15. Why Avoiding Bitter Foods is Making you Fat
You might be flush with vitamin D in the summer but come winter and your need key bitter foods to keep losing body fat
That blistering ball in the sky operates with the impunity of coffee and wine. Healthy, but only in the right amounts. If you live in the Northern hemisphere then in the months of April and September, you probably get enough vitamin D via sunlight. However, this all changes when winter rolls in, which often impacts your ability to build muscle or exercise at all because without it, your mood is anything but sunny.
A meta-analysis found people with low levels of vitamin D were more likely to have depression. Don’t have the positive headspace? You probably won’t peel your person-shaped indent from the couch. And you won’t improve your chances of exercising consistently enough to lose weight. Here are 6 other reasons why you need vitamin D in its bitterest form.
Sunnier Moods Raise All Ships
Modern life can be abrasive to your natural patterns. You were born to live outdoors, not dwell in man-made office caves bathed in strip-lighting. We know this because spending just 10-15 minutes outdoors in natural spaces outdoors improves mood, focus, and lowers physical and mental stress,
The summer sun recharges your urge to exercise. That’s not just because you’ve got more skin on show. Instead, you’re more motivated, happier and have less stress. This creates the perfect mindset for exercise consistency. When that sun takes its wintery vacation, you need to rely on bitters foods to top up your vitamin D levels.
You Need Rank Tasting Calcium
Your body doesn’t make it easy to get vitamin D. This is mostly because it’s a in partnership with calcium. Without enough vitamin D, you will only absorb 10-15% of the calcium you eat. This means it’s best marry this nutritional duo for the best results. Of course, not all vitamin D containing foods - such as fatty fish, egg yolks or red meat – taste bad.
However, those that offer the highest concentrations do have the strongest bitter undertones. These include broccoli, beef liver and mushrooms. It’s best to pair these with high calcium foods equivalents. This will leave you feeling cheery enough to consider regular exercise as something you get to do, not have to do. These include the likes of sesame seeds, diary, and leafy greens. A 3-egg omelet with cheese, sesame seeds and spinach may be the healthiest thing you can do for ability to get leaner.
Calcium Is the Ultimate Authority
While many high calcium foods do taste bitter - kale, bitter cheese, and sesame seeds - you may even have taste receptors that are geared to detect calcium, suggests research at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. So, what exactly does calcium taste like? Calcium. Chew an eggshell to find out. The researchers suggest you can probably even taste calcium in water, and it’s not pleasant enough to warrant a second sip.
However, it’s this link that the researchers suggest there may be a link between high calcium veggies - like collard greens, bitter melon, and kale – and their inherent bitterness. And while diary does have some calcium, this crafty mineral attaches itself to the fats and proteins in diary which disguises by just enough for it to tastes yum.
Experts Agree on The Big D
Aside from sun baking your abs with a golden-brown veneer, there is another possible way to absorb more vitamin D and it also involves diary protein. When rats were given vitamin D3 and whey protein, they absorbed more of the former because it’s bio-accessibility improved. Okay, so you may not have a furry chest, but it is a solid indicator. This means it may be worth teaming up your vitamin D foods with your whey protein shake, especially if you want to build more lean muscle.
It’s a strategy that may or may not work, depending on the level of rodent in your DNA, but it certainly won’t do you any harm. Take home message? You need vitamin D and calcium if you want strong bones that can support muscle growth and a happy attitude that’ll get you leaner.
Give Back to Your Gut
Weight loss is complex, especially when done over the long term. By eating foods that improve the health of your gut microbiome you get the tools needed to treat obesity which will create a significant decrease your BMI, weight, and fat mass.
To lose weight you need to hit all the bases. Get high quality sleep. Build muscle. Eat a high fiber diet rich in vegetables. Spend time outdoors to improve your happiness. Recover properly after regular exercise. And absorb all the nutrients from the high-quality foods you are eating. Tick all those boxes and you will be lighter, leaner, and happier.
Get Lean the Uncommon Way
The juggernauts in your kitchen responsibly for making that happen are not a sickly-sweet protein shake that tastes like a child’s birthday treat. Instead, if you want to be healthier from the inside out, stop eating like a toddler. Grow up and eat like a taxpayer. Bitter foods slap all these benefits on your kitchen table. When you learn to counterbalance their delicate flavor profiles through the smart cooking practices, you’ll finally find out how to lose weight the easy way.
It will make you realize it wasn’t the weight that was making you unhappy and sick. It was the misconceptions around what true health means. It will help you create a lasting ecosystem for sustainable health. Much of this starts and ends with finding a little love for the taste of bitterness you may well have been pushing aside on your dinner plate. Keep eating what you’ve always eaten, and you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got. Change up the flavors and you’ll change for the better.