A low GI diet is the most effective for weight loss.

That’s a big, bold statement and I hope in this article to tell you what a low GI diet is and why it is so effective for weight loss. So what is a low GI Diet anyway? It’s a diet rich in low GI foods, has a moderate level of medium GI foods and one that avoids high GI foods like the plague. GI, or Glycemic Index, is the rate of carbohydrate energy release into your bloodstream. Glucose is your body’s premium fuel and almost all of it is sourced from dietary carbohydrate. However, although all carbs supply glucose, the rate they are digested and then release that glucose into the bloodstream,... [Read more...]

Eat to slim

Most of us simply love our food, sometimes too much. Usually when you start on a weight loss diet, it means sacrificing the sheer pleasure of food. Giving up the delicious aromas and tastes, giving up the pleasures of flavoursome, shared meals with family and friends, and giving up our freedom to eat what we please. Most weight loss plans simply ask too much -  they ask us to tip our lives completely over. We are often asked to make all our meals around highly processed foods that we didn’t select, cook, or even choose. Someone else make all of these decisions for us. No wonder most diets... [Read more...]

The Eating Diet

Welcome to the foundation article for the oldest, least argued and most commonsense weight loss diet program. Oh, and the most effective. Eat Less, Eat Better, Move More Or put another way, if you eat less food and calories, eat better, more nutritious and less processed and sugary food and move your body more you will lose or control your weight. The general idea Most diets fail because people can’t/won’t maintain them for long enough. They are either too hard, complicated, faddish, unrealistic, impractical, boring, hyped, over-promising, questionable, costly, time-consuming and ineffective. Most... [Read more...]

Glycemic Index – some definition

Physiology: Glycemic Index (GI) 1. Rate of food digestion relative to glucose 1. Compared to glucose or white bread as the control 2. High glycemic food adverse effects 1. Hyperglycemia may persist for 2 hours after meal 1. Stimulates higher Insulin release 2. Hypoglycemia results within 2 to 4 hours after meal 1. Stimulates appetite 2. Raises free fatty acid levels 3. Glycemic load (GL) 1. Corrects glycemic index for serving size 2. Examples 1. Scone GI is high at 92, but GL is low... [Read more...]

The no-argument idea to lose weight.

Eat Less. T’dah! Yeah, right. Eat less food and I’ll lose weight. Easier said than done. Too good to be true. Too simple to be effective. Eating Less can be done. Here’s just a start of the filling, appetite suppressing, hunger pang thwarting ideas from reputable sources. There’ll be lots more to follow. …. In fact, carbohydrates are natural appetite suppressants, because gram for gram, those carbohydrate foods with a low glycemic index are the most filling and prevent hunger pangs for longer periods of time. Glucose Revolution by Thomas Wolever MD PhD, page 1 You’re... [Read more...]

Diet Meal Plans: Discovering the Benefits

Losing weight or maintaining a healthy lifestyle requires that a person make a commitment to eat the proper foods on a consistent and continual basis. This is difficult for most people without the help of diet meal plans. When a person uses diet meal plans they can plan ahead for occasions when healthy food would otherwise not be available. Most people find that creating diet meal plans that are effective work best if made on pay day. Making meal plans on a weekly basis when a person gets paid every two weeks will usually result in week two requiring extra emergency shopping trips and more fast... [Read more...]

Healthy Meal Plans: Save Time, No Hassle

When you have a busy life it can be hard to eat right. These healthy meal plans will help you save time, efforts, and still eat right. A good way to start is by packing a lunch and skipping the fast food. Fast food is full of empty calories and costs a fortune over time. You could just have a sandwich but that isn’t very filling or nutritious. I prefer to take a full meal with me for lunch. If fast food is a must on some days then choose something from the light menu or a salad. If your work place doesn’t have a refrigerator then you can get and insulated cooler. Then all you have to... [Read more...]

Losing Weight With Exercise: Some Truly Effective Tips

by April Kerr If you are searching for the greatest weight loss exercise program and you have yet to discover something that really works, look at the kinds of programs that you have been using. Because your body is different and will react to exercise differently, you might need to concentrate on one type of exercise plan over another. Resistance training is time and again a highly successful system to help burn off those additional calories and develop the core muscles you’re looking for. A weight loss exercise plan that offers you a good variety of options for working your trouble areas... [Read more...]

Do You Know The Right Way To Lose Weight?

Let’s be honest here. You don’t seriously expect to lose weight in 3 weeks that took you 3 years to put on, now, do you? Well, for some they probably canbut it will only be temporary. Losing weight in a slow, steady manner is the healthiest way you can do it, and it’s also the only way to keep it off for good. It requires not just a diet plan, those don’t work. It requires a change of lifestyle. You know why so many people can’t lose weight, or have such a hard time trying? Because they don’t want to accept the truth that there is no quick, fast, easy way to... [Read more...]

Tips on How to Lose Weight

by April Kerr Today programs which promise quick weight loss are everywhere. It is hard for anyone who watches TV, or reads newspapers and magazines to miss these weight loss advertisements. These fad diets are very convincing, and are hard to resist for many people in our health-conscious society. Unfortunately, individuals who have quite a bit of weight to lose are frequently the true target audience for these programs. If fat diets worked, this would be fantastic. Sadly, most do not work. Overweight individuals spend a fortune on fad diets, only to be left in the same condition, or worse than... [Read more...]

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