If you want to lose weight, we all know that eating a healthy diet should be your first priority. Diet is king when it comes to lifelong weight management, along with exercise. Healthy, effective and relatively simple changes to your diet will, I hope, give you a healthier daily menu.

1. Eating some healthy fats is important in most of your meals. To maintain proper fat burning and muscle building hormone levels in your body, it is very important to eat enough healthy fats. Keeping your appetite under control is done by eating adequate healthy fats.

The healthiest sources of dietary fats are raw nuts, seeds, egg yolks (from organic free range eggs), avocados, extra virgin olive oil (highest antioxidant content of olive oils), coconut oil (a great source of healthy saturated fats in the form of medium chain triglycerides), and grass-fed meats (a great source of the healthy fat, conjugated linoleic acid, which can help burn body fat and build muscle).

A good tip to try — eat a handful of raw nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds are healthy choices) three times per day, approximately thirty minutes before meals. Doing this will help satisfy your appetite, giving your body amounts of protein, fiber, and healty fats, while eliminating calories in your meals and giving you more nutrition simultaneously as most nuts have a high nutrient density.

2. Snacks and meals that include a high quality protein source are excellent.  Quality proteins from grass-fed meats, grass-fed raw dairy, and even from plant sources such as nuts and beans provides good appetite suppression so you can control your calorie intake easier.

Getting ample quality proteins also helps you to build lean muscle (if you’re working out hard regularly) so that your metabolism can run at a higher rate from the increased lean muscle on your body.

To keep your blood sugar and insulin levels in check, eat sufficient protein at most meals, which slows the breakdown of carbohydrates eaten.

3. Although I do not fully agree with extremely low-carb diets, I do believe that one of the main reasons that so many individuals struggle to lose weight for most of their lives is due to eating excessive processed carbohydrates such as refined grain-based starches and refined sugars on a daily basis.

The natural sugars in whole fruits and berries are ok because the fiber in fruits helps to slow the blood sugar response in your body. Sugary fruit juices, which have been processed, should be avoided.

As a nutrition specialist, my experience has taught me that body fat is lost much faster when people lower their grain consumption from products such as cereals, bagels, breads, pasta, etc. Focusing on carbohydrate intake of fruits and vegetables solely and minimizing intake of grains is what I usually recommend to people. People start managing their weight more easily with this simple step alone.

For a leaner and healthier body in a short time, try to implement these three tips for eating a smarter, healthier diet.

If you find it hard to make the healthiest food choices at the grocery store, here is a good article on choosing healthy foods.

I hope you enjoyed this article and it helps you to start eating healthier and enjoying better health!

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