Diets

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The only diet anyone needs is a good one. Please throw away all those
books you have bought. A good diet consists of a moderate intake of
complex carbohydrates, fat and protein, plus large helpings of fresh
fruit and veg.

Apart from a very small unfortunate group of people who genuinely have
biological reasons for being fat, the root cause of obesity is over
eating. We all have differing metabolic rates, which means that we
have to become aware of how much food we need. If you gain excess
weight it is because you are consuming more calories than your body
requires and it has stored it as fat.

Eating complex carbohydrates means wholemeal flour products, potatoes,
bananas, oats, brown rice and other cereals that have not been over
refined. It means drastically reducing the consumption of white flour
products, chips (french fries), crisps (potato chips), cakes, sweets
(candy) and chocolate.

Fat is an important constituent of the diet...

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