Keeping balance in our nutrition as well as eating unprocessed foods is the secret to losing body fat .

Foods that are heavily processed are what normally turn our metabolisms upside down. Almost all foods in their natural unprocessed state will be good for us. Of course there are some exceptions.

Here are some important aspects of nutrition that we need to consider that will certainly help us lose body fat and maintain lean bodies on the long run.

1. We should eat good quality proteins daily- not only does it have a higher thermic effect than carbs and fat , protein helps to keep off hunger for longer periods. Protein is a very important factor in building lean muscle... The amount of lean muscle that carry determines how well we can control our metabolism

2. Eat Fibers. The carbohydrates that we eat daily should be from higher fiber sources like fruits, vegetables and quite important, unrefined, high fiber grains. Refined and processed grains are making it difficult for people to control their body fat.

Refined sugars should be avoided. Fiber should make up about 20-30% per every 10grams of total carbohydrates.

The benefits of fibers are:

Fibers fill one up while slowing down the glycemic response

of the foods that we consume which is an important factor in becoming lean.

3. Why we should eat fat:There is a misconception about fat and this is one of the reasons why some people may have a very low fat intake which has an adverse effect on hormone levels in our bodies, this often leads to higher cravings.

Some good sources of fat are: Nut butters, olive oil, organic meats and eggs avocados and coconut oil.

Healthy fat should also be part of our daily intake.

4. There are two things we should avoid at all costs:

-hydrogenated oils that we find in most deep fried and processed foods as well artificial trans fats in margarines

• fructose corn syrup found in almost all sweetened products that we can buy

So, if we can stay away from processed foods we'll automatically find it easy to avoid the two worst things in our food supply.

I firmly believe that once we can control the above points it becomes a lot easier to gain control over our appetite, hormone and sugar levels.

We can then determine how fast we lose body fat and how lean we will want to get.

To get maximum benefit from the above nutrition factors you can accelerate your efforts to get your weight problems under control and

getting the body of your desire with an effective fitness program.

By doing intense full body workouts, i.e. involving all the major joints in your body you can speed up your metabolism far easier to start the fat burning process.