4 Diet Mistakes You’re Making that Only Create More Belly Fat.


If you have been trying hard to lose weight, and you still haven’t seen any results, you probably make some of the mistakes we are writing about today. Yet, we will reveal the way you can boost your metabolism and lose weight fast and easily.

1. LATE NIGHT MEALS WILL LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN

This is one of the biggest myths, but apparently, our body does not store more fat at night than any other time of the day. It is the food you consume that makes you gain weight, not the time you consume it.
- Researchers have found that eating late at night does not lead to more weight. Namely, this study lasted for 6 months and involved people who were divided into two groups.
The first one ate their largest meal at breakfast, while the others had their largest meal after 8 pm.
It was found that participants who ate their largest meal after 8 pm lost 10 percent more body fat and lost 11 percent more weight than the ones who ate their largest meal at breakfast. The only time that late night eating is problematic is when It is extremely high in calories.

2. SMALL MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL BOOST METABOLISM

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This is completely false, as the speed of the metabolism does not depend on the number of meals during the day. Every individual should find his own meal frequency regimen.
Eating on a few hours will prevent overeating, but it will not help you lose weight faster or accelerate your metabolism.

3. EXTREME, LOW-CALORIE DIETS HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT FAST

If you consume fewer calories than your body needs in order to function properly, the resting metabolic rate (meaning your metabolism) will decrease, so it would be even more difficult to lose weight. Researchers have found that diets are lower than 1200 calories lead to the biggest decrease in your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate).

4. ALL CALORIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

This last one is actually true. Our body processes different types of food differently, as we burn 20-30 percent of all consumed ‘protein’ calories, 6 percent of all ‘carb’ calories, and 3 percent of all ‘fat’ calories in the digestion process.
You should focus on protein, as it is burned the quickest, even without exercising.
This process is known as the Thermal Effect of Food (TEF). For instance, if you ate 1000 calories of chicken and 1000 calories of ice-cream, you would gain more weight with ice-cream, since only 3 percent of the fat from the ice cream would burn in the digestion process, compared to the 20-30 percent of the protein in chicken.