Dieting For Cellulite Treatment - A Slow Carb Diet

By Dr. Elizabeth Downey


Dieting for cellulite treatment is easy. Just consume a slow carb diet. Here are the easiest approaches for getting results within the first 30 days on this diet.

Reasons for a Slow Carb Diet

The development of cellulite seems to be influenced by high levels of the hormone insulin. One of the many benefits of a slow carb diet is to keep blood sugar, and therefore insulin levels, from spiking. It is one of the best effects of a slow carb diet.

Veggies are the best sources of slow carbs. When eaten with the right amount of protein and fat, they control your insulin response. This is why your body gets better at metabolzing fat and sugar properly. The result is better structural integrity of fat and connective tissues under the skin, which would otherwise break down and lead to the formation of cellulite.

Rules of the Slow Carb Diet

Just 5 rules summarize the slow carb diet, as follows.

Rule 1: Avoid 'white' carbohydrates

These include all cereal grain-based foods, including whole grains (bread, pasta, tortillas), breakfast cereals, potatoes, breaded foods, rice, and everything else that is overly starchy.

Rule 2: Eat the same foods over and over again

Keep it simple, at least for the first 30 days. Slow and steady (or, simple and easy) wins the race. Choose one or two good sources of protein, legumes, and vegetables for every meal. Mix them up from one meal to another to avoid complete boredom, although this isn't really necessary.

The easiest foods to find and cook are: proteins (beef, chicken breast or thigh, pork, fish, eggs), veggies (cole crops such as cauliflower or broccoli, asparagus, kimchee, sauerkraut, green beans, peas), legumes (black beans, pinto beans, lentils, red beans, soybeans).

Rule 3: Do not drink calories

It is especially crucial to stay away from milk, soft drinks (either with sugar, HFCS, or artificial sweeteners), and fruit juices. Aspartame (NutraSweet) is so poisonous that you should never put it in your mouth. And you wouldn't believe the fast carb hit that comes from fruit juices!

Rule 4: Avoid fruit

Fruit contains sucrose (table sugar), which consists of a molecule of glucose and a molecule of fructose. The riper it becomes, the more fructose ('fruit sugar') it contains. Fructose will ruin the way your body handles carbs because it only metabolizes in the liver. That is where carbs are converted to fats, mostly triglycerides that circulate in your bloodstream. Too much is bad news.

You don't have to stay away from fruits forever. Add them back into your diet, carefully, after the first 30-days of avoiding them. Once you start to see great results in the first month, though, you will be able to almost instantly tell what fruits do to ruin your metabolism and how much you can eat without undue consequences.

Rule 5: Take one day off per week

This just means to pick one day per week (the same day) and eat whatever you want.

Eat chocolate and ice cream. Drink sodas. Have whatever your heart desires on this day. There are no limits on what or how much or when you eat.

A blow-up day helps keep your metabolic rate up for the week. During the other 6 days you may not eat enough on the slow carb diet, which tends to slow down your basal metabolic rate. You must eat enough to keep your thyroid working efficiently, which is helped by a weekly blow-up day. Yes, eating crap will help you keep up your metabolic rate, which helps you to trim fat and to tighten your skin. Amazing, isn't it?

A blow-up day is also important mentally. Knowing that you can have a blow-up day every week makes it easier to stick with the slow carb diet for the other 6 days of the week.

Take Action Now

Just stick to the rules above for at least 30 days, and you will be amazed at how good you look and feel. You don't have to cook any fancy recipes, join a fitness center, or buy any kind of exercise equipment. Okay, now get started!




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