Josh Bezoni discusses two secret but essential tips to losing weight. Double your fat loss results—today.

1. Double Fat
Loss Today

2. When we are first being
taught about nutrition, the Food
Pyramid always springs to the
forefront of conversation.
Claiming that grains (made up
of bread, cereal, rice, and
pasta) make up the base of
the food pyramid, it was
thought we were supposed to
receive an astounding fifty
percent of our diet from
carbohydrates.

3. Crazy! It’s this sort of fattening advice perpetuates nutritional misperceptions that
relegate people to an unhealthy lifestyle, condemned to believe they are doing the right
thing and properly monitoring their diet when, in reality, they are actually making
losing weight more difficult, more frustrating, and downright exhausting.
What is perhaps the most ridiculous part of this
spreading of false information...is that we know
better.

4. Fortunately, government
agencies and the United
States educational system
have released massive
updates to the outdated
policy; it’s just slow to take
effect. In fact, the USDA is
rightfully now recommending
that half of your diet come
from fruits and vegetables,
and only 30% should come
from grains—much better
advice.
Not to mention, the
‘experts’ are now also
suggesting that
protein makes up
about twenty percent
of our diet, a
fantastic increase
from the nearly
nonexistent portion
that was advised
before.

5. All this said, there are still some considerable improvements to be made even to this new
and improved My Plate System (the new and improved version of the Food Pyramid). For
one, it does not really allot for healthy fats like nuts, oils, and organic dairy products—think
butter and cream. These sorts of fats are a vital part of any diet, and most certainly
should not be eaten sparingly. In actuality, you should be consuming about 25% of your
calories through these open fats.

6. In regards to grains, I would chop it
down to size and say they should only
make up about 15% of your diet. There
are only two meals a day where you
should even consider eating grains,
anyway, and those are breakfast and the
meal after your workout. The reason
for this is that research has proven
glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity
are at their highest during these two
points in the day.

7. With respect to protein,
let’s beef that up to at least
35%. By increasing
protein, you will have an
increased thermic effect of
feeding (which means you
burn more calories just by
eating protein), have
better blood sugar control,
see a decrease in body fat,
and witness a significant
increase in calorie-
burning lean muscle.

8. Really, just by
lowering grain
consumption, you will
improve your body’s
capacity for
processing
carbohydrates, and
then when you
increase your protein
intake, you can nearly
DOUBLE your fat loss.
It’s that easy.