We are not obese or overweight only for genetic causes, on the contrary: according to what is currently known, the genetic cause affects only one in four seriously obese, covering about 25 percent of cases. This does not mean that this obese out of four will remain fat for life, but that he starts at a disadvantage in the fight against extra pounds and tends to put on more weight than the others. The remaining 75 percent of obese or overweight people, as well as all people who complain of a few extra pounds within the limits of a normal weight (the plus size) could instead act directly on the reasons that prevent them from being thin forever. . This is what Ari Whitten , personal trainer and nutritionist
says , a real metabolism guru, who with his “Forever fat loss” helps to understand what are the reasons for our overweight and how we can control to lose weight permanently. I recommend this book, which unfortunately is only in English, because compared to many books it does not provide a real weight loss diet but a series of food advice (yes food, no food, but without too much rigidity) and a series of advice to change the our lifestyle
Incredibly, it is the latter that are much more useful than the former, and in some ways innovative. From techniques to improve the quality of sleep by controlling the blue rays of electronic devices that we keep on in the evening (pc, television) to techniques to increase our thermogenesis without sporting activities (increasing NEAT, i.e. spontaneous thermogenetic activities not of a sporting type) , this book is a veritable treasure trove of weight loss tips. I extrapolate some that could be useful to increase our metabolism and lose weight without a diet, but with some extra dietary attention and as I said some better habits. That’s how.
LOSE FOREVER: ARI WHITTEN’S DIET TIPS
1) No to low-calorie diets and diets that exclude some macronutrients : Ari explains at length how in both cases people do not lose weight permanently and the metabolic problems that result from wrong and restrictive diets.
2) Limit gluten if it gives us problems: let’s try to limit gluten by alternating rice and potatoes with cereals with gluten.
3) Eat natural food:we must not impose limits on quantities, but quality limits to lose weight. No to packaged foods of all kinds, diet for weight loss must be natural and mainly vegetable: yes to fruit, vegetables, whole grains, potatoes and rice, legumes, meat, fish, eggs, cheeses. No to processed and industrial products of all kinds, to white sugar (yes to honey or maple syrup but always in moderation) and to refined flour products. Of course this should be our norm, but we can certainly indulge ourselves once in a while.
4) Treat cereals and legumes by soaking them, making them sprout or fermenting them:According to Ari, we will eliminate the antinutrients of cereals and legumes and enhance their nutrients. Brown rice as well as other cereals and all legumes must be soaked (obligatorily, for 8-12 hours) and sprouted or fermented if we have time (for the latter, just add a tablespoon of vinegar to the water in which we soak them). Sprouting can be obtained by draining cereals and legumes well after 12 hours of soaking, rinsing them and placing them in a stainless steel colander, with a bowl underneath to drain excess liquids. It turns out with a cloth and leaves everything in the dark.
5) Avoid soy products and vegetable oils (soy, peanut, rapeseed, sunflower) as well as an excess of oilseeds, peanuts and tree nuts:apart from coconut oil, macadamia oil and olive oil, Ari does not recommend oils of vegetable origin, guilty of causing us an excess of omega6 fatty acids which damage our metabolism. Same thing for soy products.
6) Eat whenever you are hungry.
7) Eat at least one gram of protein per body weight per day. For Ari, this warning is necessary if we want to increase our metabolism.