Keep These 2 Foods Out of your Diet
The 2 foods that you should avoid may come as a surprise to you. You may be under the impression that they are OK. They are generally regarded as healthy" and people are surprised when they learn that they should eliminate them from their diet.
It is a reasonably well known fact that when dieting, trans fats are to be avoided, and also to be avoided is the high-fructose corn syrup. I am sure you are aware of this. I'm not going to go there - I am not talking about either of these.
Number one to be avoided when you are on a diet, is all wheat products - that means anything that contains wheat. This would include bread of all types, bagels, pasta and cereals (and this even includes all those "whole wheat" cereals).
The reasons for wheat products are, first of all, much of the population has an allergy to the gluten in wheat products and other grains. But what most people do not realise is that we were never meant to have a large proportion of wheat in our diet. Our digestive system has never adjusted to it.
Wheat has only appeared in the human diet in the last couple of thousand years or so, and has NEVER been such a large part of our diet until the last 80 to 100 years! Previous to that, we had a much healthier diet which consisted mainly of a mixture of of vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.
When someone is trying to lose weight, they should try to eliminate wheat from their diet for 2 to 3 weeks. If they do this, they will lose weight and they will feel a lot better also. In some cases, it has been known to eliminate headaches and indigestion problems that had been plaguing people for years.
The second food that should be avoided comes as a surprise to just about everybody, because I am talking about fruit juice. It is generally regarded as being a healthy choice, and something to be included in a weight-loss diet.
I am not an anti-carbohydrate campaigner. I believe that most fruits are very healthy " when they are taken as nature intended. When you separate the juice from the other beneficial parts of the fruit like fiber, that is when you run into problems. You are left with a high-calorie, sugary mixture.
When you only drink the juice of the fruit, your body is missing out on the fiber. This will result in a craving for more carbohydrates. Oranges and apples are two of the best examples of this. The fiber in the fruit will help to satisfy the appetite, and it also slows down the response of the blood sugar, much more so that the juice alone.
At the end of the day, you will only put on weight if you have too much fruit juice. On the other hand, eating whole fruits is an important part of a calorie-controlled diet, and a rich source of nutrients for your body. This is also dependant on your diet consisting of as much unprocessed food as possible.