至尊英语阅读资料之健康与卫生专题第39集.pdfVIP

health articles 39 [951]A Liquid Diet to Lose Weight One of the easiest ways of getting tons of nutrition while helping your chances of losing weight is through a liquid diet. Now Im not talking about packaged protein shakes or low calorie drinks but rather whole food smoothies and juices that pack tons of fruits and vegetables into a single glass. The recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables is 5-10 servings yet less than 20% of North Americans meet that requirement. The reasons are many but a very simple way to remedy this issue is to get a number of those servings by way of a single smoothie or juice. This way not only will you get an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants but you also lessen the burden on your digestive system. Im sure you can understand that anything liquid takes far less time to digest than a solid food. It just makes sense since the ingredients have already been predigested by the blending or juicing process. This applies to weight loss in the following manner. When you eat foods, they are digested, broken down, and absorbed into the blood to go to their final destination. Much of the time, though, the meals many people eat are so heavy that it takes them hours to digest. As a result, the body is required to divert huge amounts of energy to the digestion process. Fatigue and lethargy are usually the first signs that this is taking place. Im sure youve experienced this after a big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Since most people have underactive digestive systems many of these solid meals dont get properly digested. They place heavy demands on the stomach and digestive organs and ultimately dont nourish the body as it needs to be. If foods come into your body and are not properly broken down they are more easily stored as fat (since they cant be utilized) and have a tendency to clog up the intestinal tract, impeding proper elimination. More foods being stored as fat (especially if theyre cooked f