| Some Home Truths | | | | nuts and fruit during the day to keep you going. |
| Myth 1 - All White Foods Are BAD! | | | | Drink plenty of water or fluids. Some people have |
| Some are. Refined foods are best left on the | | | | difficulty drinking just water. Drink cooled herbal tea or |
| supermarket shelf. Make small changes to your | | | | diluted fruit juice but make sure you stay well hydrated |
| groceries and switching refined bread for whole grain | | | | as this helps digestion also. Remember, the better your |
| bread, or better yet, make your own. Try wholewheat | | | | digestion, the closer you are to get a flat stomach. |
| pasta and rice. It takes a little bit longer to cook but its | | | | Myth 3 - I Need To Eat Less To Lose Weight |
| much tastier and easier to digest. People who have | | | | Eating less or too little can put your body into |
| switched to less refined foods tend to suffer less | | | | starvation mode. It will slow your metabolic rate right |
| bloating and actually lose weight. | | | | down to preserve the energy and food that it has. |
| Remember that the quickest way to get a flat | | | | Eating small amounts, more often, will demonstrate to |
| stomach is to reduce bloating. So often that stomach | | | | your body that there is enough food and its ok to |
| that seems to elusive is just hidden from us due to | | | | digest it. |
| poor diet. | | | | Eating small amounts of food more regularly also helps |
| The closer we stay to the earth the better. Try and | | | | reduce bloating and will help you sustain your energy |
| eat organic foods if possible. They are a bit more | | | | levels. Less bloating means you can get a flat |
| costly but worth it. If you only switch three foods, | | | | stomach, still eat and really enjoy food and you do not |
| switch to organic carrots, organic strawberries and | | | | have to do countless sit ups and spend money on |
| organic dairy products. | | | | expensive home exercise equipment and supplements. |
| Safe white foods include cauliflower, celery, parsnip, | | | | A really simple tip is to start each meal with a small |
| celeriac, onion, garlic, sushi nori, tofu, feta cheese (in | | | | slice of wholegrain bread with extra virgin olive oil. Just |
| small quantities) and egg whites. Eggs are fine in small | | | | a little bit, mind. This will help take the edge off your |
| quantities but if you have high cholesterol, try and avoid | | | | hunger, reduce bloating, improve digestion and increase |
| the yolks. | | | | your intake of Omega3, 6 & 9 which is good for brain |
| Myth 2 - I Have A Slow Metabolism | | | | function. It will also help you get a flat stomach as you |
| Well speed it up then! I am not being dismissive as | | | | are more inclined to eat less. |
| everyone is different but diet and exercise is the | | | | Before you start on any sort of weight loss or fitness |
| quickest way to get things going again. | | | | programme, please consult your doctor if you have not |
| Eat foods that are high in energy, take longer to digest | | | | exercised in a while. |
| and are as natural and unprocessed as possible. Eat | | | | |