Wednesday, April 29, 2009

AWOF - Internet Research (Research one question)

Is watching my calories necessary to lose weight? What about carbs?

According to Suzanne Schlosberg of http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_9_23/ai_n6004494/ , Heidi Reichenberger, M.S., R.D., a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association believes that counting calories is more necessary than counting carbs when trying to lose weight. Usually foods that are high in fat are also high in calories--little do people know is that although eating less amount of fattening foods would help weight loss, some fattening foods are actually healthy for the body. Though fatty foods, like those that have high trans-fat, people should try to limit, such like fast food, cookies, cake---junk food in general.

"In short, if you watch your portion sizes and eat a wide variety of foods, Reichenberger says, "you shouldn't have to count anything. That just takes the fun out of eating."

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