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Article by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites
About Grazing & Weight Gain
What does the term 'grazing' mean in relation to the daily diet?
Grazers are individuals who randomly eat whenever they want to throughout the day rather than sitting down to enjoy an official meal.
Because so little is eaten at each pit stop, they tend to feel as if they haven't really consumed that much food or caloric values. The result is almost-always an increase in body fat.
The Diet Advantages
of Grazing
Grazers
have the right idea about eating, that being: "One should
only eat when one is hungry."
Eating
several times throughout the day may help the metabolism run more
efficiently than having to process large amounts of food at three
settings (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
The Diet Disadvantages of Grazing
Individuals
who practice 'Grazing' are at a high risk for weight gain because
eating a bit here and there really adds up and unless the calories
are added up during the Graze-Phase, it's very easy to exceed the
daily calorie allotment that the body requires.
A
feeling of free-grazing can be deceptive because the individual
may feel as if they are only nibbling here and there.
The problem is that, generally, they nibble quite a lot throughout the
day, and those nibbling portions run neck-and-neck to what is considered
full sized portions under Regular Eating Conditions.
The
types of foods that Grazers tend to choose are often times inconsistently
healthy. A piece of fruit here, then a cookie there. A
piece of lean ham here, three wedges of cheese there.
This information
is provided for those dieters who are considering going on a grazing-type
weight loss plan and to better assist them in making healthy diet
choices.
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