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Increase your dietary fiber and you’ll experience
numerous health benefits, one of which is sustainable
weight loss. Seek out foods that are high in fiber. The
nutritional quality of a food, however, is more than just
how much fiber it contains. This is especially true when
it comes to commercial food products. A whole-plant
food is the gold standard. Whole-plant foods are wholly
derived from plants, and as close to the way they came
off the vine or tree or out of the ground as possible. Shop
in the produce section and you’ll lose weight.
Packaged foods are a different story. Some
packaged products offer high nutrition, have very little
processing, and use only a few ingredients. These are
the ones you should eat. Other packaged products have
numerous ingredients or are processed with additives
that make them less healthy. Try to avoid products
containing white or “enriched” flour, fats, sugars or
artificial sweeteners.
The worst foods are highly processed and include
ingredients that are extremely unhealthy. These
should be avoided completely. Look for trans-fat and
monosodium glutamate (MSG), and foods that have
high-fructose corn syrup or sugar as the first or second
ingredient on the list. (By Federal law, an ingredient list
must show the highest volumes at the top of the list.
The closer an ingredient appears to the top of the list,
the more of it is in the food.)
Look for short ingredient lists on packaged foods.
For grain products, you should see the words “whole
grain.” These are very good.
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