Low carb

How Processed Carbohydrates Fuel Your Hunger Part 2

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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How Processed Carbohydrates Fuel Your Hunger Part 1

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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How to Start Your Low Carb Diet

The approach taken on this blog is not the Adkinā€™s 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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Root Vegetables: How Do They Rate?

All vegetables are carbohydrates, but youā€™d 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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