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Carbohydrates & Glycemic Index – Made Simple

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I use to love the “Made Simple” series of books. This is way before the “Books for Dummies” series of books, so I’m probably dating myself. Some how “Dummy Books” just don’t sit well with me. Call me old fashion, but I’d rather have a book or article that says, “Here – read this. We’ve taken the complicated out of the subject and make it simple to understand.”

So that’s what you get with this article. A new, simple and easy to understand look at carbohydrates and the glycemic index.

For decades now, many experts have urged over-weight people to seriously limit or eliminate carbohydrates altogether from their diets. We’ve been told that carbs are bad for us, especially if we’re obese.   We’ve been told to go on protein diets , fat free, no carb diets and all kinds of other fads. Millions have been made selling all kinds of diet books, many of which  are non-sustainable diets (you can’t live on them for the rest of your life) or even unhealthy diets to the point where they actually do us more harm than good.

So, before you pick a diet or start eliminating some entire food group from your food, we need to understand carbs and the glycemic index and we need it simple. So here goes … Read the rest of this post

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Mar 10, 2010

10 Tips for Changing Your Diet

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Excerpt taken from 10 Steps to Healthy Eating – author Leslie Beck RD

(Leslie Beck is a Canadian registered dietitian, a leading Canadian nutritionist and author of several nutrition books.  Leslie also writes a weekly nutrition column in The Globe and Mail and is a regular contributor to CTV’s Canada AM.)

1. Make a list of the changes you would like to make to your diet and/or your health.  Beside each, write down what the short-term and long-term benefits would be of making these changes. Read the rest of this post

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Feb 28, 2010

Surviving Your Nearest Mall Food Court

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Here are some great videos from Canadian Dr. Melissa Hershberg on how to go shopping AND survive the required food break in the Food Court. It’s all about making the best choices. You might want to lose just a few pounds or many. Dieting and weight loss is difficult at the best of times. A visit to the mall can sabotage a whole week of dieting. Find out how to navigate the through the waiting sharks. Enjoy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0NNtDLy5xg

Read the rest of the article for videos part 2 and 3.

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Feb 9, 2010

The Curse of the Yo-Yo Dieter

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There’s an old saying, everyone knows it, ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, and try again’. Good advice unless the task at hand happens to be going on a diet. When it comes to diets it should read, “Don’t try, don’t try again”. Now don’t get me wrong, if you’re overweight and intent on improving your health I’m not advocating giving up. What I’m saying is most fad diets will eventually do you more harm than good. Fear not, there is a solution.

The diet industry is largely about marketing. Psych you up, and give you a meal plan that drops your caloric intake by 50% or more and hope you see enough results in the first few months to keep you coming back for more.  You will lose some weight, but maintaining the diet is usually not a reality, and a year later you will find yourself back to where you were, or even heavier. And the really bad news, now you have tricked your body to the point of impairing your own metabolism. Read the rest of this post

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Feb 7, 2010

10 Tricks to Reduce Meal Portion Sizes

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There is a tendency to eat more than you realize.  With just a little bit of ingenuity you can decrease your daily food/calorie consumption by reducing your meal portion sizes by a modest amount.  Simply by reducing your caloric intake by 100 calories (approximately 33 calories for each of the 3 main meal) a day, after 12 months you will have lost (or not gained) 10 pounds.  The majority of people will not notice the cutback; meanwhile you have been contributing to a healthier lifestyle.

Choose one or more of the following to help assist in reducing your meal portion sizes:

  1. Prepare your meal plate and put the leftovers away before eating – out of sight out of mind, plus you will then not be tempted to eat more after the meal, as you are cleaning up and storing the leftovers. Read the rest of this post

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Jan 3, 2010

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