Advice on losing weight

Make sure that you drink enough fluids. Your body requires water , it is crucial for our body's health and has no fat. It is also good in that it fills the drinker's belly and decreases feelings of emptiness. The recommended portions physicians claim that we should aim to drink as much as six cups of water every 24 hours.

Some lower carb diet guidlines:
* Dietary fiber is essential Lowering the carbohydrates in your meals often leads to reduction in fiber also. Look for low carbohydrate recipes that are rich in fiber balance the equation.

* Use low carbohydrate chocolate bars for cookies and muffins. If you have taken the time to convert your best loved chocolate cookie or chocolate muffins recipe using soy flour, you really shouldn't mix in those high carb standard chocolate. Chop up a low carbohydrate choccie bar into little pieces and use that instead.

Lycopene foods
(includes melon, red peppers and tomato puree)

The chemical lypcopene is a natural coloring compound and one of the phytochemical group known as 'carotenids'. It is the agent responsible for the vivid red hue of a good number of fruits and vegetables.

Intrestingly, unlike many nutrients, lycopene not only survives being cooked, but is essentially strengthened by cooking.

. Its most important benefit is that it works as an antioxidant and is believed to be of use in the fight to lower the risks of cancer.

This useful phytochemical is the most powerful fighter of singlet oxygen, which is associated with skin aging. It is also believed to prevent the progression of atherosclerosis.