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No
flour No Sugar Diet
Is 'No
Flour, No Sugar
Diet' just another low carb
'No Flour No Sugar Diet'
is supposed to
be a simple weight loss diet developed by Dr Peter H. Gott.
It is not exactly a Low Carb Diet
but more of a smart carb diet similar to the later carbohydrates
re-introduction stage of South Beach Diet.
'No
Flour No Sugar Diet is designed to be a simple to follow and an
inexpensive approach to losing weight. It does not include support
products like special foods, calorie counting or menus, simply a
‘no flour, no sugar’ rule.
It
does have some remote low carbohydrate diet
characteristics, in that there are some types of carbs to be avoided.
Other than that this weight loss
diets cannot exactly fall in the low
carb group.
It
tends
to resemble the widely recommended Glycemic Index Diet
which is based on the now popular Glycemc Index. Glycemic Index (G.I)
is a measure of how a carbohydrate food affects blood sugar once it is
digested. The concept of the sugar roller coaster because if G.I is
discussed in detail by
Fat
Loss 4 Idiots (lose 40 lbs with Calorie Shifting )
. Below is a
short
explanation.
The No Flour, No Sugar Diet Basics
A food with high G.I increases blood glucose
resulting to an increased
insulin production to allow body to be able to utilize the blood sugar.
Insulin is associated with turning the extra glucose into body fat for
energy storage. Rapid increase and decrease of blood sugar is further
associated with increased need for food. Both processes contribute to
weight gain.
Both
flour and sugar have very high G.Is. The 'No Flour No
Sugar' diet rule targets to eliminate these two foods that consist of a
large portion of your diet. They are replaced with whole-some
carbohydrates. This 'No Flour No Sugar Diet' may not be a celebrity
diet but it is quite sound health-wise as far as food planning is
concerned.
And
though the diet doesn't demonize fats, Dr Gott does not
promote it either. The ‘No Flour No Sugar’ Diet
does not address fat
directly but the assumption is that a lower intake of flour is
accompanied by lower intake of fats. For example elimination of white
bread goes away with the butter.
Note,
as so aptly detailed in the book
Fat
Loss 4 Idiots (lose 40 lbs with Calorie Shifting )
, fat is an important source of lipids and
essential fatty acids. You need to get them from your daily diet even
when losing weight. However, your choice of dietary fats is critical as
they can not only add to your weight but clog your arteries leading to
heart diseases.
The
‘No Flour No Sugar Diet’ is designed around
reduction of calorie
intake. If followed through it can result not only to sustainable
weight loss but also weight management. It does not have severe
restriction nor elimination or over promotion of any foods. However, it
is still not a comprehensive weight loss solution.
Previously
to
get a copy of the
'No Flour No Sugar Diet', you would write to the author Dr Peter .H.
Gott
requesting for the report. But today, you can get the diet in a book by
the same title at Amazon.com.
Demerits of No Flour No Sugar Diet
There are two aspects of sound weight loss that the 'No Flour No Sugar
Diet' doesn’t address at all or in a significant manner.
First is
exercise.
Since
the diet is a low calorie diet, promotion of a calorie
deficit is central to its success. This calorie deficit is achievable
in two main ways, low calorie intake and exercising to increase calorie
expenditure. The 'No Flour No Sugar Diet' covers the former more than
the latter. Studies have shown that addition of weight loss exercises
to a weight loss diet
results to better weight loss maintenance.
Second is what he, Dr Gott, calls "the intellectual or psychological
aspect of weight loss".
Successful
loss of weight is indeed based on
the psychological preparation of an individual. If this is not well
tackled in a diet program, like it is not in this one, the participant
may give up in the process.
Fat
Loss 4 Idiots (lose 40 lbs with Calorie Shifting )
classifies
these two aspects slightly differently. Based on the top four reasons
for weight-loss failure, the book identifies the two main scientific
fields upon which successful weight loss depends on.
It
further divides
each of these into two and shows you how to work with each to attain
permanent weight loss.
The
weight loss guide helps you into understanding and designing or
choosing a complete and fully integrated weight loss program for fast,
healthy and permanent weight loss. It directs you into making that
lifestyle change in realistic and practical methods so you can deal
with weight issues with finality.
For
example the guide will direct you on what you could add to the
‘No
Flour No Sugar’ to make it more effective for permanent
weight loss. Or
educate you on why one may lose weight with this diet and another will
not and help you decide where you would fall.
In the next page, you get to learn more about Calorie Shifting.
You will discover;
Weight loss is based on science but you need to execute it
artistically. You need to know when to apply which principle to apply
when. So, in additionyou will learn . . .
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Flour No Sugar Diet Stories
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