Low Carbohydrate Stupidity

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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What arerepparttar offending foods?

1. Any food made of refined flour; bread, cake, cookies, cereal, crackers, donuts, etc. 2. White rice. 3. Potatoes.

The above foods will cause your blood sugar to rise rapidly and stay high for a long period. Ifrepparttar 115386 above foods are a regular part of your diet, you will be gaining weight uncontrollably. Avoid these foods and your weight will gradually fall back to a normal weight zone.

What arerepparttar 115387 good carbohydrates?

1. 100% stone ground whole wheat bread. 2. Whole grain wheat bran cereal. 3. Surprisingly, pastas like spaghetti, macaroni, and ravioli have glycemic indexes lower than 50. 4. Even more surprising, chocolate has a glycemic index less than 50.

Most fruits and vegetables have a low glycemic index, but there are some exceptions. Oranges and grapefruits have a low glycemic index but turn them into juice andrepparttar 115388 glycemic index zooms up. Beans and nuts have a low glycemic index, but watch those calories! Plain baked beans have 240 calories per cup and walnuts have 190 calories per ounce. And just because a product contains a food with a low glycemic index doesn’t meanrepparttar 115389 product's recipe has a low glycemic index.

Locate a good glycemic index table and use it to select low glycemic index carbohydrates to replacerepparttar 115390 high glycemic index foods in your diet.

Don’t be fooled by listening torepparttar 115391 low carbohydrate stupidity. Don’t eat only fat and meat. That would cause health problems that will eventually lead to your death. ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money onrepparttar 115392 Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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Do You Make These South Beach Diet Mistakes ?

Written by Neil Stelling


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Fall Victim to Bread Craving

How many people list 'bread' as an addiction ? Seriously, there's a lot. Unfortunately, white bread is right nearrepparttar top ofrepparttar 115385 Glycemic index, and aboutrepparttar 115386 worst food you can eat on your diet. When you get into Phase 2 you're allowed to eat bread, but only slices of wholemeal. Same with rice and pasta. Small amounts, and ideally whole grain versions. Bad carbs add weight.

Ignorerepparttar 115387 Health Benefits

Most people start a diet to lose weight. I guess that's what a diet is for. But some diets, particularly South Beach, have major health benefits. In fact, it's worth going onrepparttar 115388 South Beach Diet just forrepparttar 115389 health benefits, even if you don't lose weight (but you do). My blood pressure was high when I started. After 3 weeks it was back to normal. People with pre-diabetes, or potential heart problems, can much reduce their risk by following this diet. So there's lots of beneficial internal changes in your blood chemistry happening while you're losing weight.

So if you followrepparttar 115390 South Beach Diet properly, you'll get great results. You'll lose weight quickly, keep it off, and get some major health benefits.

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Neil Stelling is Marketing Manager of DigiLectual Inc., and a successful follower of the South Beach Diet.


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