All things hair: How many times a day to eat for weight loss?

At my latest physical check up, about 3 years ago, I was told by my primary physician I had high blood pressure, and I needed an immediately change in my diet because of High Blood Pressure. The devastating look in her eyes scared me more than the diagnosis. Along with her frightening words to me at that time "A Silent Killer" led me down a new path.

When I considered weight loss, I have to admit I was totally overwhelmed by all the information out here for weight loss. All the buzz news, gadgets, videos, ideas and so much more. With the help of my primary physician I decided to go with the low-carb, high-protein diet.

Weight loss that generally last is usually based on changes you can live with for long periods of time, not on a temporary basis.

With low-carb, high-protein diets, some diet programs generally recommend 30 - 50% of your total calories to come from protein.

Comparing this, the American Heart Association, the National Cholesterol Education Program along with the American Cancer Society perspective all recommend a diet with smaller percentages of calories from protein.

Eating for weight loss:

There seems to be two schools of thought, some believe you should eat three well balanced meals per day while others believe you should eat five to six meals with smaller portions spread out throughout the day.

Eating three to five meals a day can work when it comes to weight loss. If you consume 1.200 calories at three meals but 2,500 calories at five meals when it comes to weight loss, the three meals will produce more weight loss because of the shortage of calories you may need.

Still if, you portion out five smaller meals at let's say, three hundred calories each, those 1,500 calories for your whole day could lead to weight loss as well, depending on the calories you may need.

How this works:

Your body burns carbs for fuel. When cut your body goes into a metabolic state known as ketosis, a raised level of ketone bodies in your body tissues and begins to burn it's own fat for fuel. When these fat stores become the main energy source for you can lose the weight .

Osteoporosis and Kidney Stones: When on a high-protein diet you tend to urinate more calcium than you usually do, and some experts do firmly believe that this could make osteoporosis and kidney stones more likely.

High Cholesterol: Some protein sources like dairy, high fatty foods and cuts of meat tends to raise your cholesterol levels which increases your chance of heart disease.

Kidney Problems: Too much protein puts added strain on them, thus worsen kidney functioning.

If you have been considering a high-protein diet, as recommended check with your primary physician or nutritionist and together come up with a diet plan that's right for you. To make sure you are getting enough fruits and veggies, and at the same time getting lean protein meals.