Carb
Crash
Have you tried a low carb diet yet? With obesity rampant and the majority of us fighting off excess
pounds, it’s tempting to try something new. Watch out!
The
low-carb is a temporary
weight loss diet, not a diet for long-term health. The rapid initial
weight loss many find enticing is mostly water weight. The long term
impartial studies of this diet have only reached the length of one year.
At one year they show no
difference between the amount of weight loss dieters on the
low fat or low carb diets are able to maintain.
The holy
grail of the low-carb diet is to trick your body into a state of ketosis,
which means it thinks it’s starving, and starts burning it’s caloric
reserve of held in fat. Low carb dieters feel free to keep munching away
while their bodies wonder what is going on.
Like halitosis,
osteoporosis, or neurosis,
ketosis is actually a symptom of disease.
The long term health effects of prolonged ketosis are unknown and could be
catastrophic.
Simply
put, low carb means high profit
under the guise of good health.
Manufacturers
have re-introduced hundreds of processed food items, taking a huge share
of the market. Many low
carb foods are loaded with sugar alcohols and highly toxic transfats
from hydrogenated oils. Low
carb foods also often contain extra salt, artificial flavors, colors,
and preservatives. The meat, eggs, and dairy products that are allowed
on this regime, are also high in cholesterol and saturated fats as well
as little goodies like antibiotics and growth hormones.
Yummy!
Where is
the value in the low carb craze? Well,
it has heightened Americans’ awareness of good carbs and bad carbs.
Bad carbs come from refined sugars and starches.
Good carbs come from
vegetables, whole grains, fruits and legumes that are filled with
fiber, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, bioflavonoids, carotenoids,
retinols, isoflavones, and polyphenols. These naturally occurring
nutrients from carbohydrate-rich foods are known to reduce the risk of
many chronic diseases!
Many
doctors and clinics now recommend Heart Thrive vegan energy bars.
Packaged in pairs, the fruit-flavored hearts provide more calcium
than an eight ounce glass of milk, 30 percent of the body’s daily
protein requirements, and 10 grams of fiber.
They contain no cholesterol and are low in sugar.
Compact as a cell phone, these meals-to-go fit easily inside a
lunchbox, purse, or briefcase.
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