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Losing weight is not easy and reaching our weight loss goals can seem like an impossible dream. This is why we need to use every trick and method at our disposal to help us beat the pounds. There are many things we can do, besides eating low fat to help us lose weight. The following are just a few of the many weight loss tips and tricks that we can use to help boost our weight loss and improve our chances of reaching our weight loss goals.

Beautiful With Blueberries – Scientists in the U.S. carried out a recent study into blueberries’ health benefits. Researchers found that if rats were given meals enriched with blueberries, they lost fat from their stomachs. Rats share much genetic similarity to humans and scientists from the University of Michigan hope they have implications for human health. In the tests, researchers used freeze-dried blueberries crushed into a powder. The rats’ food contained just two per cent of the preparation. The effect is thought to be due to the high level of phytochemicals – naturally occurring antioxidants – that blueberries contain. Lead researcher Mitchell Seymour, of the university’s Cardioprotection Research Laboratory, said: ‘Blueberry intake affected genes related to fat-burning and storage.

Drink Coffee – Coffee reduces your appetite, increases your metabolism, and gives you a shot of antioxidants. A study published in the journal, ‘Physiology & Behavior’, found that the average metabolic rate of people who drink caffeinated coffee is 16 percent higher than that of those who drink decaf.

Careful To Get Your Calcium – A recent study revealed that women who consumed diets poor in calcium had more body fat and bigger waistlines than those who consumed moderate or large amounts of calcium. A second study showed that the more people reduced their consumption of dairy products over the six-year period examined, the more weight and body fat they gained and the bigger their waistlines grew. Ensure that your diet includes a daily amount of low fat dairy, such as yoghurt or semi-skimmed milk or lower fat cheeses.

Don’t Forget Your Fish Oil! – In a recent study, dieters who ate salmon felt fuller 2 hours later than those who either didn’t eat seafood or had cod, a fish with little fat. The researchers found that eating foods high in omega-3s, increased blood levels of leptin, a hormone that promotes satiety. If you don’t like fish, you can take fish oil capsules for the same effect.

Pine Nut Oil – A 2006 study revealed that pine nut oil supplementation to the diets of 18 women resulted in a “29% reduction in the desire to eat” and a 36% drop in food intake scores. ( nearly 40% reduction on food intake!). The study also revealed that appetite suppressing hormones increased, particularly CCK, which increased 60% and remained as long as four hours after eating! This would mean that the appetite suppressing effects of pine nut oil would be in effect for four hours after taking them.

These are just a few of the many weight loss tips and tricks that you can use to help boost your weight loss and improve your chances of reaching your weight loss goals.

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Eating the right things is not just about avoiding high fat foods. Many foods have specific properties which will help you lose weight faster than other low calorie foods, due to properties such as increased appetite control, increased fat burning or even increased metabolism. The following are my best weight loss tips for the best foods to include in your diet to accelerate fat loss.

Nuts For Nuts – Most people believe that eating nuts will make you fat, but research shows otherwise. According to a review study published in the Journal of Nutrition (138:1741S-1745S, 2008), nuts are associated with a lower body mass index. In addition, when subjects add nuts to their diet, it did NOT cause weight gain. The researchers believe that nuts help fill you up (thanks to the fiber) and it’s possible that not all of the calories from nuts are absorbed into your body. And finally, some research even found that it was easier for people to stick to a diet when nuts were in their meal plan. Recent research has also shown that subjects lost more fat mass and had a greater reduction in their systolic blood pressure when they substituted almonds for complex carbohydrates in their diet.

Eggs for Breakfast – Recent research showed that women who ate two eggs instead of a bagel of the same number of calories, for breakfast, lost 65 percent more weight at the end of 8 weeks than the women who ate a bagel for breakfast. Previous research showed that those who ate eggs for breakfast felt fuller for longer than those who had a bagel and cheese meaning that they ate less during the rest of the day. Researcher Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar, an obesity expert, said:”The resulting decrease in energy consumption lasted for at least 24 hours after the egg breakfast.”

The Magic of Mushrooms – In one study, volunteers who had mushrooms rather than meat, in four otherwise identical meals a week shed almost 13lbs (6kg) over five weeks, with one losing 1.5 stone (9.5kg). In another study, reported by ‘The Telegraph’, Margaret Hill, a 25-year-old mother-of-two from Dagenham in Essex, went from 13st 6lbs to 11st 1lb. “I was amazed by my weight loss – it’s the most I have ever managed to lose. I never thought I’d get my body back after I had my kids so I am over the moon. I look and feel fantastic,”. Mushrooms are a low energy-dense protein source. Their chewy texture and bulky nature and protein content mean that they fill you up, whilst providing very few calories, unlike meat, which has a much higher energy density. They are also cheaper to buy than meat.

Eat More Yogurt – A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee, United States of America, suggests that eating yoghurt (curd) helps you lose fat. Researchers found that obese adults, who ate three servings of fat-free yoghurt a day as part of a reduced calorie diet, lost 22 per cent more weight and 61 per cent more body fat than those who simply cut calories. Yoghurt eaters also lost 81 per cent more fat in the stomach area than non-yoghurt eaters. “Not only did yoghurt help the study participants lose more weight — the average weight loss was 14 pounds (6.8 kilos) — they were about twice as effective at maintaining lean muscle mass,” said lead researcher Michael Zemel. Yoghurt is a source of protein with a high calcium content. Yoghurt as a food may also be beneficial in more ways than one. According to dietician Seema Talreja, yoghurt is recommended in diets because it has a lactic acid bacteria which cleanses the intestines, thus helping in detoxification. Try putting yogurt in soups; on tops of chillis, curries, kebabs, with roasts and casseroles etc. It may seem strange at first but in some regions of the mediterranean; they eat yogurt with nearly everything. Clever them! I add yogurt to most of my meat based meals now and I find it really helps to balance the taste of the meal.

Drink Milk Instead of Fruit Juice – If you fancy grabbing a drink on the run, try and pick up a milk shake instead of a fruit juice. In a recent study, australian scientists found overweight people who downed about 2 1/2 cups of skim milk in the morning consumed 8.5 percent fewer calories at an all-you-can-eat lunch spread than people who drank the same amount of fruit juice. This is because milk is a drink which contains protein, fruit juices don’t contain any protein.

Be Beautiful With Beans – Scientists found that people who consumed beans were 23 percent less likely to have large waists than those who said they never ate them. Legumes are a super weight loss foods as they are very low energy dense protein foods, contributing filling protein, without the fat calories of many meat foods, such as lamb, bacon and mince. They are rich in belly-filling fiber without being high in calories, thus filling you up for very few calories.

Eat More Apples! – Penn State researchers discovered that people who ate a large apple 15 minutes before lunch took in 187 fewer calories during lunch than those who didn’t snack beforehand. (The apples had around 128 calories.) So thats a saving of 59 calories per meal. Add that up over three meals a day and 5 days a week and thats a saving of 180 calories a day. What’s more, they reported feeling fuller afterward, too. The fruit is loaded with belly-filling fiber, but there’s another reason apples help you feel full: They require lots of chewing, which can make you think you’re eating more than you really are, says study author Julie Obbagy, Ph.D. I personally find that finishing a meal with an apple stops me from going back for more (and more) and is the perfect substitute for high calorie snacks, such as chocolate, crisps and biscuits. They give you a sweetness fix, fill you up and bust cravings for comparatively very few calories.

These are my best weight loss tips for the best foods to include in your diet to really accelerate your weight loss and maybe for the first time make it possible to actually reach those weight loss goals.

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