Today more than ever the subject of “fat burning” calls attention to a growing number of people, and products or miracle diets are everywhere on TV, internet, in magazines or in bookstores and nutrition industry moves the millions today but the biggest contributor to reducing body fat is any substance or miracle product, but in a proper diet that involves the conversion of food intake and nutrient to be used for good body function or help get the results we want to train aiming athletic conditioning, muscle definition and muscle volume.
These processes involving nutrients that can be used for energy purposes, for reconstruction and tissue repair, construction and maintenance of the skeletal system and to regulate body physiology, but entry must correct the misconception that weight loss is definitely not is equal to losing fat.
* Those most eager, in their ignorance to believe that the faster you lose weight better looking diets in which there is a reduction of 3, 4 to 5 kg per week and instead of being happy when they reach a loss like this, should actually be very sad because most of this loss will indeed been fluid and lean mass.
* To achieve the reduction of fat mass is necessary to the existence of negative energy balance is the condition in which energy expenditure exceeds energy consumption, here’s the body’s energy stocks are consumed to sustain metabolic processes, it that carries the weight loss versus energy deficit.
Energy expenditure is influenced by three components: basal metabolic rate, energy expenditure with exercise, and energy spent with the thermic effect of food;
* The basal metabolic rate depends on age, sex, amount of body mass, heart rate and plasma insulin levels are influenced primarily by lean mass.
* The energy expended by physical activity depends on the intensity and duration, corresponding to the higher rate on human energy expenditure.
* The thermic effect of food is mainly due to the processes of digestion, absorption and assimilation of nutrients, accounting for an active person, less than 10% of daily energy expenditure.
Studies indicate that without the nutritional control, the individual tends to have an increased intake of calories in a compensatory, so reducing the potential impact of adiposity imposed by physical activity is detectable only with the nutritional intervention, so it is so common see overweight people walking all day long in the parks and not lose a gram, this is because when there is no nutritional control tends to be more a compensatory caloric intake.
But the reality is that diet is much more efficient in producing energy deficit that exercise, but in isolation calorie diets can cause loss of lean mass, so the exercise in association with diets, facilitates adherence to dietary control and ensures greater success in maintaining lean body mass and fat mass reduction.
Following are some strategies to promote healthy eating in body fat reduction.
Do not underestimate the energy expenditure
* A common mistake is to eat a lot less calories spent, leaving a considerable energy deficit, this practice will certainly result in loss of lean mass.
* It is wise not to have a calorie deficit greater than 500 to 750 kcal per day, resulting in a maximum reduction of body fat around 0.8 – 1.2 kg per week.
Do not enter homeostasis
* Another error, still closely watched in diets for losing body fat, is maintaining a low calorie diet over a long period, this erroneous practice takes our body to a reduction in energy costs decrease mainly due to thermogenesis kind of mechanism to protect the life that food deprivation quickly perish.
* Many physiological processes operate in the reduction of metabolic activity, such as decreased activity of the sympathetic nervous system, peripheral changes in metabolism tireoidiano, reduction in insulin secretion, changes in the secretion of glucagon and growth hormone ( HGH).
* However, many athletes and individuals who want to burn fat several years has been benefiting from a strategy somewhat tasty, these people eat all they want one day of the week, including sweets, cakes and ice cream, the famous “Day Trash “, when strategically adds 1,000 to 2,000 calories from any source of food carboidratos where villains definitely not be abandoned completely, but to not have an obsessive practice should take precautions.
* Remember that most of this weight gain that day is probably composed of water is connected to the increase in stocks of carbohydrates in the body, also if the power of the day was rich in sodium, water stocks also increase and returning to the diet the next day the water retention will be eliminated quickly.
* Another issue to be discussed is the fact that in a hypocaloric diet, gastric some adaptation occurs, or the appetite is greatly reduced, which makes a very excessive food intake.
Find keep it simple diet
* From experience, Meratol any program that requires a lot of work with complicated recipes tend to fail.
* It is best to seek change on natural ingredients and preparation methods, but always maintaining a base with a variety of food is not very large.
