It is obvious that if we want to lose weight or
maintain a certain level, we should eat moderately and choose low-calorie food.
Nobody wants to feel uncomfortable with their body, but remember that losing
weight presents your lifestyle and you decide how will your body look. You can
achieve that with healthy and proper eating, but the most important thing is to
reduce the calorie intake in your body.
There are periods in our lives, when we
feel that it is time to change something, i.e. to reduce our weight. Maybe
there’s an important wedding or upcoming summer holidays and everybody wants to
have a great body and look sexy in bikini.
We made a selection and we chose 8 best
low-calorie food. As expected, the selection is consisted mostly of fruit,
vegetable and some shellfish.
SPINACH
You have to eat 15 cups of Popeye’s
favorite snack just to burn100 calories. Spinach is rich in calcium, zinc,
phosphorus, vitamin K, potassium and selenium. Also spinach contains a type of
hormone that helps repairing muscle tissue.
BROCCOLI
Broccoli is amazingly low-calorie food.
It contains 31 calories per cup. Broccoli is
rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and it is also good for our health because it
contains some antioxidants that can reduce the risk of colon and breast cancer.
CABBAGE
Cabbage is crunchy and sweet vegetable. It contains 22
calories per cup. Cabbage contains fiber, minerals, vitamins and some
phytonutrients which help preventing cancer. Purple cabbage contains some
natural “ingredients” that help blocking cancer growth.
KIWI
Kiwi is one of the most delicious
fruits. Actually kiwis are giant berries. They contains vitamin E, fiber and
potassium and they also contain the daily requirement of vitamin C for our
body, and vitamin K as well. Kiwis also have nutritional benefit for our skin.
SHRIMP
Shrimps are delicious low calorie
shellfish, an excellent source of protein. 16 shrimps contain less calories
than 4-ounce chicken breast. Shrimps are rich in omega-3 fatty acid, vitamin D,
sodium, potassium, selenium and with every shrimp meal you get a lot of
proteins.
MUSHROOMS
Mushrooms are incredibly meaty and
low-calorie food. Mushrooms are so diverse, but Portobello, Maitake and
Shiitake are some of the many varieties. Small mushrooms contain 2 calories
each and one cup of mushrooms contains 15 calories, which means you can eat
many of them. Every mushroom kind contains some form of immune-boosting antioxidants
with fiber, B vitamin and potassium, and they are good sources of vitamin B6,
vitamin D, acid, copper, potassium, thiamin and niacin.
TOMATO
Tomatoes are very low in calories, each
tomato contains about half of the amount of calories that you will find in
peaches, and apricots. Tomatoes contain 22 calories per medium tomato. It’s a
good source of lycopene and antioxidants which can be rarely found in other
food. It is rich in fiber and vitamins A, C, and K. Tomatoes are
excellent skin protector which helps eliminating radicals from ultraviolet rays
and protect the skin from aging.
ASPARAGUS
Asparagus is known as detoxifying food.
It is a low-calorie food and contains 27 calorie per cup. Asparagus contains
high levels of vitamin K which protects our bones, amino acids acting like
diuretic, it is also rich in vitamins and minerals, vitamins A, C, E, B6, iron.
Interesting information about asparagus is the fact that it helps speeding the
metabolism of alcohol (a hangover remedy).
