Weight Loss Diet - The Duck

The duck is a delicate, flavoursome dark meat that can be pan cooked, grilled or roasted. The legs are perfect for stews and casseroles. If you are using the duck in making casseroles, then the casserole is low cooked in the oven which mean the meat should simply fall off the bone.

What are the benefits of eating duck?

The duck should be eaten skinless as most of its fat and cholesterol is in its skin. What are benefits of eating skinless duck:

High in Protein.
Skinless duck has more protein than chicken and only as much fat as lean lamb. This will encourage the development of more lean muscle which in turn speeds up your metabolic rate, making it valuable for weight loss.
No carbohydrates.
Skin less duck has no carbohydrates, making it an ideal evening dish with side salad (Remember, its essential to eat the right kind of carbohydrate for weight loss).
Rich in Iron.
Duck is rich in iron. Iron is used by the blood to transport oxygen through out our body.
Rich in Selenium.
Selenium is an antioxidant which helps the body fight the effects of the free radicals in the body. Its also used to boost the immune system and is also thought to prevent prostate cancer.

Warning: Duck is high in cholesterol. Duck contains twice as much cholesterol as beef. It must only be eaten as an occasional treat.

Children & Obesity

In simple terms, obesity is caused when the body stores excessive calories. Obesity in civilized countries is reaching epidemic proportions. What is worrying is that the children too are now more obese than ever before in the history of man kind!

Child Obesity and Weight Loss

Calories and Weight Loss

Weight loss depends on the amount of calorie intake. Calories are used by the body to perform its day-to-day functions. However, when the calories taken in is greater than the energy burnt, then the excess calories are stored as fat. The most common reasons for excessive consumption of calories are:

Psychological
Emotional
Lack of knowledge
Habit

calories and weight loss

Weight loss plans

There are a number of VERY dangerous diet plans used to target weight loss. A dangerous, or misleading, diet is one which provides "rapid" result. Remember, in order for a diet to be effective and safe, your body needs time to adjust to the change in your lifestyle. This is because rapid dieting will almost always have health consequences, and in fact research has also shown that as soon as your body adjusts to the diet, you will start to put on weight at even a higher rate than before.

Weight loss diet

Weight Loss plans to be avoided

For legal reasons we are unable to actually name dangerous or misleading weight loss diets, however, the following is a list which should help you identify these diets for yourself.

Any diet that cuts out any essential food groups (Specially carbohydrates!)
Any diet that promises or guarantees fast result
Any diet that involves you drinking only liquid food.
Any diet that involves you buying processed and ready made "food substitutes".

Weight loss diets

Diet

The food you eat is the single most important factor in your weight loss program. Weight loss is only achieved through a healthy diet.

Weight loss diet and health

Exercise

Exercise is vital not only to a safe weight loss plan, but, is also crucial to the general operation and well being of the human body.

Weight loss exercise

Measuring Body Fat

Measuring the Body Fat is a much more accurate way of measuring how your weight loss program is going than using a bathroom scale. The bathroom scales are highly misleading!

Measure Body Fat

Swimming

Swimming is a VERY effective and safe way of burning calories. Its one of the safest ways of exercising as you do not put any excessive force on the joints.

Swimming

Walking

Walking is one of the safest form of exercise as you burn those calories without excessive wear and tear on the joints.

Walking

Pilates and Yoga

Pilates and Yoga are important to any weight loss program as they both encourage good body posture and alignment.

Pilates