The Two Most Fattening of Foods will shock you 0
After years of working as a Certified Nutrition Specialist, I have come to realize that many people wrongly believe two fattening foods to be “healthy”. When I tell people they should consider eliminating these two particular foods from their diets, they are typically quite shocked.
The first – and, yes, if you’re like most people, this is going to shock you – is wheat products. This type of food obviously includes breads, cereals, bagels, pasta, muffins, crackers, etc. What you may not realize is that anything “whole wheat” is included as well.
First, many of us have at least to some degree, an intolerance of gluten that is found in wheat and other grains. Those who have celiac disease are most sensitive to it, but none of us should be consuming it to the degree in which we’ve become accustomed. Humans, for the most part, simply don’t have the digestive system needed for large amounts of wheat in our diets.
Wheat was introduced to our diets just a few thousand years ago, but our consumption has increased over the last hundred years of so to a point where it has surpassed our ability to digest the amounts we consume. We spent hundreds of thousands of years consuming a diet of meats, vegetables, fruits, seeds, and nuts, so these are the foods our bodies digest best.
Nearly every client who has heeded my advice of eliminating fattening foods made from wheat from their diet for 2-3 weeks has seen a vast improvement in weight loss ability and how they feel in general. Many are able to rid themselves of headaches and digestion problems they’ve had for years. Even skin issues have improved in some of my clients with the elimination of wheat.
The other fattening food many are shocked by is fruit juice. Fruit juice is, of course, thought to be “healthy.” The fruits the juices are made from are, in fact, quite healthy. The problem with the juice of fruits is that it is a high-calorie, sugary liquid that leaves behind the fiber and other health-beneficial parts of the fruit.
When you drink only the juice of the fruit, you don’t get the appetite-satisfying fiber the fruit itself offers, leaving you craving more carbs. When the whole fruit is consumed, the fiber helps slow the blood sugar response as well; the juice alone does not.
So if you’re looking to eliminate fattening food from your diet, look to the not-so-obvious wheat and fruit juice in your diet, cut back the best you can and you’ll be on your way to losing weight before you know it!
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