Most experts agree that getting a handle on your calorie intake and portion sizes is important for weight loss and long term health. But this might surprise you: When it comes to calories, less doesn’t necessarily mean better.
One of the biggest mistakes so called health experts have made through the years is telling us that all calories are created equal. But all calories are NOT created equal! Plenty of “empty calorie” foods like rice cakes, “veggie chips”, graham crackers and popcorn are touted as healthy low calorie foods that promise to get your weight in check. But the truth is, these foods do anything but.
That’s because these low calorie health masqueraders:
- Lack the fullness factor – filling you up just long enough that you have time to walk back to the kitchen to eat more
- Spike blood sugar – encouraging insulin resistance and the storage of fat, and fueling the viscous hunger cycle
- Contain little to NO nutrients – merely empty calories, often supplemented with synthetic vitamins
At Healing Gourmet you won’t find any puffed, extruded, man-made low calorie snacks. We don’t believe in starvation, deprivation or promoting the industrial food nation!
What we do believe is that optimum health and weight loss demand getting the most nutritional bang out of every bite. In our Low Calorie Recipes section you will find recipes that are light in calories (350 calories or less per serving), but heavy on nutrition.
When you submit a recipe that is 350 calories or less, your creation will appear in Low Calorie Recipes, and you’ll be helping others enjoy a flavor-packed, calorie-controlled diet.
To learn more about exactly how many calories you should be eating every day to achieve your health goals – why not try Delicious Solutions? You can personalize a plan to suit your unique needs including weight goals, taste preferences, health needs, allergies and much, much more. To learn more about creating your personalized low calorie plan, go here.