Advice on losing weight

Make sure that you drink enough fluids. Sometimes at some stage in a hectic work day, you feel you need food when in truth you may need a refreshing glass of water or cranberry juice. The feelings of hunger and thirst are somewhat similar, but one of them ends in weight increase and the other one leads to no damage.

Some lower carbohydrate diet pointers:
* Make low carbohydrate bread crumbs for breadcrumb coated foods. Although you can possibly buy low carbohydrate bread crumbs, you can make them yourself by simply using low carbohydrate bread. All you have to do is toast the reduced carb bread in your oven on a baking tray. Once it is hard, grind it up in your food mill. To store, keep in a tupperware container.

* Don't skip meals Most reduced carb recipes are, errmm.., low in carbs. Your body must have energy, and carbs are a fast acting energy source. A reduced carbohydrate diet needs more care in managing your energy intake, as any energy given by protein and fat is much slower acting.

The brassica family, Wonderfoods that help with Dieting
(eg. Kohlrabi, Cauliflower, Mustard greens and Chinese cabbage)
Altthough not always popular with children, these vegetables are jam-packed with vitamins (eg.folate), minerals (eg. selenium), fibre, chlorophyll, antioxidents, and indole-3-carbinol.

Amongst many great health giving properties, a few of these nutrients are believed by doctors to help reduce the cancer risk.