In this article, I will tell you why ready-made meals can become an obstacle on the path to slimness and health, so be sure to read the article to the end.
I often avoid ready-made meals, as their quality, especially in regular stores, leaves much to be desired...
What’s wrong with this food? I explain!
- Firstly, ready-made dishes often have high calorie content: This food typically contains excess fats, sugars, and salts, which contributes to weight gain because you overeat your norm, despite the small portions of the dishes.
- Secondly, I am sure that there is a “non-transparent composition” It is impossible to understand exactly which ingredients a particular dish is made from and what food additives are included in it. Yes, sometimes there are details about the preparation that are not disclosed to us. Who remembers stories of poisonings from salads? The risk of food poisoning is always present.
- Thirdly - imbalance: Ready-made food often does not contain sufficient amounts of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, as they can be lost during prolonged storage and processing.
In addition to all this, we do not know the exact number of calories in ready-made dishes, making it difficult to calculate your allowable caloric intake. It's unlikely that anyone will carefully calculate the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in each ready-made product.
After all, when losing weight, not only calories matter but also the balance of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, as this is the basis for successful weight loss.
When losing weight, it's important to gradually reduce the calorie content of your diet.
With ready-made meals, this is difficult to accomplish, as their calorie content can vary significantly from dish to dish. It’s all much more complicated with them. They are often very fatty, and I don't even believe the indicated calorie content.
Oil is added by eye, and the composition on the label can differ greatly from the actual one. Ready-made products often hide an incomprehensible composition. Various additives and flavor enhancers contained therein can negatively affect our health, slowing down metabolism and making weight loss more difficult.
Manufacturers are more concerned with profit than with our health.
What happens to our body when consuming ready-made food:
- Weight gain: No matter how you look at it, there is an excess of calories, fats, and sugars. In women, with a caloric surplus, fat is most often deposited on the thighs, buttocks, and abdomen, but distribution can vary depending on individual characteristics of the body.
- Skin problems: Unbalanced nutrition ALWAYS reflects on the condition of the skin, making it dull, uneven, bumpy, and acne-prone.
- Digestive disorders: Poor-quality ingredients and a large amount of fats can cause digestive disorders, bloating, and diarrhea.
- Development of addiction: When you eat food with additives and flavor enhancers, it starts to cause dependence and gradually dulls the taste receptors, making it difficult for you to eat healthy food, leading to overeating.
That’s why I recommend everyone to cook at home, as cooking at home allows you to fully control the composition of dishes and choose quality products.
This will allow you to create a balanced diet and achieve the desired results.
But don’t be upset - there is an alternative to ready-made food!
For example, healthy food delivery:
We live in a modern world now, and there are all the opportunities to choose a healthy nutrition plan. Yes, it may be more expensive, but think about it: you can keep yourself in shape, eat healthy food, and form healthy eating habits. In the long run, this will turn out to be especially more beneficial since you will avoid many diseases!
To sum up:
Ready-made food, especially from supermarkets, is not the best choice for those who care about their health, figure, and want to lose weight.
Therefore, if possible, cook at home, avoiding flavor enhancers and artificial additives, and you will have health and a toned figure.