ITV This Morning Dr Michael Mosley's four banned foods to aid weight loss
msn.comThis Morning, is an advocate of the Mediterranean Diet, which he explains as "cutting right down" on four food groups - as North Wales Live reports. READ MORE: Dr Michael Mosley's two simple morning exercises to help weight loss He said: “Cut right down on sugar, sugary treats, drinks and desserts.
That includes most breakfast cereals, which are usually full of sugar, as well as most commercial smoothies. Minimise or avoid starchy carbs – meaning the white stuff: bread, pasta, potatoes and white rice. "Switch instead to whole grains including bulgur (cracked wheat), whole rye, wholegrain barley, wild rice and buckwheat.
Brown rice is okay. Legumes such as lentils, kidney beans and chickpeas are healthy and filling, too. " The nutrition expert is the founder of The Fast 5:2 diet, which recommends consuming 500 calories on two days of the week.
People following this diet do not calorie count on the other five days. However, the TV has explained a "clever twist" and advised switching “to a low carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet both on the days when you are fasting and when you are not”.
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