A fellow trainer that I know has convinced me that I should at least give the Paleo diet a trial month. Coming from the last several years of pretty low carb I have to say that it is giving me some apprehension.
The basic premise of the diet is that we have not evolved to the point that we can thrive on the cereal based diet that we have created for ourselves.
The intriguing part of this plan is that there is no calorie counting. At each meal you eat all you want. Eat when you are hungry, stop when you are not.
Sounds good so far. I am not into all of this low calorie thing at all.
Basically, you should eat meat, fish, eggs (moderately) fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. yep, that's it. No dairy, grain, salt, sugar, or vinegars.
After three days it is going pretty well and is very simple to follow. After 3 days I can definitely see a difference in the number of times I have heartburn which is normally quite a bit.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Low Carbohydrate Diet- What you need to know
If you have started a high fat , low carbohydrate diet then there are a few things you should know:
By reducing carbohydrates you will see a drop of body weight and body fat. Sounds good doesn't it? However, if you drop them too low you could alter your body's T3 levels. T3 is an active thyroid molecule that helps regulate your metabolic rate. Diets low in carbs tend to cause a reduction of T3. which in turn can slow down your metabolic rate. This is particularly true for people who under eat and over exercise.
A lot of the weight you drop while on a low carb diet is water weigh. For every gram of carbohydrate you ingest, three to five grams of water usually accompany it. By decreasing your carb intake you naturally drop body water. Although this may wound like a good idea, when you resume eating carbohydrates you may find that your body rebounds and retains excess water. The water retention will dissipate after a few days but it wreaks havoc on the dieters motivation.
During the 70's clinicians began noticing that people that followed the Atkins diet regained their weight very rapidly once they were off the diet. In face, they found the longer a person had been on the low carb diet the more carbohydrate sensitive they became. The person notices a fast accumulation of body water that's followed by an abnormally fast body fat gain. The person notices that he gains body fat very easily but loses it more slowly in the future.
The best diet for fat loss is a diet that includes lean protein, pleantly of vegetables and fruit with some good fats.
For a great book I suggest "You, On a Diet" by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen
By reducing carbohydrates you will see a drop of body weight and body fat. Sounds good doesn't it? However, if you drop them too low you could alter your body's T3 levels. T3 is an active thyroid molecule that helps regulate your metabolic rate. Diets low in carbs tend to cause a reduction of T3. which in turn can slow down your metabolic rate. This is particularly true for people who under eat and over exercise.
A lot of the weight you drop while on a low carb diet is water weigh. For every gram of carbohydrate you ingest, three to five grams of water usually accompany it. By decreasing your carb intake you naturally drop body water. Although this may wound like a good idea, when you resume eating carbohydrates you may find that your body rebounds and retains excess water. The water retention will dissipate after a few days but it wreaks havoc on the dieters motivation.
During the 70's clinicians began noticing that people that followed the Atkins diet regained their weight very rapidly once they were off the diet. In face, they found the longer a person had been on the low carb diet the more carbohydrate sensitive they became. The person notices a fast accumulation of body water that's followed by an abnormally fast body fat gain. The person notices that he gains body fat very easily but loses it more slowly in the future.
The best diet for fat loss is a diet that includes lean protein, pleantly of vegetables and fruit with some good fats.
For a great book I suggest "You, On a Diet" by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen
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