Strategy to lose weight successfully

Losing weight is hard enough on its own. But if you are smart with the strategy of eating foods, there is a high chance of long-term weight loss success.

Before meals

1. Drink a full glass (or two) of water 30 minutes before mealtime. It will fill you up enough to trick your brain into picking up the “I am full” signal from your gut, meaning you will eat less and take in fewer calories.
2. Try eating an apple one hour before your biggest meal of the day. All the water, natural fiber and pectin—which slows digestion—packed into each bite will fill up your stomach enough to prevent you from overeating at mealtime. It is a simple weight loss trick that has proven to be effective.

During the meals - eating foods that make you feel full

Try to focus on consuming foods that keep you satisfied and feeling full for long periods of time.　

Carrots and Broccoli
Carrots and broccoli are high in fiber and contain upwards of 90% water, which will fill up your gut and trick your brain into thinking you are full.

Avocado
Avocados provide a good amount of fiber (just one average-sized avocado serves up about 13.5 grams of fiber). Adding just one half of an avocado to your daily lunch can help you feel full throughout the afternoon.

Raspberries
One cup of raspberries contains about eight grams of satisfying fiber and loaded with healthy antioxidants, hitting the goal of being both filling and healthy.

Almonds
Nuts, in particular almonds, are one of the most satisfying, healthy and convenient snack options out there to control appetite and curb hunger. They are rich in healthy unsaturated fat, protein and fiber. 

Oatmeal
Oatmeal is full of fiber and protein, and it will keep you full for hours. Although plain oatmeal is a bit boring, it is easy to jazz up with a half-cup of fresh berries or a tablespoon of organic almond butter or peanut butter.

Potatoes
By itself, a baked potato comes in at around 160 calories, but it also provides a wide range of healthy vitamins, minerals, fiber and energizing carbohydrates. Potatoes are guaranteed to keep you feeling fuller for longer (just stick to baking, boiling or grilling).

Fish
Fish like salmon are well known for their rich omega-3 fat content, but fish eaters as a group have been found to consume fewer calories than beef eaters. It seems those omega-3 fatty acids can help curb hunger.

Benefits of Cooking with Coconut Oil

• Coconut oil works great in the pan because it melts quickly, even quicker than butter.
• Coconut oil is high in medium-chain triglycerides and so our body can metabolize quickly and use for energy.
• Use coconut oil with other oils to balance bitter tastes. For example, coconut oil can be combined with vegetable oil to contrast with the bitter taste of sautéed kale or spinach.
• Extra virgin coconut oil will give a stronger flavor than expeller-pressed coconut oil.
• Coconut oil with a strong flavor adds a great tropical twist to dishes such as shrimp scampi.

Herbs and Weight loss

Some herbs help reduce body weight. For example, Ehedra and Safflower oil help increase our metabolic rate so that the body burns fats more efficiently, Onion helps increase calorie burn in the body, Burdock and Chickweed also help fat metabolism, Catnip removes toxins from the body so that the fatty tissue can be metabolized. Licorice root helps decrease cravings for sweet foods while Damiana delays gastric emptying.

In Dr. John Raymond Christopher's weight loss herbal formula, he combined chickweed, safflower flowers, burdock root, parsley, Norwegian kelp, licorice root, fennel seed, echinacea, black walnut hulls, papaya leaves and hawthorn berries together to treat overweight and obesity. 

In this formula, licorice root, as mentioned, is used to curb the appetite and relieve cravings. The same for fennel seed. As the body holds on to fat reserves if it is missing essential trace elements, kelp and parsley help provide the necessary nutrients. Papaya leaves can help with metabolism and absorption while the other herbs help cleanse the blood and regulate the adrenal and thyroid glands.

Differed from weight loss pills, usually herbs do not have any side effects if taken in small doses. But they can regulate our body metabolism while help rebuild our tissues and enhance tissue functions.

Herbs

Herbs are small flowering plants. They have been used for ages by humans for the treatment of diseases and for nutrition. There are hundreds of different kinds of herbs, each with its own special properties. 

Many of today's medicines such as aspirin and morphine have their origins on active elements found in herbs. Aspirin comes from willow trees while morphine from the seeds of the opium poppy. Actually, many herbs by their own can cure many diseases including cancers and cardiovascular disease. For example, Graviola contains natural compounds that have cytotoxic activity to prevent abnormal cellular division. Thus it is used for immune support and cleaning abnormal tissue growth. Hawthorn berry, on the other hand, is a tonic for all heart related issues. It nourishes the heart, increases oxygen flow to the heart muscle and improves circulation.

Some herbs, on the other hand, are renowned for their unique ability to maintain metabolism and lessen appetite. Thus they can help obese reduce body weight.

Turmeric and Inflammation

Inflammation is designed to protect our body from harmful stimuli and helps with healing process. Without inflammation, pathogens like bacteria could easily take over our bodies and kill us.

One element of our daily diet, turmeric, has shown to help with inflammation. 

The key to turmeric’s healing power is the chemical compound curcumin it contains.

Curcumin is among the most potent anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative agents in the world. This  means turmeric not only has great promise with chronic pain, but since it has less side effects, it may provide safe and lasting results.

Also due to its high anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric is highly effective at helping people manage rheumatoid arthritis and reducing redness or other skin irritations.

Turmeric is antibacterial, so it is great for blemishes, acne and skin balance. And turmeric is wonderful at improving the texture of the skin because it is an exfoliant but also rich in antioxidants.

Besides, curcumin shows a marked ability to inhibit cancer cell growth, boost antioxidant levels and the immune system, and kill cancer cells. It seems to work on improving mitochondrial function at a cellular level, and it improves metabolism. Even against drug-resistant strains of leukemia, curcumin caused cell death of cancer cells.

Turmeric also  shown to lower blood glucose levels, reverse insulin resistance and manage depression. For instance, an article published in Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications  shared  a study out of Auburn University that discovered curcumin suppresses glucose production in the liver.

Turmeric acted  as an anti-diabetic and antioxidant in diabetes, especially  type 1 diabetes, improved metabolic function and reduced the risk of plaque buildup in the arteries of type 2 diabetes patients.