* Never forget as Jusa feed every 2.5 to 3 hours because the food is excellent fraccionamento one of the main measures to keep your metabolism always active.
Maintaining a good balance of all nutrients
* It is interesting to keep an intake is around 30% of calories from protein around 15% to 20% from lipids and the remaining about 50% to 55% from carbohydrates but this varies according to the biological individuality of each.
Keep high protein intake at every meal
* For years, high protein intake was condemned by many nutritionists except for people with kidney damage or a predisposition for such, then the slightly higher intake of protein will not cause such overload.
* A diet rich in protein in the muscle definition phase is essential to prevent muscle catabolism, remembering that the more muscle mass, body composition have more important the process of losing body fat.
Administer the correct amount and type of carbohydrate
* Keep in mind that there are different types of carbohydrates, the main source of calories in the body, they can be simple or complex, the more complex slower they “burn” calories and be more efficient and sustained energy release, noting that in contrast to the simple carboidratos release energy quickly.
* The complex carboidratos found in cereals, root vegetables, pasta and breads in the food being used in the training above, you should also always consider the glycemic index of these foods because this index reflects the impact that a particular type of carbohydrate exerts on blood glucose.
* Except in the post-workout feeding should be preferred whenever low-glycemic carbohydrates such as sweet potato, yam or oatmeal
Eating the right amount of fat
* Fats are not entirely harmful, they play important physiological functions such as transport of certain vitamins, cell structure, etc..
* A diet which aims muscle definition is interesting to keep a lipid contribution only around 1 / 3 of saturated fat and the other 2 / 3 should come from monounsaturated fats (extra virgin olive oil, nuts, avocados, nuts , etc.) and polyunsaturated fats (fish deep, cold water or ground flaxseed).
Do not underestimate the vitamins and minerals
* Many times we see a huge concern for some individuals with the intake of macronutrients, but forget the micronutrients in addition to being essential for the proper functioning of the body, it is worth mentioning that a deficiency of any of them tends to reduce metabolic efficiency to use fat for energy.
* Examples include B complex vitamins and calcium are essential in the process of lipolysis, ideally get all the micronutrients through a balanced diet and supplementation are generally complete in interesting products such as multivitamins.
Eating before and after training
* You should eat about 90 minutes before training should contain adequate amounts of complex carbohydrates and protein, low in fiber, fructose and fat.
* Immediately after training, it is interesting to make a meal as soon as possible to aid in the recovery process and prevent catabolism, the use of supplements in this case is very interesting because in addition to facilitating the transport of nutrients prevents what is called anorexia observed in post-exertional intense workouts difficult food processing
* In this period we recommend using a smoothie with protein quickly absorbed (Whey Protein) and a mixture of carbohydrates with high glycemic index (dextrose and maltodextrin) can also enrich the solution with BCAA’s, glutamine and HMB depending on individual availability.
* After a period of 60 minutes, it is interesting to make a meal with a good amount of high biological value protein, complex carbohydrates and fat restriction on the maximum, at which time blood levels of the anabolic hormone insulin are elevated, promotes optimal absorption of ingested nutrients, this is very interesting proteins and carbohydrates but be extremely careful with fat intake.
* However when performed aerobic activity alone, it is interesting to wait 30 minutes after the end of it to feed, it happens that in this period, the agency is still predominantly using body fat as an energy source.
Include functional foods in the diet
* Currently doing research on functional foods or those with health beneficial elements in addition to the basic nutrients of a healthy diet, among them we can mention the red wine, green tea, natural sauce of tomato, garlic, oil , onion, natural spices (basil, rosemary, oregano), linhaza and whole grains.
* Several studies show that a diet containing soy intake (protein isolate) and fish, has better results in terms of fat burning and this seems appropriate due to the presence of omega 3 in the case of fish, and in the case of soybeans is seen to be an excellent source of amino acids arginine and glycine, which are precursors of the hormone glucagon in addition to being thermogenic aids in the oxidation of fatty acids promote hepatic glycogenolysis.