{"id":9,"date":"2006-02-17T05:21:27","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T05:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2006-02-17T05:22:43","modified_gmt":"2006-02-17T05:22:43","slug":"healthy-dieting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/healthy-dieting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Dieting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective dieting is all about changing long term eating habits rather than cutting down excessively on food in intermittent bursts.<\/p>\n<p>As well as eating a healthy and balanced diet that is low in fat and refined sugar, there are a number of other things that you can do to help you shift those extra pounds and ensure that they stay gone for good.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some top tips to help you do just that:<\/p>\n<p>1.\tAvoid going shopping when you are hungry.<\/p>\n<p>2.\tWhen you go shopping write a list in advance and stick to it so that you do not buy calorific treats.<\/p>\n<p>3.\tAlways eat breakfast containing complex carbohydrates to help fight mid morning sugar lows<\/p>\n<p>4.\tWhen you feel peckish drink a glass of water instead of reaching for a snack; you may find that it stops you feeling hungry.<\/p>\n<p>5.\tAvoid going shopping when you are hungry<\/p>\n<p>6.\tWatch fat content in prepared foods. Try not to eat food with more than 4% fat.<\/p>\n<p>7. Take some form of exercise every day. It is very easy to fit this into your daily routine by looking for opportunities to walk rather than drive.<\/p>\n<p>8. For the best results, exercise early in the morning (ideally before lunch). Aim to exercise for twenty to thirty minutes at least three times a week.<\/p>\n<p>9.\tAsk friends to give chocolates a miss on your birthday or at Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>10. Alcohol is full of calories. You can try and limit your alcohol intake by interspersing alcoholic drinks with soft ones on nights out.<\/p>\n<p>11.\tWeigh yourself no more than once a week in the morning before eating or drinking.<\/p>\n<p>12.\tAvoid going shopping when you are hungry<\/p>\n<p>13.\tTake a Vitamin B complex as B vitamins are used for efficient fat metabolism.<\/p>\n<p>14. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t set yourself unrealistic targets, they will only make you feel depressed. Stick to the weight height guidelines set out by the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>15. Watch out for food claiming to be fat free or virtually fat free. Although they might not contain much fat they are often loaded with sugar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/diets\/index.htm\"> Free Healthy Balance Diet Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective dieting is all about changing long term eating habits rather than cutting down excessively on food in intermittent bursts. As well as eating a healthy and balanced diet that is low in fat and refined sugar, there are a number of other things that you can do to help you shift those extra pounds<a class=\"more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/healthy-dieting-tips\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitamins-minerals-supplements.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}