Vegetables – Extremely Important for Fat Loss

Veggies are perfect for those who want to lose fat. If there’s any one type of food that's the most helpful to fat loss, it’s vegetables. Here’s why:

1. They are very low in calories. You’d have to eat 5 bags of spinach, or 3 heads of broccoli, to equal the calories of just 1 cup of pasta or 1 tiny tablespoon of butter. So, you absolutely do not have to go hungry on tiny portions when you load up on veggies. In fact, it’s almost impossible to eat too many.

2. Here’s the next point about veggies. They are high in fiber. This is both good for your digestion and good for weight loss as that fiber expands in the stomach, making you feel full and satisfied. A bowl of spinach has 8 grams of fiber, about 1/3 of your daily requirement. Broccoli, green peas, and other green leafy vegetables are also good sources of fiber.

3. The third reason fibrous carbs are perfect for fat loss is because they have almost NO adverse affects on blood sugar levels. While it’s still a good idea to balance veggies out with a protein source, even eaten alone they’re okay because they don’t cause an increase in insulin.

4. And finally, they’re loaded with vitamins and minerals and other very beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants and phytonutrients, that will help you look and feel better, fight off disease, and improve your overall health.

So if fibrous carbs are so great, so perfect for fat loss, why shouldn’t we eat them at every meal? That’s a very good question. And it will be discussed in another post after this one.

The key point to remember is that starting at meal 3, or around lunch-time, make the majority of your carbs vegetables or fibrous carbs.