Best food to eat for weight loss

The best food to eat for weight loss is really simple… just eat real food

Why eating real food is so important:
The goal is to eat food as close to its most natural state as possible. Food that is processed including fast or packaged  food has conditioned our taste buds and brain to seek overly salty sweet foods that result in having more food thoughts and more hunger.

Eating real food is naturally appetite suppressing. The downside to eating real food is that it involves planning: shopping for the food, cooking and finding interesting ways to prepare the food so that it is tasty and not overly time consuming. It can also be more expensive.

The problem with not eating real food is that it can lead to a food addiction and of course to health and weight problems. Foods containing sugar including aspartame  and flour can be as powerful as any addictive drug or substance.  An addiction is different than a “bad habit” because it includes uncontrollable cravings that come from a change in the brain chemistry that affect the powerful pleasure reward circuitry of the brain. This can produce a chemical imbalance and create a viscous cycle for which the only way out is to practice abstinence which gives the brain a chance to heal.

Using the Nirvana mind training techniques can help to develop a negative association with your trigger foods. If you fall into this category there is a special eating plan found in the of the Nirvana eBook I created that is designed to neutralize cravings, and abstinence/binge behavioral cycles. The goal is to automate the act of eating, allowing the mind/body to establish a routine of consistency so the addiction can be managed. Addictions are chronic conditions that are fundamentally diseases of the brain.

The ability to return to eating these foods in moderation afterwards is individualized. Some people many be able to allow themselves one evening a week to moderately enjoy some foods you consider to be worth it without it being a trigger while some may have to practice complete abstinence.. The goal is to isolate the trigger foods and develop a negative association with them much like a non-smoking does with an ex-smoking habit.
What is real food?
Food that is real does not come from a factory, a box or a package, but comes from the ground or is found in nature. Real foods have a built in mechanism that allows you to reign in your food intake naturally. Protein and unsaturated fat that comes from oil, avocado, nuts stimulate natural appetite suppressing hormones. Fruits and vegetables provide a tremendous amount of fiber and volume of food per calorie that makes you feel full. Real foods naturally have a glycemic index that balances insulin levels. Real foods do not create eating disorders, addictions, obesity and are the best preventive medicine to ward off 21st century diseases. The food pyramid and the messages on packaged foods are misleading, and confusing.

No one is binging on carrots. It is fake foods, genetically modified food, sugar, starch, salted food, and processed grains that are killing us. So what’s the best diet for weight loss, it’s eating real food. The diet then becomes your preferred way of eating… that is you just enjoy and prefer to eat this way. From that place you will lose weight and keep it off. I think you and your health ares worth it. In fact, one of the best ways to heal a food issue is what I call culinary therapy. Want some ideas check out my daughter Hunter’s blog.