DIET AND OBESITY – DIET-STATE OF MIND
I believe that dieting is a state of mind. Unless a person develops the right attitudes about dieting and weight loss, her efforts are doomed to failure.
Crash diets are of little use. Many people do lose weight at the start, but within weeks or months are right back where they started.
A good reducing diet should contain around 3200 kJ to 5000 kJ a day. The diet should be balanced and have an adequate intake of vitamins and the essential food factors. It should be low in carbohydrate, high in bulk and moderate in fat and protein.
Carbohydrate is easily digested, rapidly absorbed and rapidly cleared from the blood into the tissues. You may feel full immediately after a meal of carbohydrate, but will feel hungry again soon after.
Carbohydrate is easily converted to fat in the body. Fat on the other hand, while it is high in kilojoules, is more slowly absorbed and cleared from the blood. It is therefore more satisfying than carbohydrate and you may not feel hungry for hours after a high fat meal. Protein is difficult for the body to convert to fat and burns up energy in doing so.
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