Hi-
Bet that headline got your attention, huh?
But seriously, there is starting to be some good
science backing up what some of us have known for
some time.
For example- although most women I know long ago
jumped aboard the low-fat craze ages ago, I always felt
intuitively that my body needed and liked fat. I never really gave up butter, olive oil, or other things that added flavor, satiety, and PLEASURE to meals.
Science has come around again. There was a big study done comparing groups of dieters- one group was the “low fat” group, the other “low carb”. At the end of the study the group that was monitoring their carb and glycemic index loads did the best, including maintaining their metabolism’s ability to
burn.
In other words, when you are looking to tweak your eating plan, you would do better to look at the overall “glycemic load” of the meal. Most of you have probably heard about the “glycemic index”- it is a measurement of how much our insulin/sugar levels rise after eating a particular food.
Many experts, Mark Hyman, M.D. who wrote “Ultrametabolism” recommends looking at the total glycemic load of a meal. For example, while something like rice or potatoes may have a certain g.i. when eaten alone, once you add fiber, fat, and protein from a meal, the way your insulin levels are impacted are quite different.
Experts on weight loss agree that you will do best when balancing all of your eating, by composing snacks and meals to include:protein, fiber, or fat to accompany starches or fruits or more processed foods (which nobody is recommending- certainly not me).
The closer we eat to the earth, the more whole foods and unpackaged and unprocessed choices we make, the healthier and leaner we will be.
How does your eating stack up with these guidelines? Need some ideas for healthy, balanced meals and snacks? Just ask!
Also, more free articles and info on the articles page on my site.
Love and blessings,
Lisa
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