Low Sugar Diet

However, yes it is great for you to be on a low sugar diet, you should not remove it entirely from your diet as you need it as a source of energy but you do not need to have it in the form of white or refined sugar.

Why Low Sugar Diet?

• Low sugar diet will stabilize blood glucose levels and provide an ongoing energy for your body throughout the day, without the sudden highs and lows.

• Sugar that you don't burn by exercise or being active will turn into fat in your body quickly. Sweet foods also tend to be high in unhealthy fat too. Sugar and fat are both high in calories.

• Low sugar diet will allow you to control cravings for sweets. Stopping the cycle of cravings is the key to weight loss.

• Sugar makes your blood thick and sticky, stopping the blood flow and nutrients into the gums and teeth.

• Your teeth are badly affected by a high sugar diet and the harmful bacteria attached to sugar. UK and America are the two largest sugar consumers and they have the worst dental problems in the world.

• Too much sugar in your diet may damage your skin and cause premature aging and wrinkles.

• New research suggests that a diet full of sugars may cause different levels of mental problems, due to rapid chemical changes within the body. Low insulin production and high blood sugar levels in the bloodstream causes a confused mental state and an unsound mind.

*Here I'd like to tell you about my favorite diet program that uses a lot of the healthy lower GI foods: Isabel de los Rios' 'The Diet Solution Program'.

The Diet Solution Program favours a long term health orientated approach to fat loss, but not offering anyone a quick fix to their weight troubles. It has loads of valuable data and research to support its approach. I personally investigated the program thoroughly and my mum has been using it for a while now. I have to say she got some great results.

The nutrition plan is one of the healthiest we have seen, a strong core focus on vegetables, fruits, vitamin dense foods, lean proteins, select dairy produce and a clear approach to not expecting one diet to work for all body types. So give it a try and let me know how you’re doing.*

Tips to Help Reduce Sugar in Your Diet::

• Do not use sweeteners or sugar substitutes as they are more harmful than sugar and they won't teach you to get used to eating low sugar and not have cravings.

• Do not trust 'reduced sugar' and 'no sugar' on labels. Make a habit of reading the labels and watch out for the hidden sugars.

• Avoid soda and other sweet drinks, drink plenty of water. Soda has a high sugar content.

• Eat fruit and yogurt if you have sweet cravings, not cookies and cakes.

• It may be hard to eliminate the sugar completely at first. Reduce it slowly, half of what you'd normally have the first day then half of that the next day.

• If you are not hungry, simply don't eat.

• Aim for an overall healthy, balanced and satisfying diet of high fiber, low fat and low glycemic index. This will help reduce your sugar cravings over time.



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