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The Best Foods to Eat
Fat loss expert Tom Venuto has compiled a list of the best foods to eat in his book
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. These are foods that Tom says will help you
lose body fat and get fitter and healthier.
The primary reasons Tom considers these foods so good are because they are nutritionally dense, contain little
or no sugar, contain little or no unhealthy fat, are high in fiber, and have a high thermic effect. A high thermic
effect means many of the calories in these foods are burned off during digestion and won't be stored as fat.
Tom explains that food quality doesn't fall neatly into two categories: "good" or "bad." Rather, food quality
ranges from very poor, to poor, to fair, to good, to excellent. It's a scale or spectrum.
Food quality can range from highly processed with zero nutritional value on the low end of the scale (an "F"
grade) to all-natural with high nutritional value on the high end of the scale (an "A" grade).
Tom says that your goal should be to make the best choice possible from the foods available to you in any
given circumstance. You may not always be able to eat the best thing possible, but you don't have to eat the
worst thing either. If you're faced with a choice between bad and worse, choose bad. If you're faced with a
choice between good and great, choose great.
Here's Tom's list of the best foods to eat:
- Oatmeal (old fashioned, not instant)
- Yams and sweet potatoes
- Potatoes (white or red)
- Brown rice
- Whole wheat bread and other whole grain products
- Vegetables
- Fresh fruit
- Low-fat and non-fat dairy products
- Chicken breast
- Turkey breast
- Egg whites
- Lean red meat (top round, extra lean sirloin)
- Fish and shellfish
Now that you know what foods Tom considers to be the best, find out what foods he considers to be the
worst foods to eat if you want to lose body fat and get fitter and healthier.
And for plenty more nutritional tips, check out Tom's book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle.
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