WHY DAILY EXERCISE IS IMPORTANT IN OBESITY
- Daily physical activity improves the insulin sensitivity of skeletal muscle
- Daily exercise is a very powerful stress reducer (and its free!), which in turn curbs one’s appetite. Stress and obesity go hand in hand
- Daily exercise increases your metabolism, with more energy being used and less being stored as fat
WHY DAILY FIBER INTAKE IS IMPORTANT IN OBESITY
- Fiber slows down the rate of intestinal carbohydrate absorption
- Fiber increases the transit speed to the ileum, which allows satiety signals to reach the brain sooner
- Fiber allows more free fatty acids to reach the colon, where they are metabolized by colonic bacteria to short chain fatty acids, which amongst other things, suppresses the release of insulin
In general, some good sources for a high fibre diet include –
- Beans (all beans), chickpeas and lentils
- Wholegrain and whole wheat bread and pasta.
- Brown or wholegrain rice
- Nuts, especially almonds, pecans and walnuts
- Jacket potato
- Fruit, even dried fruit if fresh fruit is not available
- Bran based cereals
- Oats based products.
- Vegetables.