Nutritionist Cynthia Sass has identified in this article as many as 7 eating habits that run the risk of making us gain weight “accidentally” and which should be avoided if we want to lose weight or at least stay fit: some of these habits I find in most of the readers of my blogs that they write to me to tell me that they have weight problems or can’t lose weight, and, alas, others are the usual “good habits” that the diet industry has imposed on us and literally instilled and that we defend despite the evidence. Let’s see what Cynthia Sass thinks:
7 EATING HABITS THAT ARE MAKING YOU FAT
1) Drinking too much:not the glass, even the usual one, of wine, but the alcoholic aperitif or even the occasional spirits. It seems strange, but the aperitif or the drink that we reserve from Thursday evening to Sunday do the real damage, because they reduce the metabolism of fats and sugars (so the more we drink the more we have the effects of a low metabolism) and above all they do not travel alone. . If we can make enough of the glass of wine, almost ritual, of the meal, who is it that does not yield to the second round when drinking with friends?

2) Eat diet or light foods:the temptation to cut calories by choosing light is strong, but you have to resist. One, because the light has no reason to be from a nutritional point of view: why eliminate the fats of ricotta, which can be useful for digesting it? Why eliminate the fat in butter, which helps metabolism and the absorption of some vitamins? Everything to eat more? But more of what, if the food that we then find on the plate is impoverished?
3) Gorge on natural foods:I also eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, but I assure you that there is no need to eat more portions per meal. You should have iron digestion to avoid problems with a surplus of fruit and vegetables, and assuming you have it, here’s the best way to spoil it. Same thing for the integral. It’s okay to convert to a low-GI diet, but moving to a diet rich in whole foods and legumes overnight can lead to weight problems rather than solving them. We must also moderate ourselves in foods that we believe to be healthy and still leave us a window of foods with a high glycemic index that are more easily digestible. For example, it is not a crime to eat toast for breakfast or a banana, and some potatoes as a side dish for our protein dish. It might be less good to eat only green leafy vegetables instead.

4) Skip meals. Skipping meals is stressful, stress slows down your metabolism, so skipping meals slows your metabolism and pushes you to overeat at subsequent meals. Definitely to be avoided.
5) Counting calories : Counting calories causes people to focus more on them than on the quality of a food. Furthermore, according to a study, counting calories is a considerable stress, because we constantly monitor what we eat. Definitely to be avoided, especially since, if you rely on nutritional tables, these are wrong nine times out of ten.
6) Cut the fats:this is often the consequence of those who focus on calories, because they cut fat. The reasoning of many is this: if I cut fats, which are caloric, I will be able to cut even 3-400 calories while maintaining the same portions of food. Right? Wrong! Fats are used for digestion, metabolism and to absorb some nutrients, such as fat-soluble vitamins. The consequence? Once again, the slow metabolism.
7) I deserve the sweet: what’s the point of staying on a strict diet if we then go astray, give in to nervous hunger (rightly so), alternate fasting with binges? This latter attitude, going from crash diets to days of rocking cookie packs is the worst thing for our metabolism but also our mental health.

Science says it : we will tend to be unhappy by believing two things: the first, that if I eat less than I consume, I lose weight. It is not always true and above all it can be true if we are dieting for the first time in our life, and for the first few months. Then the metabolism adjusts and nothing will ever be the same again. We will tend to gain weight as soon as we return to normal eating, and when we try to cut calories again to lose weight again, we will have more and more difficulty losing weight. I know obese people who eat eight hundred calories, eat a protein-only or ketogenic diet: and remain obese. Why doesn’t theory coincide with practice? Because the human body is involved.