[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/thinning-out-the-skinny-on-weight-loss\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/thinning-out-the-skinny-on-weight-loss\/","headline":"Thinning Out: The Skinny on Weight Loss","name":"Thinning Out: The Skinny on Weight Loss","description":"Thinning Out: The Skinny on Weight Loss Expert-approved health and diet tips By L.A. Jones For Breakfast, Choose Proteins Over Carbs to Decrease Appetite. A...","datePublished":"2010-04-07","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pepsi-natural.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pepsi-natural.jpg","height":350,"width":114},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/thinning-out-the-skinny-on-weight-loss\/","about":["Fitness & Health"],"wordCount":445,"articleBody":" Thinning Out: The Skinny on Weight  Loss Expert-approved health and diet tips By L.A. Jones For Breakfast, Choose Proteins Over  Carbs to Decrease Appetite. A University of Connecticut study  published  in February found that participants who ate eggs in the morning, instead   of a bagel and yogurt ate 29 percent fewer calories at lunch, felt more  energetic,  and had more stable ghrelin and insulin levels (appetite-affecting  hormones)  over the next 24 hours. Short-Circuit Faulty Wiring. Whether or not you have a copy of the  obesity gene, keep in mind that the best cure for this isn\u2019t a diet.  It\u2019s exercise, according to a European study. For teens with at least  one copy of the gene, an hour of moderate physical activity a day kept  their waist circumference and body fat at nearly the same levels as  luckier participants without the \u201cfat gene.\u201d High-Fructose  Fallout. Dieting brides, brooms and grooms-to-be may be taken aback to hear that you don\u2019t have to cut out sugar to  drop a few pounds and experience a surprising boost in energy. After  years of back and forth between corn producers and skeptics, it\u2019s  becoming obvious which sweetener is most to blame for the Great American   Weight Gain. From soda and energy drinks to Gatorade and ketchup, it\u2019s  hard to find any sweetened liquid in the United States without  high-fructose  corn syrup (HFCS). In the last 15 years, the amount of HFCS consumed  in the United States caught up to traditional table sugar and now  accounts  for 40 percent of American caloric sugar intake, an occurrence that  has mirrored the rise of an \u201cobesity epidemic.\u201d Despite the American Medical  Association\u2019s  claims that the two are equal contributors to weight gain, Princeton  University\u2019s Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology begs  to differ. Even when its rats slurped sweetened water with half the HFCS Americans consume in comparable amounts of soda, they gained  far more weight than rats given water with the same amount of  sugar found in soda, particularly around their stomachs. In a  corresponding  study, HFCS rats demonstrated symptoms of metabolic syndrome, severe  fat gain (48 percent more than the rat chow-only group) and unhealthy  triglycerides spikes. Bottom line: The rats became obese. If sugar is  a dieter\u2019s stumbling block, high-fructose corn syrup is an outright  booby trap. The good news: There is an easy  solution.  Check ingredient labels, and choose natural soft drinks. If you crave  a cheaper fizzy fix, PepsiCo has recently offered consumers a healthier  option in its Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback beverages, which use  the company\u2019s original sugar recipe. With a less syrupy texture, they  also taste better than their obesity-encouraging offspring."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Thinning Out: The Skinny on Weight Loss","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/thinning-out-the-skinny-on-weight-loss\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]