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The Only Way To Diet
by Tim Forrester
http://www.changeobesity.com
Diet books outsell almost every other subject area both on
the internet and in the book stores. Our life styles in
the twenty first century don~t allow us to consume the
calories that our bodies tell us we need and many of us
therefore are permanently on diets and find our weight
yo-yoing backwards and forwards.
In the 1970s Dr Atkins put the diet world in a quandary
when he declared that his diet could be more effective
than others but encouraged a major intake of proteins
and fats. He was decried as being insane and playing with
people~s health but the facts speak for themselves.
Millions of people have found success through the Atkins~
diet and there is almost a revolution against all the
cakes, speciality breads, cereals and snack foods that
stores stock for people who need to eat and need to eat
now!
Even though we have more people being diagnosed with
diabetes than ever before we still don~t link the intake
of sugar and refined carbohydrates like pasta, cereal and
bread to the production of insulin. It~s a simple fact that
when your body has too much insulin it converts food to
fat.
Our bodies work on their own and out of our control. They
still tend to worry that they won~t be given another meal
and so they store carbs away without our permission. And
where are these carbs stored? Always where you don~t want
them to be stored and in most cases on the stomach or the
hips!
Where can you start? You need to start educating your mind
and body to know and understand what is right and what is
wrong. Discover which foods will convert straight to energy
and not be stored as fat. You~ll find that vegetables,
meats, eggs, nuts, legumes and cheese will be the most
effective. There are also many foods on the market that
advertise themselves as ~low carb~ and are a good way to
launch into a new diet.
When you~ve made the decision to start your low carb diet
you need to commit to an induction of a minimum of two
weeks during which you have to keep your carb intake lower
than twenty grams per day. During this time your body learns
to burn fat rather than carbs and will have forgotten its
need to hoard the carbs when you do start to consume them
again.
Once your induction is over you can have the occasional
cheat. This can really help to kick start your body if
you~ve reached a plateau. The thing you should try to stay
away from at all costs is processed sugar. Make sure that
you consume fiber. By drinking psyllium husk you can help
to flush out much of the stuff that can hang around making
your body unhealthy and fat.
Drink lots of water. This will help to flush out some of
the carbohydrates and will also stop you feeling hungry.
Keep healthy snacks around you so that you can reach out
and avoid the cakes and biscuits! There are low carb snacks
that you can make or there are many good ones on the market.
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