Myths Of Slimming |
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Your
body has evolved over millions of years to work perfectly with a
certain kind of diet. Our ancestors weren't fat because they ate this
optimum diet, as do the lucky ones such as the Hunzas in the Himalayas,
whose average lifespan is over a hundred and who never get fat or
suffer from diabetes, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's or any other
of the diseases plaguing the twenty-first century. This is, in all its
essentials, my diet. If you follow the Fatburner
System, you will lose weight, gain energy, improve your skin, sharpen
your mind, balance your mood – and add years to your life, and life to
your years. Now let's look at why. The science behind the Easy Slimming Diet Diet is
very simple. Your body is designed to burn glucose for energy, which is
carried by blood to the cells. Carbohydrates such as grains and fruits
are broken down into glucose in the body. But carbohydrates figure
hugely in today's typical Western diet, and if you eat too much of
them, particularly the refined type, you'll end up with more blood
glucose than you need. You'll then store the excess as fat. If your blood glucose levels are even, you'll have a
steady supply of energy and a healthy but balanced appetite. This is
the reason you'll have no problem maintaining the right weight. But, if
your blood glucose levels are sometimes high, sometimes low, you'll see
the beginnings of twenty-first-century-itis. When levels are too high,
you'll lay down fat; when they're too low, you'll feel lethargic, and
it will be harder to burn fat. A quarter of all people, and nine out of
ten people with weight problems, have difficulty keeping their blood
sugar level even. The result is exhaustion and overweight. And this is just the beginning. Obese people are
77 times more at risk of developing diabetes than non-obese people
– a statistic that alone tells you how strongly linked weight gain is
to blood sugar control. So the best way of losing weight is to regain blood glucose control,
which heralds the return of your body's ability to burn fat. You'll
lose weight effortlessly without having to starve, and gain health and
vitality at the same time. Dieting can be like negotiating a minefield of
misconceptions. Many methods for losing weight have no basis in science
whatsoever so, if your dieting life has been one long string of
depressing failed attempts, it's hardly surprising. Here I'd like to debunk some of these 'methods', and expose them as
myths. That way, you'll have the knowledge to prevent a life of yo-yo
dieting and long-term health problems. |
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