Main Advantages Of Dieting
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.
Dr Atkins put forward his revolutionary diet plan way back
in the 1970s and the medical world condemned him out of
hand. Previously it was always believed that we needed
carbohydrates in abundance to function properly and here
was someone advocating mostly proteins and fats. With
steadfast resolve, he continued to shout his beliefs and
thirty years later the number of people who find success
with his diet far outweighs most of the other diets on the
market. There is a side industry in low carb snacks that
has started up to help us when we need to eat in a hurry
and stores are having to recognise that there is a change
happening in our eating habits.
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.
Although we occupy our bodies, they are very much in
control and if they decide to store the carbs we eat as fat
it~s difficult to persuade them otherwise. The body worries
that it may not receive another meal and so it must make
fat rather than energy and why does it always decide to
store that fat on our hips and stomachs?!
So, when this happens we tend to look at the advertising
that~s shouting the loudest. Nine times out of ten the first
thing we see are the ~low fat~ alternatives. This makes a
lot of sense, but what the advertising doesn~t tell us is
that these foods are usually full to bursting with sugar
which increases our insulin levels and therefore our fat.
These diets don~t work!
What you need is a diet that can make a real impact on
your weight. But first you need to really convince yourself
that you want to lose weight. So many people moan about
their bodies but don~t have the determination and the will
power to do anything about it. Once you~ve made a
commitment to lose weight you need to find out what are the
good foods and what are the bad ones. The good ones are
those that will convert to energy rather than fat and
you~ll find these are mostly vegetables, eggs, nuts,
cheese, meat and legumes.
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.
You can have ~days out~ now when you allow yourself a
treat. As well as keeping you sweet(!) this can also help
to kick start the diet again if you~ve found that you~ve
reached a plateau. Just try to always stay away from
processed sugar. Consume lots of fiber as this will help
flush out the waste in your body regularly. You can do
this by drinking psyllium husk.Water will also help to
flush out some of the carbohydrates and will stop you from
feeling hungry.When you do need a snack, try to be
prepared. Take some raw veg to work tonibble on or buy some
healthy low carb snacks.
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