We all understand that eating a well-balanced diet is essential for good health. But when we need to lose weight, we might choose to ignore all that we know about the importance of eating well-balanced meals. Sometimes, the allure of losing weight quickly and easily makes us think we should try out the latest and greatest fad diets. And although many of these fad diets may deliver the quick, short-term weight loss results we desire, they fail to provide us with the proper nutrition we need for our long-term health.
Another problem with losing weight on fad diets is that even though you may achieve results quickly, they are usually temporary. This is because fad diets don’t teach people how to return to eating a well-balanced diet after losing weight.
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Instead, after reaching their weight loss goals, people will often go back to their old habits of overeating or eating the wrong types of foods; and they suddenly find themselves right back where they started. Then they’ll start on another fad diet to lose the weight again. This type of dieting, which is called “yo-yo dieting,” weakens metabolism and can make it more difficult to lose weight permanently.
An article on the FitWatch blog, “Why Eating a Balanced Diet is Important for Weight Loss,” explains some of the benefits of eating a well-balanced diet:
- A balanced diet can help prevent excessive cravings for sweets and other unhealthy foods which can pack on the pounds.
- Once you start eating a balanced diet regularly, it makes losing weight even easier – and helps you keep the weight off. This is because you don’t have to restrict yourself to only certain types of food in order to lose weight.
- A balanced diet gives you the nutrients you need to enjoy good health in the long run. We need a diet with a good balance of protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals to sustain a healthy body.
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