I don't know anyone who wants to battle those hunger cravings while they're on a diet.
How about you?
The last thing we want in a diet is to have to be disciplined, white knuckle it, hang in there and hope we'll be strong… it just isn't fun! In fact it's misery!
And every time, somewhere along the way, we break down and reach for those carbs… our old and trusted friend that brings us comfort in the dark times. And all the weight we've lost comes rushing back on.
Is that a familiar story?
Those carbohydrates are not really your friends. In fact they're your enemy.
They stroll on in, all smiles saying: "Hi there good lookin', you seem down today. Let me make you feel better". Here… have some of this delicious cake. You eat the carbs and before you know it you've fallen off your diet plan.
Now you know you're worthless… you've failed again!
So what can we do to make this easier?
The thing is very simply this… carbs make you hungry and carbs create fat.
I can go into all of the body chemistry about why this is so… and I have done in lots of articles… but I don't think most people really care.
So let's look at it this way:
Carbohydrates are highly addictive. They're as bad or worse than alcohol and drugs. Not everyone is set up to get addicted to carbohydrates, but if you are susceptible then carbohydrates will take you down.
It's not your fault!!!
You fall into this trap by accident. After all, carbs are food and we all like food. And carbs are delicious and satisfying.
But carbs screw with our insulin/sugar cycles and eventually (often it takes years) we become "insulin insensitive" and our muscles and lean tissue can no longer take up the glucose in our bloodstream. The glucose is then deposited as fat around our belly and in our liver.
At this point in our lives we can actually begin to eat less calories and gain weight.
If we continue to eat a diet rich in highly processed carbohydrates, we will continue to gain weight and eventually contract Diabetes 2 and heart disease.
We hear a lot of talk about high glycemic foods these days. These are foods which are quickly and easily converted into glucose in our blood by our stomach. They spike our blood sugar levels way above the normal operating range and trigger massive inflows of insulin to our system. This is how the problem starts and continues.
The solution is very simple. Get off those high glycemic foods and get onto a diet rich in protein, fruits, vegetables and unprocessed natural grains.
I can show you how to reverse that carbohydrate addiction and as a bonus lose up to 5 pounds or more in 5 days.
You will lose your food cravings and not go hungry. If you continue with the program for 12 weeks or more you will almost certainly lose significant amounts of weight and begin to restore your health.
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