BREAD AND DIET

Question
What is it about carbohydrates, and particularly bread, that people try to avoid in order NOT to BINGE.  Can eating bread actually cause binging and why?

Also, my 5 year old daughter is very overweight.  What do you suggest we do as far as diet, etc.

Thanks


Answer
Hello David,
I'm not aware of any reason why bread would lead to binging. Binging is usually related to depriving yourself of food you need, so the body urges you to eat and often in the case of binging overeating. Most of the time this leads to less healthy foods that are loaded in sugar and fat.

As far as help for you and your daughter, I'm going to provide a few articles for you to read over. Really take in the information, and maybe even think about seeing a registered dietician.

http://philkaplan.com/thefitnesstruth/metabolism.htm
http://philkaplan.com/thefitnesstruth/sugar.htm
Sugar could very well be the #1 culprit of America's obesity problem, if you start to look at food labels, sugar is everywhere.
http://philkaplan.com/thefitnesstruth/supportive_eating.htm
http://philkaplan.com/thefitnesstruth/update_8_15_01.htm
http://philkaplan.com/thefitnesstruth/quickweightloss.htm

I know some of the articles may suggest resistance training, but considering your child is only 5 just be sure she's doing something activity wise everyday. Often times in today's society kids sit and watch tv or on the computer/video games a good amount of time. Add in the fact that many states have taken away PE classes and this is just asking for disaster.

If you have any more questions I would be thrilled to help.

-Mark Shields

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