On most diets you will lose weight and not fat. Most of the weight you do lose is mostly water and not fat.

You are getting dangerously dehydrated on most of these fad diets. Low carb diets will not make you lose fat because they rob your body of energy. Low fat diets are worse because they put more fat on you. Celebrity – endorsed boxed food diets are expensive and slow. Restrictive dieting is dangerous and does not work. The only way to drop fat is by eating the right foods — in the right amounts — at the right time.

The secret of life long fat burning and fitness is not found on a fad diet or in a bottle. Real food is the best thing that fuels you to burn fat. Certain foods and how you eat these foods will help you burn fat. Eating a diet full of nutrient rich foods, drinking a lot of water and getting plenty of sleep will help you burn fat. You have to separate the good fats – those that strip away your flab — from the bad fats — those that created the flab in the first place.

Water is also vital to fat burning and maintaining a lean body. water also keeps you from snacking on unhealthy sugary foods and sugar laden soft drinks, as many times when we feel we are hungry, we are actually just dehydrated. Water is involved in almost every process the body goes through, from digestion to nutrient absorption. It also keeps your energy level up as it prevents dehydration.

Dehydration will kill your chances of burning fat, because the body interprets this as a state of shock. It shifts its focus on getting water and stops doing other things, like burning body fat for energy. Your body needs to be working efficiently if you want to burn fat fast. If your organs, especially the kidneys and liver, are working together in high efficiency, you will find it easier to burn fat. Keeping yourself hydrated will keep your kidneys operating, and your liver will be allowed to do its job of metabolizing stored fat for energy.

If you combine a diet of nutrient rich foods and a properly conducted exercise program, you will be on your way to burning more fat faster and you will get a lean, strong and healthy body.

Editor’s Note: Previously published here.

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MaryAnn Desiano is a fitness author, screenwriter and Internet marketer. Visit — http://fatlostnow.com/ — for a fast and permanent fat loss system.

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