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FOOD CHOICES FOR WEIGHT LOSS
FOOD CHOICES FOR WEIGHT LOSSTRANSCRIPTMake healthy food choices to help lose weight. The best choices are foods low incalories but high in nutrients, giving your body all it needs to stay healthy. Eat lesscalories overall in your daily life. Talk to your healthcare provider about how manycalories you should aim for.A good place to start when trying to make healthy food choices is to eat more wholefoods including fruits and vegetables. Most people don’t eat as many of these as theyshould. One easy way to do this is to make half of your plate fruits and vegetables.At the same time eat more lean protein foods, such as fish, chicken, turkey, low fatdairy products, and beans.Choose more whole grain products. These unrefined foods give your body needednutrients and fiber.Eat less sugar, white flour, soda and sweets, because these processed or refined foodstend to be high in calories and low in nutrients.Choosing foods with less fat can help you lose weight. Foods high in fat are also highin calories. In fact, they have over twice the calories than foods without fat.Limit fried foods, baked goods, fatty meats, butter, and other foods with fats that staysolid at room temperature. Instead, choose healthier fats like olive oil and canola oil,and foods like nuts and fish.Making healthy food choices will help you to lessen the amount of calories you eat,which will help you to lose weight and feel better overall.20% gradient meshhealthclipshealthclipshealthclipshealthclips4% gradient meshThis program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, orsuitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.hc_gn_10206_98_en_t00002.pdf healthclips© Milner-Fenwick, Inc.5% gradient mesh
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