation. Other foods that increase metabolism are salmon fish, chili pepper and vinegar

SPICES 
Research has shown that spices are a good source of anti inflammatory agent and they help reduce belly fat. Examples of such spices are garlic, turmeric, ginger, chili pepper, so I encourage you to start adding these spices into your meal as soon as possible.

There are many other foods with anti inflammatory properties, but I only mention a few, you can research further and discover more for yourself. However, we will be happy to hear from you.

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