误解一：年龄越大，减肥越困难

事实：随着年龄的增加，体重会随着增加。但通常是因为他们减少了锻炼的次数或强度，这就意味着每天消耗的能量也更少，这会直接导致代谢率减缓。通过心肺运动练习来消耗热量，力量训练来保持或增加肌肉，这些都是防止因年老而增肥的最好方法。

误解二：人的胖、瘦体质是天生的，无法人为更改

事实：有些人好像总是在吃，但就是吃不胖。其中很重要的原因可能是他们选择健康、热量相对较低的食物，而消耗的热量也较常人多。有可能是他们经常走动或是和同事面对面交流而不是发送电子邮件。所以，一旦你下决心想要通过增加肌肉来促进新陈代谢，每天就要多走动啰。

误解三：冷藏食物、饮料要比常温食物消耗更多热量

事实：在实验室中，受试者饮用极冰的饮料而他们消耗的热量只稍稍比喝常温饮料的受试者的高。但是差别微不足道根本对于减肥不具有任何影响。（大约每天多消耗10卡路里）

误解四：晚上新陈代谢变得缓慢，如果不进食，会加速减肥。

事实：人们过了某时段就不再进食之后体重会减少，原因在于他们减少了总热量的摄入，而不是提前补充热量的缘故。在天黑前摄入你一天所需的热量并不会加快减肥的速度，除非所摄入的热量低于自己所需。

Exercise Plan
    Exercise can increase the basic metabolism of the body by quickening the burning of the body fat. After exercise, the increased basic metabolism of the body will last 24 hours. Therefore, to keep constant exercises is indispensable for weight-loss. Here are three effective and economical ways of burning the calorie.

Plan 1：Rope Skipping
    Skipping rope will consume around 1,000 calories per hour and can maintain the heart rate at a level that is similar to jogging can do. However, skipping rope can avoid knee and anklebone pains which can be caused by jogging. Skipping rope can also be helpful in improving agility, body stance, balancing ability, coordination and flexibility. Such exercise is able to develop the strength, the lower part of the body in particular. Rope skipping can make the calf muscle full of strength and the thigh and hip muscles more solid.

Plan 2：Cycling
    Suitable for：anyone, both ordinary people and athlete and regardless of age.
    Equipment：a regular bicycle if you are not an athlete.
    Cost：You don’t have to cost anything except regular maintenance of the bike.
Result：This is an exercise that is easy to follow constantly. It can consolidate your leg joint and thigh muscle and is helpful for the blood circulation.
    Calorie Burnt：240 c/hr.
    Comment：Easiest to follow and closest to the nature and the most economical.

Plan 3：Jogging/Walking
    Suitable for： everyone and if you love sports or long for weight-loss, your best choice would be jogging; if you don’t have enough time for exercises, you better work yourself out by walking to your office instead of taking buses. 
    Equipment：sports suit and running shoe
    Cost：no；if you are not picky, tarred road can be your choice.
Result：Constant such exercises (over 30 mins per day) will be beneficial for your heart and blood circulation and will help you lose weight. The combination of jogging and walking is recommended.
    Calorie Burnt：jogging：420 c/hr；walking：240 c/hr.
    Comment：Low input with high benefits. Key is consistency.

Diet Plan
    More calories will be consumed and weight will be lost if appropriate diet plan is added to the exercise portfolio.
1．Drink much
    Drink seven to eight cups of water per day as water, with no calorie, is fundamental to human body. So water is the best drink for dieter.
2．Control the calorie and fat
    Always be careful with calories contained in food. Eat less fat meat and more fish and poultry.
3．Eat plain
    Refrain yourself from processed food with sauces as they contain a lot of sugar, salt and starch which will increase the calorie.
4．Each enough fruit
    Each appropriate amount of fruit, vegetable and whole wheat bread which contains rich fiber.
5．Balanced diet
    Arrange the diet according to daily plan and make sure that meals should be taken at a fixed time and within appropriate amount. Lower the eating speed to no less than 20 minutes each time.

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    The pagoda of balance diet for Chinese residents is a figurative representative of the weights of various foods. It is piled up based on the dietary guideline for Chinese residents and on the principle of balanced diet for people to follow in their daily lives.

    The pagoda offers a relatively perfect mode of diet in which the suggested food amount, the amount of milk and bean products in particular, still constitute a yet-to-be-realized goal for most people at this moment, especially for those live in poverty-stricken areas. But this mode is indispensable for improving the dietary situation of Chinese residents and should be taken as a goal for people to strive for and achieve.

Directions on the Pagoda

    A total of five layers in this Pagoda, covering essential food we should eat everyday. The layer and its area represent the importance and proportion of the food in the diet.
    Layer 1 （floor）:Cereal, including rice, noodle, wheat and other grains; these foods provide primarily carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein and B vitamins. They are the main source of energy in diet, and mixed cereal meal is better than a single cereal diet. 350g-500g per person daily.
    Layer 2: Vegetables and fruits, primarily providing dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and carotenes. While vegetables and fruits both have their own benefits, so neither one can be neglected while the other one is taken. In general, dark-colored (red, yellow or green) vegetables and dark yellow fruits contain more nutrition, so they should be taken more often. 400-500g of vegetables and 100-200g of fruits per day.
    Layer 3: This group includes meat, fish, shrimp and egg (meat includes poultry, fowl and bowel). These foods are rich sources of protein, fat, minerals, vitamin A and B vitamins. The nutritional contents of these foods differ. 150-200g per day.
    Layer 4: Milk and bean products which includes fresh milk, milk powder, etc. They are rich in superb protein and vitamins in addition to being a good source of natural calcium with high content. Bean products are rich in high quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, calcium, vitamin B1, vitamin B2. 250-500g of fresh milk and 50-100g of bean and bean products everyday.
    Layer 5 （top）：This group includes fats and vegetable oil, etc. and mainly provides energy besides Vitamin E and necessary fatty acid. Should not exceed 25g everyday.

1.  All the five categories of food shown in the Pagoda are irreplaceable, so you need all of themto maintain a healthy lifestyle.
2.  Since nutritional content of food on the same layer is similar, so to change these food with one another to? have a diversified diet will help your recipe cover more nutrition.
3.  You don’t necessarily have to eat every food everyday based on the Pagoda. You can switch 50g of fish per day with 150-200g each time and 2-3 times a week. What’s important is that your daily diet should cover every food shown in the Pagoda and go with their respective proportions.

    The 2005 edition of the Guidelines was released on January 12, 2005. Dietary Guidelines for Americans is published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.

    The newly revised Guidelines mainly covers the following 9 areas: consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods; control the weight by lowering calorie intake and increasing physical activity; engage in regular physical activity and reduce sedentary activities, and engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, above usual activity, at work or home on most days of the week to promote health, psychological well-being, and a healthy body weight; choose a variety of fruits and vegetables each day, take more grain products, and consume 3 cups per day of fat-free or low-fat milk or equivalent milk products; consume low-fat and low-oil food and less than 30 mg/day of cholesterol; choose fiber-rich food with little added sugars or caloric sweeteners, reduce the incidence of dental caries by practicing good oral hygiene and consuming sugar- and starch-containing foods and beverages less frequently; consume less than 2,300 mg (approximately 1 teaspoon) of salt per day, consume potassium-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables; do in moderation when consume alcoholic beverages; pay attention to food safety.

    The Guidelines also identifies some special recommendations for pregnant women, children and senior citizens over 50. For instance, the over-50-population needs the supplement of Vitamin B12.