The Number 1 Nutrient You Need For Fat Loss

There are two classes of nutrients right now. You have your macronutrients and your phytonutrients. Macro nutrients are made up of protein, carbohydrates, and fats. Phytonutrients are the various anti cancer fighting compounds found in fruits and vegetables.

There are so many of these that scientists haven't even been able to discover them all. They probably know more about the surface of the moon than about phytonutrients. Anyhow, out of all these nutrients, the main one that is always misplaced or misused is protein.

When someone embarks on a fat loss journey, they usually go on a strict diet. I have seen many crazy diets out there and I have been on many to get cut for the upcoming summer. However, one of the main things that I see with a lot of these diets is they do not have enough protein. Here is why.

Protein is very thermogenic. It is actually 30% more thermogenic than carbs or fats. What this basically means is the body has a harder time breaking down protein than carbs or fats, so in turn you burn more calories just because you consumed protein. Also, protein has muscle sparing effects. When you go on a sever diet and protein intake is low, your body will start breaking down muscle tissue to use those amino acids. With an increase in protein intake, this phenomenon will not happen because your body now has an ample supply.

This is just 2 reasons why you need more protein in your diet in order to safely lose fat. If you do not adhere to this rule, you will undoubtedly lose muscle tissue, thus putting your physique at risk.

These are just 2 guidelines you need to follow to lose fat at a maximum rate. There are many more where this came from.

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Strip Out This Nutrient For Maximum Fat Loss

Are you constantly frustrated by all of those ads you see on television or on the internet promising fast weight loss by just taking this pill, working out 3 minutes a day, or those goofy ab machines on the infomercials late at night? Many of my clients have been right where you are, and its okay.

But I am going to tell you that you do need to put in effort to lose weight because it doesn't come that easy, especially with your diet. When it comes to diet, many people fall off the boat because they are confused about all the different types of diets out there. If you dissect them all, a lot of them have a lot in common.

The one thing I have found that works best for clients is to strip out carbohydrates from their diet and replace them with healthy fats, protein, and green vegetables. Reason being because when we take carbs out of the picture, the body is forced to rely on fat stores to fuel homeostasis. This is what we want to happen exactly. When we ingest carbs, that is what the body is going to use as fuel, especially if our calories are not low enough.

Also, if you have a high amount of body fat to lose, then that's all the more reason to drop the carbs. When you have a lot of body fat hanging off of you, you tend to be very insulin resistant. This is why people have diabetes because they are insulin resistant. It almost acts like a viscous circle.

So, in order to start really dropping the fat once and for all, you need to cut the carbs. If not, your only hurting yourself.

There are more little tricks like this that you can implement to speed up the fat burning process, but start with this one for now and see what happens.

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