Weight Control

Weight Control.

Cutting calories often means cutting important nutrition. It's hard to get all the nutrition you need if you're skipping meals, eating smaller portions or only selected foods.

Fructose is the same type of sugar you would find in fruits, which is easily digestible. Being sweeter than sucrose, lesser amounts are required to get the desired sweetness, which also means lesser calories per serving.

Exercise is one tool you have to apply to control your weight, as it is a way to increase the number of calories that you burn off in a day. Also, exercise strengthens the muscles and tones them up as weight loss can make muscles flabby and lose its elasticity. As the muscles are strengthened, the body will use fat through exercising, and the fat will be used for normal activities, even when you are not exercising.

A meal replacement drink mix is one of the easiest options to look for in a weight control programme as it is easy to prepare and easy to be carried around. It should also be tasty and safe to consume. Below is an example of suggested use for a low calorie daily meal plan.

278 Kcal       A plate of chicken rice (with white meat)

56 Kcal         A slice of papaya

3O Kcal        A 90ml of Acerola Cherry fruit drink Beverage

36 Kcal         A slice of chocolate Swiss Roll

A meal replacement option consisting of flavoured, non-fat milk powder sweetened with fructose and comes with added vitamins and minerals. Carefully formulated with a healthful balance of protein vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre.

Body Mass Index

ow if you are overweight? Did you know that you couid all assess your level of health risk using a simple tool known as BMI? The body mass index (BMI) is a method of checking your body weight - to judge whether you may be at risk of health problems associated with excess weight.

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BMI =    _________Body Weight (kg)_____

               Body Height (m) x Body Height (m)

For example: if I were 1.73m, and weighed 68kg, I would have a BMI of 22.72, and wouid be at very low risk according to the chart below:

In general, as your BMI goes up, your risk for health problems associated with weight goes up. The American Dietetic Association associates level of risk with BMI ranges as follows: 

20-25 is very low 

26-30 low risk 

31-35 moderate risk 

36-40 very high risk