When you're cutting calories, do you know how to make sure you're getting all the nutrients you need?
I'm Susan Bowerman, Registered Dietician, and today we're going to talk about how to build a healthy, low-calorie diet.
If losing weight were simply a matter of eating fewer calories than you burn every day, you could lose weight eating nothing but ice cream as long as you kept your calorie intake down. But that's no way to take weight off obviously; you'd be missing out on plenty of vital nutrients.
And while cutting calories is certainly key when it comes to weight loss you have to do it wisely. Smart weight loss is a lot like smart shopping with the calories you have to spend, you want to get the best nutritional value you can. And that means that when you have nutrient needs to fill and fewer calories to work with every bite needs to be nutrition packed.
A well designed weight loss plan emphasizes nutrient-dense foods like vegetables and fruits, lean proteins, ...
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