The Top 3 Field Greens For Losing Weight

Dieting is an economy that depends on a deficit of calorie intake along with a maximum intake of nutrition or you will not lose weight. This means that you must eat the densest foods possible in order to shed the points.

To eat well and lose weight it is best to choose vegetables, fruits, and grains offer important vitamins and minerals to keep your body healthy. Foods must have very little fat. They also have no cholesterol, have a low glycemic index and be a known anti-inflammatory.

Here is a look at the top three greens that have the most pay off when you are trying to make those calories count nutritionally.

Collards are one of the most nutritionally dense foods available. They have saturated fat or cholesterol. It is 92% a whole food and has a low glycemic load of only 4, which means that it provides you with steady energy. It has an inflammation factor rating of 279 which over five times the target of eating a food with an inflammatory rating of 50. This makes this a very healing food that is ideal for weight loss.

A bundle of organic collard greens.

Collards also a good plant source of vegan-sourced Vitamin E, A,C, all of the B vitamins, folate, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. It is also has very high levels of vitamin C and A.  It is also a good dietary source of fiber.

Collard Greens are also nearly a complete protein. All it is missing is tryptophan. Eat it with a bit of lean turkey or trimmed sirloin and your meal is a complete protein. 

Eat it steamed very lightly, without butter and with a dash of walnut oil and cider vinegar for best weight loss results.

Kale also has no saturated fat or cholesterol. It is 85% a whole food and has a low glycemic load of only 3, which means it does not cause blood sugar spikes. It has an inflammation factor rating of 257, which makes it about six times more healing to the body then many foods.

Kale is also a good source of dietary fibre, that help you eliminate toxins and fats and it contains all of the B vitamins, folate, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. It also contains very high levels of vitamin C and A.

Kale is aloes almost a complete protein, so all you have to do to make it a complete protein is add a bit of raw oat bran, Chinese chestnuts or sesame seeds to your kale salad to make it a complete protein.

The darker green the kale is, the better it will be for you. Cook it with garlic and apple cider vinegar to enhance its weight loss properties.

Bok Choy also known as Chinese Cabbage is also devoid saturated fat or cholesterol. It is 85% a whole food and has a low glycemic load of only 1. It is ideal for those who are diabetic and dieting. It has an inflammation factor rating of 127 that makes it profoundly healing.

Bok Choy is also a good source of dietary fibre, the B vitamins, magnesium and phosphorus. It is also has very high levels of vitamin C and A. folate, calcium, iron, potassium and manganese.

It has an amino acid score of 67, which means that you need to combine with other foods to eat it as a complete protein in a meal. It is missing Methionine and Cystine so to compensate eat Bok Choy with ingredients that are rich in these nutrients: Brazil nuts, sesame seed kernels, chinese chestnuts, a sprinkling of raw oatmeal or braised pumpkin chunks.

Bok choy is best eaten steamed or braised lightly in a healthy oil like coconut oil.

Maintaining weight loss is an essential part of the Healthy and Active Program. For more information about the Healthy & Active Program please visit our website at www.healthy-active.com. You may also call us in Toronto at (41) 440-2217 and ask for Adrienne Wright Bulow or Dr. Michael Rahman or email us at adrienne@healthy-active.com.