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LOW FAT: Real Deal or Fat Chance?

The low fat diet is one of the most popular diets in the world due to its efficacy in weight loss and positive effect on blood cholesterol. You've probably witnessed the success of the low fat diet from the hundreds of items in super-markets that are labeled as "reduced fat" or "fat free", but do you really know what it's all about?

Get the inside scoop on low fat foods and diets after the jump!

What is a low fat diet?

A low fat diet, as it's name implies, is a diet that provides 20% or less of total calories from fat. Beyond just providing the typical low fat diet, Nutrivise enhances it's health benefits by maximizing the calories from unsaturated fats (often referred to as the "Healthy Fats") and minimize the ones from saturated fats (or "Bad Fats"). 

Does it work?

Fat is the nutrient wich is the highest calorie content (9 calories per gram versus only 4 for carbs and 5.5 for protein) so restricting fat intake is an efficient way to cut down your daily calorie intake. In fact, a recent study showed that subjects following a low fat were significantly more successful in keeping their weight off over a 5 year span then their fellow subjects. 

What can I eat?

In general, you should eat:

-Lean meats like chicken and fish

-Fruits and vegetables,

-Whole grains, pasta, bread, cereal

-Look for foods that are: baked, pan seared or steamed

Stay away from: Chips, Fried foods like doughnuts or french fries, and fatty meats.

The low fat diet is fairly complex to follow since the fat content of certain foods like salad dressings, gravies and meats are often hard to know, making eating out almost impossible. With Nutrivise however, you can easily get recommendations for low-fat options at restaurants or recipes to cook at home. 

Some potential pitfalls that Nutrivise can help you avoid:

- It is important to get enough fat in your diet, as fats are essential for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K.

- Watch out for the "fat-free" products like chips or ice cream, since they often contain artificial chemicals (like Olestra, which can cause digestive discomfort), or added sugars.

- Watch out for mysterious sauces or dressings. Even though they may not tasty "fatty", they can often mask large amounts of fat (and calories!)

Ask us any questions you have on our Facebook Page or @Nutrivise!

Be well,

The Nutrivise Team

Sources: 

R. Wing and S. Phelan, "Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance", The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005

M. McGuire et al., "Long-term maintenance of weight loss: do people who lose weight through various weight loss methods use different behaviors to maintain their weight?", International Journal of Obesity, 1998

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In honor of the summer solstice, we've released DRY HEAT - The First Nutrivise BEETS Collection.

The DRY HEAT collection guides you through varying intensity levels and moods, perfect for a cardio session, yoga practice, or even just casual listening!

Whether you're soaking in some rays poolside, feeling the burn, or showing your best virabhadrasana we hope you'll enjoy this hour of BEETS inspired by the California summer!

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY HERE

Be well,

The Nutrivise Team

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Nutrivise is a fun-loving, foodie-at-heart, gang of nutrition nuts. Get to know what makes each one of us crazy about building the best nutrition system out there!

Laura Borel

Laura is the CEO whose passion for nutrition led her to move from Switzerland and pursue a BA in Human Biology with a focus in nutritional sciences at Stanford. Her life's ambition is to leverage technology to change the way people eat.  

Chris Allen

Product and curry obsessed programmer. Loves code, motorcycles, strength-training, nutrition science, and kakapo parrots.  

Tito Balsamo

Former fetus. Recent Stanford grad. Current health & fitness junky. Aspiring marketing maven. Tito first encountered performance eating during his years as a competitive rower, and then as a rowing coach. Even though today you're more likely to find him in a cycling studio than in a boat, maintaining a healthy & balanced diet is still one of his highest priorities.  

Jeff Knowles

Jeff is a bat neuroscientist with an expertise in high dimensional rants, raves and computation. Jeff designed the Nutrivise meal planning algorithm which has sorted through hundreds of thousands of dishes to recommend healthy food you will love. When he's not coding or in a lab, Jeff and can be found sailing, surfing, playing the trumpet or philosophizing on the street. A self professed gustatory musician, Jeff's favorite ingredients include sweet potato, cinnamon, spinach and mushrooms.  

Kirill Zdornyy

When not working on Nutrivise's design, Kirill enjoys drinking green tea, reading medical textbooks, doing yoga in public places and demolishing most of the food budget.  

Janelle Odakura

Janelle is Nutrivise’s social media intern. She’s a SFSU student majoring in Dietetics with a minor in Holistic Health. She was gymnast growing up and coached gymnastics in high school. She makes sure she gets those 8 glasses of water every day & enjoys walking her dog every morning.

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Dining out on a diet?

Have a reservation to that hot new restaurant that you've been dying to try? 

Eating out while on a diet can be tough when there are so many foods that can pull you right off the "diet bandwagon". It doesn't help that so many foods served at restaurants aren't exactly "healthy".

Not lucky enough to have snagged a Nutrivise beta invite yet? 

Here are a few tips to be on the lookout and prevent from exceeding your caloric limit.

Request or check the menu online, this gives you an opportunity to make your food choice ahead of time.

Skip on the breadbasket, request that the breadbasket is not needed at the table or place the basket at the opposite side of the table.

Share an appetizer, as well as avoiding foods that are deep-fried.

Ask for a doggy bag and save half of your entrée for later, Most meals have huge portions that you shouldn’t consume in one sitting.

Always ask how menu items are prepared. Choose baked, broiled, poached, steamed, or grilled. Avoid fried, deep-fried, creamed and blackened.

Request that all condiments, dressings, and sauces be served on the side; and use them sparingly.

If you must have dessert, plan your strategy accordingly. Eat a smaller portion of dinner, order fresh fruit or berries for dessert, and/or share a richer dessert with others. 

Eat slowly and savor every bite.

Hopefully these tips will help you ease your mind and enjoy yourself when dining out.

Have your cake and eat well too,

The Nutrivise Team

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Welcome to the Nutrivise Blog!

We are very excited about the traction we have been getting for our product and we are eager to release our product in the next few months! For those who don't know anything about us, Nutrivise is the first smart nutrition app that will give you specific meal recommendations based on your health goals, taste preferences and location. Using our app is like having a genius nutritionist in your pocket! Check out the article about Nutrivise on FastCoExist and visit our website to learn more!

Be Well,

The Nutrivise Team