6 Helpful Ideas To Stay Healthy

September 25, 2007

Tags: Digestion, Down Syndrome, family life, fat loss, men, plant sugars, weight loss, wellness, women
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6 Simple ideas to promote health

Fed up with hearing about the plight of our declining health. Follow these 6 simple principles and you can help but lose fat and improve your health over time.

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1. Whenever possible, eat foods that are in their natural state.

(Note: This rule does not apply to meats and other foods that are dangerous to eat raw.) In this rule, reference is made to a food like carrots. What is the natural state of a carrot? Raw. When carrots are eaten raw, they are safe and natural-the way they were designed to be eaten. Raw carrots also fit the second rule-to eat foods that are harder to digest. Carrots also fit the third rule since they are high in fiber. Raw carrots have an index number of 35 (low-glycemic), but cooked carrots (not in their natural state) have an
index of 65 (moderately glycemic).

2. Eat foods that are harder to digest.

The harder a food is to digest, the lower-glycemic it usually is. The harder the food is to digest, the longer ittakes to convert to sugars. This longer process minimizes insulin reactions. You can then maximize your conversion of food to energy and minimize the amount of food converting to fat. For example, cooked carrots are very easy to digest, so their index is much higher than raw carrots.

3. Eat foods that are high in fiber.

Fiber ranges from hard to digest to impossible to digest. Impossible to digest is actually good for humans. It not only helps with a feeling of fullness, but also helps to clean our colons-which is essential for good health. The higher the fiber, typically the more absorbent it is for fats. The slower the digestive process isfor a specific food, generally, the lower the glycemic index will be for that food. A good example is bread. Highly refined white bread’s fiber is so broken down and easy to digest that it is virtually useless for colon health. It is not in its natural state (Rule No.1), and it is white (Rule No. 6). However, whole grain bread with seeds is as close as bread gets to the natural state of grain. Depending on the grain and the seeds, it could be low-or moderately glycemic, but not high-glycemic. So you can have bread, but not highly refined flours and breads that are high-glycemic.

4. Time your food intake.

It is very important to your overall health-but particularly important to achieving a lean body-to keep your blood sugar balanced. Skipping meals may save calories, but will eventually backfire since your body will perceive a state of starvation and reduce the rate at which you convert your stored fats. Snacking is fine (even helpful) if it is with the right foods. Snacking helps keep your blood sugar balanced this in turn helps control appetite and maintain your ability to convert stored fat as energy. It would be ideal if we could get every one to snack only on fresh fruits or vegetables that are low-glycemic, such as peaches or celery. But this isn’t always convenient, so here is one practical (and tasty!) suggestion: A dozen almonds in their natural state eaten every two hours between meals should help the average person maintain a reasonable level of blood sugar.

5. Avoid white foods.

There are, of course, exceptions to every rule if you look hard enough. In general, white foods tend to be high-glycemic. White potatoes are the highest (85-98) on the glycemic index. They are a starchy complex, and those starches convert to glucose rapidly. Additionally, they are very easy to digest (Rule No. 2) and contain very little fiber (Rule No. 3).

6. Do not use artificial sweeteners.

There is preliminary evidence that artificial sweeteners may in fact slow the fat-burning process by confusing the normal chemical signals to the brain. An healthy alternative and actually beneficial sugar is Trehalose. These signals are normally associated with sweet tastes. There is also an increasing body of evidence that indicates some artificial sweeteners may have harmful effects on the human body.

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