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.
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. Continue reading '10 Tips for Changing Your Diet'»
How would you like to cut your risk of heart disease, breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes and stroke? You can increase your metabolism and lose weight. You will increase your brain power, relieve stress, and improve your moods. For men, you will decrease your chances of erectile dysfunction. Can you believe there is something out there for you that can do all these and more? This is not some fly-by-night offer or scam. This is not a time limited deal. This is real and its cost is minimal. What is this miracle cure? Continue reading 'A Healthy Offer – You Can’t Refuse!'»
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!
Read the rest of the article for videos part 2 and 3.
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. Continue reading 'The Curse of the Yo-Yo Dieter'»
There is a LOT of miss information out there on carbs or carbohydrates. I hear it a ALL the time, even in my own family. What’s even more scary is some of the reasons I hear people using to justify maintaining their eating habits around carbohydrates. So, whether you’re reading this becasue you just have to lose a few pounds or you’re considering weight loss surgery; by taking a quick look at carbohydrates, we can clear up some of these misconceptions for you. Continue reading 'The Skinny On Carbohydrates – To Eat or Not!'»
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:
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. Continue reading '10 Tricks to Reduce Meal Portion Sizes'»
I am not really much of a celebrity watcher or fan. When it comes to being in the loop – I am here and the loop is way over there somewhere. But I thought, just as an exercise, I would check out how many celebrities have had weight loss surgery. Some of them like Star Jones deny having the surgery so much that it’s pretty well accepted that she did. Others like Sharron Osborne are great supporters of WLS. How many of these people have you heard of or knew had weight loss surgery?
Society today has become such a Super-Size It place, that we have lost sight of what a real serving size should be. To compare the size of commercially sold foods in our current day Super-Size It world to about 20 years ago, you will find a muffin is now about 5 ounces compared to 1 ½ ounces (about the physical size of an egg), today’s average bagel is now about 5 ½ – 6 inches in diameter compared to 3 inches before and an average cookie is now about 3 inches whereas before they were about 1 ½ inches. Continue reading 'How Much Should We Be Eating?'»
Many people have to deal with false hunger, (aka head hunger) on some level, for some it is a battle that they have to wage combat on constantly during the day and it can be even worse during the evenings when we tend to become less active. The following list is things that can be done to help avoid this excessive eating.
1. Drink unflavoured water – by filling the stomach, then the mind thinks you are full. For most people if they drink sweetened drinks (even if low calorie) they will be more tempted to eat, instead of reducing the desire. Continue reading '6 WAYS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY EATING'»
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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.”
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