Good Carbs and Bad Carbs It is important to understand there are some very healthy forms of carbohydrates that you can eat without excessively stimulating your hunger (in future posts look at the lists of low carbohydrate fruits in vegetables that can be incorporated as part of your diet). A mistake that patients of mine […]
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The Basic Science of Carbohydrates What are carbohydrates, and how do they increase our hunger and cause us to become overweight? Ā Carbohydrate is the term for a wide range of molecules that are often categorized as starch, sugar or fiber.Ā They are usually derived from plant leaves, roots, seeds or fruit.Ā A few exceptions
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The approach taken on this blog is not the Adkinās diet.Ā Completely eliminating carbohydrates is not the intention, but more a reduction. Ā Reducing the amount of carbohydrates eaten in a day and increasing protein in the diet is one of the best steps toward weight loss. Besides the benefits of weight reduction, reducing carbohydrates in
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No. In terms of weight loss, breads are arguably one of the worst foods to be consuming.Ā There are grocery aisles with thousands of bread loaves on the shelf, yet very few could even be charactarized as healthy.Ā Many of them contain high amounts of sugars or high fructose corn syrup.Ā There is a large
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For some families, ThanksgivingĀ isnāt Thanksgiving without the cranberry sauce.Ā Cranberries are high in vitamin C and have a tiny bit of calcium per 1/3 cup serving. Eaten raw, they are naturally low in carbohydrates and sugars.Ā However, on Turkey day these berries are traditionally served as a sauce or a relish, with sugar as the
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All vegetables are carbohydrates, but youād be amazed to hear how much lower they are in carbohydrates than grain products.Ā Root vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins, but some rank better than others in terms of calories, fiber and carbohydrate content. Turnip: 1 cupĀ Ā 46 caloriesĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā 8g carbĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 2g fiberĀ Ā 5g sugarĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā 1g protein *high in vitamin C,
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