One of the most powerful ways to win the war against excess body fat is eating five or six small meals a day. This guards against producing new fat cells by eliminating large intakes of food at one time. By spacing smaller meals throughout the day this reduces the hormonal signal that causes fat cells to divide and multiply. When eating these smaller more frequent meals it is best to choose foods high in protein and complex carbohydrates but low in fat. Examples would be fish, skinless chicken and skinless turkey and lean well trimmed red meat. Vegetables oils, such as olive oil sunflower seeds oil low fat dairy products, all fresh fruits and vegetables, unrefined grains and cereals, legumes such as lima beans, lentils, green, peas, kidney beans and raw unsalted nuts are other excellent examples. The good fats are polyunsaturated fats . Coming from plants and fish. Olive oil and salmon are good examples of unsaturated fats. Polyunsaturated fats can help lower the levels of bad LDL cholesterol while maintaining high levels of beneficial high-density lipo-protein HDL cholesterol.
It is good to remember that the secret to success in most everything is moderation. This is certainly true when it come to sound nutritional practice.