The Carbohydrates Addicts Diet

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This diet promises weight loss by simply replacing refined sugar, pasta, potatoes and bread with everything else - such as fat, meat, non-starchy vegetables and dairy products.

It's authors Drs Rachael and Richard Heller were both overweight and initially devised this diet for themselves. They now have a best seller on their hands and a thriving clinic in America that treats hundreds of people every week.

Their theory is that because carbohydrates turn into sugar, which in turn creates insulin, it causes fat. In asserting this they did not include that this MAY happen if you are not active in burning the ingested carbs.

I read this book with great interest and not once did it make mention of active people or athletes who require carbs as an important source of fuel and energy.

I agree that carbs should be limited by the sedate, but they alone do not cause weight problems, it is often what you put on your carb meal that makes it fattening - butter on bread, sour cream of potatoes, cream sauces on pasta, coconut curry on rice, etc.

The Carbohydrates Addicts Diet allow you only three meals a day - no snacking. Two meals must be strictly carb-free and the third can include carbs and anything you can scoff down. The catch with the third all you can eat meal is that you have one hour to eat what you want and that's it till your next days meal. They refer to the third meal as your reward meal. Eating what you want in one hour apparently doesn't give you body enough time to release insulin thus not creating any cravings or the need to at more.

So much for the theory of eating slowly so that the brain registers you're full!

This eating plan allows you to eat basically everything, just not at the same time. You are also able to eat a whooping Big Mac - but not the bun
Your first two meals of the day will not have any carbs whatsoever, that includes fruit, yogurt - just protein based food, fats and non-starchy vegetables.

Low carb and high protein based diets have always been a popular method of weight loss. But what one must consider is that is it very difficult to maintain as a life-long eating plan.

If you are wish to shed some weight change your lifestyle to include more fruit and veg, low fat dairy and wheat products, minimal fat (good or bad fat) and regular exercise.

Every diet I have featured over the past few months have said to cut our refined sugars, saturated fat and not snack. It doesn't take an Einstein to know that these three things alone will help, of course they will. If you need to follow a diet plan to kick start you off, that's okay, but study them carefully and apply one that suits YOU and YOUR life. Don't go by what Liz Hurley says - remember she has someone prepare her meals and do her shopping. You may not, so practicality and realism is the key. Once you have got yourself into a healthy eating and exercise routine, you can then venture on your own experiment even further.

The golden rule is to read what you eat. Don't just look at the 99% Fat Free logo and surmise that it's okay to eat, read the list of ingredients. What they take out in fat is often replaced with sugar.

Angie K - caring for your health and well being.
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