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The 2
Worst Foods That Make You Fat - One May Even Shock You
You have
probably heard a thousand times how bad trans fats and
high fructose corn syrup are for your health (and
waistline), so I'm going to spare you the lecture on
those. Instead, I'm going to give you a couple of the
most fattening foods that may surprise you in this
article. In fact, a lot of people falsely believe these
2 foods are "healthy", when they are really packing on
the pounds...........The 2 fattening foods that I'm
going to talk about in this article may actually shock
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most
people falsely believe these 2 foods are "healthy". In
all of my years working as a Certified Nutrition
Specialist, this usually surprises people when I mention
they should consider eliminating these foods from their
diet.
Everybody these days knows how bad trans fats and high
fructose corn syrup are for you, so I figured I'd spare
you yet another lecture on those... Instead, read on to
see a couple foods that may shock you that they may be
packing on the blubber.
The first type of food that is often falsely believed to
be healthy is wheat products... this includes most
breads,
cereals,
bagels,
muffins,
pasta,
crackers,
and so on. And yes, I am including "whole wheat"
in the category of this fattening food.
First of all, a large percentage of the population has
some degree of intolerance to the gluten in wheat and
some other grains. Full blown
celiacs are the most
sensitive to it, but what most people don't realize is
that the majority of the population was never meant to
eat large quantities of wheat. The human digestive
system has never adapted to large amounts of wheat in
the diet.
The introduction of wheat into the human diet has only
been in the last couple thousand years, and it has NEVER
been in such large quantities in the human diet until
the last 80-100 years. This is a small time frame
compared to the traditional diet that the human
digestive system developed over several hundred thousand
years eating a hunter-gatherer diet of meats, fruits,
vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
From my experience with many of my clients, when they
heed my advice and eliminate wheat from their diet for
2-3 weeks to see if they start to lose weight and feel
better, this almost always makes a HUGE difference. Many
times, they not only start losing body fat much faster,
but they also finally get rid of headaches and
indigestion that has plagued them for years. Sometimes
even skin problems go away when eliminating wheat from
the diet.
The 2nd example of the worst fattening foods that shocks
many people because it is thought to be "healthy" is --
fruit juice.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti-carb advocate per
se... I actually think most fruits are VERY healthy for
us. However, we were NOT meant to separate the juice
from the rest of the fruit and only drink the high
calorie sugary mixture and leave behind the fibre and
other beneficial components of the fruit.
When you only drink the juice of fruits (apple juice and
orange juice being 2 of the worst culprits in the
western diet), you are not getting the appetite
satisfying effect of the fibre in the fruit, and you're
left craving more carbs. Also, the fibre in whole fruit
helps to slow the blood sugar response when eating whole
fruit compared to fruit juice.
Bottom line... over consuming fruit juices makes you
fat. On the other hand, eating
whole fruits
including all of the fiber helps you maintain a
healthy
balanced diet and
high nutrient density (as long
as the rest of your diet is whole unprocessed foods as
well).
If you want the REAL truth on eating strategically for
permanent fat loss, read these
5 tips for Losing Body
Fat the smart and effective way.
Enjoy, and good luck with your nutrition endeavors!
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