Guidelines included discussing following topics with patient:

•Assessing BMI and explaining what results mean •Referring to general nutrition of good health •Suggesting an approximate 500 calorie decrease in person’s diet •Writing an actual prescription (nothing beats instruction in black and white form) •Giving Lifestyle amendments to expend calories, such as taking stairs instead of elevators or walking during a lunch break •Recommending a pedometer and a minimum of 10,000 steps per day •Introducing benefits of strength training, and how to get started

As subject in our story discovered, metabolism begins to naturally slow down as we age, but there are actions we can take to help situation. You do not have to wait for your doctor to write you a prescription for treatment. You do not even have to hit local drugstore to obtain over-the-counter medicine. Exercise is a therapy that is always accessible to you and nothing beats resulting quality of life that it has to offer.

If you eat only low fat foods, most of them are low in fibre and also very high in carbohydrates. Because they’re low in fibre you have to eat more to feel full. So when you eat more, you take in more calories than you need, and your body stores extra carbohydrates and calories as fat. That’s other side of low fat diet. Unless you eat low fat and high fibre, at same time, you are more likely to gain than lose any weight.