Sentences with phrase «require lower calorie food»

It is often reported that after spaying your dog, her metabolism slows, so for adults this may require lower calorie food or a special diet.

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It's also a good source of Vitamin A. Unsweetened almondmilk is a great choice for consumers that are lactose - intolerant or allergic to dairy, require low - calorie or low - sugar foods, or simply want to try a creamy, tasty, calcium - enriched alternative to dairy milk.

To encourage consumers to lower their caloric intake, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires most chain restaurants to state the number of calories that each menu item contains.

Not only are you now eating those formerly forbidden foods that contain more calories, but you also require fewer calories because the severe caloric reduction of the fad diet lowered your basal metabolic rate and stripped you of some muscle.

The concept of negative calories alleges that certain low - calorie foods require additional calories that are stored in your body to break them down.

A 500 - calorie diet is an extreme form of a very low - calorie diet (VLCD), which requires you to drastically reduce the amount of food you eat.

I am persuaded to find a way to grow an ongoing supply of watercress at home (research required), but in the meantime, I'm curious to know if there are any other low - calorie pre-exercise foods that have been identified as approximately effective in reducing oxidative damage for pending workouts.

To be more specific, these foods are low in calories and help burn them fast, as they require more energy for digestion.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

Some say that sticking with low - scoring foods can help you shed pounds easily (no calorie counting required) or avoid diabetes, but that's an oversimplification.

If your pooch only requires losing a few pounds, reducing his current food intake by 15 % or switching to a low calorie food might just do the trick.

Dogs with heart disease may require lower - calorie senior dog foods to help keep weight down as well as lower - sodium formulations, while diabetic dogs will need specially formulated, lower fat, higher fiber diabetic dog foods that delay absorption of food and keep blood sugar levels constant.

According to the ASPCA, since puppies require up to twice the energy intake of adult dogs (more or less depending on the breed), they will need to be fed a food that contains 25 to 30 percent protein, and if your puppy is on the larger side or a high - energy breed, she will need to consume more calories than small, low - energy pups.