Could lunch be our secret to weight loss? Apparently yes, at least to listen to this articlein which lunch would be the key meal in order to lose weight: in fact, most people, either because they are away from home or are in a hurry or have lunch alone (students, employees, stay-at-home mothers engaged in various activities), consume whatever a lunch in order to block the sense of hunger. Often a sandwich, a salad at the bar full of everything and complete with a basket of bread or panfocaccia to accompany it, a flatbread, some even sushi. Even the canteen is not exactly ideal, while the idea of ​​eating only fruit for lunch or a nice packet of rice cakes or two or three packets of crackers is dietary wrong. All of these options are not only poorly satiating, but they even make us fat! We arrive for dinner with a hunger that eats us alive.
Our ideal lunch to lose weight does not have to be based on refined carbohydrates (sandwiches, biscuits, piadina, pizza, crackers) because they raise the blood sugar and after a few hours make us hungry again: nor for the same reason we can eat zero carbohydrates, otherwise in the afternoon we will have an unhealthy craving for sugars . The ideal lunch is what you cook for yourself at home, but even if you eat out, the important thing is that it is balanced.
That is a portion of carbohydrates, a minor portion of proteins, one portion of fats and lots of vegetables. Most of the dish must be composed of vegetables , or two thirds.
If it must be a sandwich, whether it is wholemeal bread stuffed with grilled vegetables and a slice of salmon, or a slice of cheese or turkey, plus an orange or grapefruit juice without sugar: if we are in the canteen, ONLY ONE spoonful of wholemeal pasta (you have to say stop now) or two of legumes, and a plate full of vegetables, seasoned as little as possible, plus a low-fat yogurt or a piece of cheese; no to sushi and absolute no to pizza, better a fish carpaccio or a tartare or sashimi with side salad and fruit to finish. In short, the real diet lunch is balanced, and will allow us not to use dinner as a pretext to eat everything .