4 Shop less,
buy less and
keep less
food around
Human beings will eat
whatever food is readily
available. This means the
more food you buy, the
more you are likely to eat.
As such, the easiest way to
cut kilojoules is to buy less
food. This doesn’t mean
not buying enough to
make nutritious meals,
but rather, skipping the
little extras we tend to
5
7 Drink your
water right
Keeping well hydrated is
a must to support optimal
energy levels and your
digestive system working
efficiently, which in turn
supports optimal metabolic
functioning. There is also some
evidence to show that serving
your water icy cold helps to
give you a fat-burning boost
after each glass. Green tea has
also been shown to increase
fat burning slightly after meals,
so including a cup or two of
that each day is another simple
way to improve your body’s
fat-burning potential. ■Spice up
your life
The reason you may feel
slightly warm after enjoying
a fiery meal or a curry is that hot and
spicy foods do increase your metabolic
rate slightly. This means that adding
a little chilli or spice to your meals
will naturally help you burn more
kilojoules. Good combinations include
a little cayenne pepper with your
favourite salad dressing, turmeric
with your hummus and burgers, or chilli
with your favourite soup or stir-fry.living well
keep on hand and eat
when we are hungry, or
not – biscuits, snacks,
nuts, treats that we mean
to keep for special
occasions but end up
eating anyway. If it's not
there, you can’t eat it!6
Go for wholefoods
It has been shown that consuming
wholefoods – for example a steak
as opposed to mince, or wholegrain
bread rather than white – results
in a higher kilojoule burn than the
more processed food alternatives.
This means the more natural the
food you eat is, the better it is for
metabolism. So go for fruit and
veg whole, with skin intact, fillets
of fish, meat and chicken, and
wholefood snacks such as nuts,
fruit and yoghurt, rather than
processed biscuits, bars and cakes.diabetic living MARCH/APRIL 2019 111