Losing weight by eating fruit for dinner

Is it that you or the people around you are all on a diet, discussing weight loss issues as soon as they meet? Everyone has suffered a lot from dieting, and mentioning weight loss always brings up a lot of complaints. Many people don't eat dinner in order to lose weight, usually just having a little fruit to tide them over, as they believe that eating only fruit for dinner is helpful for weight loss. However, do people truly understand the concept of losing weight by eating fruit for dinner?

Have you ever heard that eating a piece of watermelon is equivalent to eating two bowls of rice? Look at whether you don't eat dinner every day, especially in summer, just eat a little watermelon. In fact, this is not effective for weight loss. Let's further understand the weight loss method of eating fruit for dinner.

Eating fruit for dinner to lose weight or to take in more calories

Many people think that fruits are rich in fiber and almost contain no fat and protein. Replacing regular meals with fruits can be eaten without restriction, which is both good for weight loss and beauty, achieving two benefits with one effort. Nutrition experts point out that from a nutritional perspective, fruits are not low-energy foods, and their calorie and sugar content varies. Due to their sweet taste, it is easy to eat too much, and the sugar will be converted into fat and accumulated.

Especially eating a lot of fruit for dinner increases the possibility of fat accumulation. For example, 100 grams of strawberries contain about 30 calories, and 100 grams of lychees can provide about 90 calories. If you can eat a lot at one time, the calorie intake will not be low. For example, in summer, some girls only eat watermelons without eating rice, but in fact, half a medium-sized watermelon can make you unconsciously consume 680 calories, which is about equal to three bowls of rice. Therefore, eating only fruit without eating rice may have the opposite effect.

In fact, some essential nutrients of the human body, such as protein, fat, and trace elements such as calcium, iron, and zinc, are very scarce in fruits. Therefore, long-term use of fruits as a meal, whether excessive or insufficient, can lead to insufficient intake of protein and iron, resulting in anemia and reduced immune function. The correct way to lose weight is to eat light meals and exercise regularly. It is not bad to have a fruit meal occasionally, but it cannot be done every day.

In addition, rapid weight loss through dieting is not scientific. Generally, those who want to lose weight quickly provide low-calorie diets for a day's needs, or use methods such as dieting and weight loss foods to achieve the goal of losing weight in a short period of time. After reaching the target weight, when they return to normal eating habits, they still pay attention to calorie intake, but they will still gain weight and the weight will increase. In fact, this is because the metabolic rate has decreased. The basic metabolic rate of the human body is the amount of energy required for physiological functions and to maintain life phenomena (such as heartbeat, breathing, intestinal peristalsis, etc.). Maintaining these needs is the basic energy consumption of the human body. However, in order to achieve rapid weight loss, people usually consume too few calories. When the calorie intake is lower than the basic needs of the human body, the body adjusts the metabolic rate to maintain normal physiological functions, thus reducing the basic energy consumption of the body. At this time, if you resume normal calorie intake, that is, return to normal eating habits, you will consume more calories due to the decrease in metabolic rate. Of course, these excess calories are the source of weight gain.

For many women, losing weight is something they do all their lives. Some people change their good habits and conditions for the sake of weight loss, especially eating fruit for dinner to lose weight. Through the introduction, everyone knows that some fruits have a high calorie content, especially watermelons. If we only eat such fruits at night, we can still gain weight.