“You lose weight with hunger, not with a nutritionist!”

Nutritionist Mihaela Bilic reveals the secrets of a healthy life. A balanced diet focuses on the “little bit of everything” rule, she says.

“TRUE or FALSE/food myths:

There are no superfoods, it’s just a marketing strategy to make us prefer some over others; health comes from diversity.

Negative calories are not a legend, all protein products are difficult to metabolize and 30% of the caloric content is spent only on breaking down amino acid chains; it’s hard to gain weight from meat/fish.

Detox our liver every day, provided we give it a break from food; and to top it off, fruit juices are the worst choice in a Detox.

Smoking helps to lose weight, 10 cigarettes consume about 300 calories; and nicotine has the effect of increasing blood sugar, so smoking keeps you hungry and speeds up your metabolism.

It doesn’t matter if we eat in the evening or in the morning, the total caloric intake of a day is important; what’s more, weight loss occurs after the liver’s glucose reserves are exhausted, so only on the 3rd day of the weight loss cure…

It’s not losing weight that’s hard, it’s maintaining it; for nothing we starve ourselves for a week and then go back to our usual diet, the weight gain will be fast and more pounds than we lost.

Conclusion: what/how much you eat during weight loss must be maintained for life, there is no going back!

Zero or light juices are the safest way to satisfy your sweet tooth without calories and without risk to your figure; their advantage is that they reduce the global appetite and the need for sugar, so they are the ideal ally in a weight loss cure.

Mihaela Bilic: Read the label carefully and consume in moderation

Defatted products are far from calorie-free, they have less fat, but often more sugar is added to the recipe; read the label carefully and consume in moderation.

As we age our metabolism and nutritional needs decrease; every decade of life we ​​should reduce our caloric intake by at least 10%, just to maintain our figure.

If babies eat every 3 hours, seniors can even reach one meal/day.

A balanced diet is based on the “little bit of everything” rule; so that the body can extract the nutrients it needs, it is recommended to eat at least 15 different foods daily.

Diversity makes you healthy, and moderation keeps you in shape. We can lose weight without the nutritionist’s intervention if we cut the portion in half, and we have to do this for life; the number of kilograms increases automatically when we start eating more. To make it simpler, I will say “you lose weight with hunger, not with a nutritionist!”, was the message sent by Mihaela Bilic.