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Losing Body Fat (Pounds & Inches) Permanently #2
"The Nutritional Density Key"
Part 2 of 3
"The Nutritional Density Key"
In Part 1, I talked about how food affects the blood sugar (glucose) - and how the excess glucose is converted into fat. The next step is to learn some basic truths about what kinds of food are best.
Now this is not about recipes or about "fad" diets and severe restrictions and food deprivation. It's not about some far out "miracle food" promotion.
This is, instead, about common sense and the concept of nutritional density.
Here's a simple definition: Nutritional density refers to foods that have not been overly processed or stripped of their natural goodness - foods that contain a plentiful amount and/or a broad spectrum of nutrient value in every portion that is consumed.
The body doesn't need to protect itself from an overload of blood sugar when there is none. It really is as simple - and sensible - as that.
The common sense aspect refers to how you would apply this notion to the foods you eat every day - real foods in a real world. Just look at what you have in your refrigerator, on your shelves or are about to order in a restaurant. Are the foods 'nutrient dense', or have they been "robbed" of their worth? Are they adulterated with artificial chemicals? Have corn syrup or other refined sugars been added? Has the flour in the food been bleached "blue white" - does it have the consistency of wallpaper paste?
Another way to think about it - are these foods the same as what folks had to eat before all the over-processing and refinement and additives (before WWII)?
The reason for questioning the refined sugars and bleached processed grains is that these are the foods that are almost always the cause of an immediate and drastic elevation of blood sugar. And you know, from issue #1 of this newsletter, that any excess must be converted quickly to fat as a protective measure.
Nutrient dense foods impact the glucose levels more slowly and don't cause a "spike". The body doesn't need to protect itself from an overload of blood sugar when there is none. It really is as simple - and sensible - as that.
Nutritional density refers to foods that have not been overly processed or stripped of their natural goodness.
There are other factors directly related to your eating program and weight-loss efforts that are presented in the Session 9 Plan. (See free ebook offer on www.truth4health.com)
Of particular note at the end of the Session 9 Plan is the page titled "The ABCs of Nutrition". It contains a concise list of nutrient dense foods that provide maximum nutrition for good health without causing troubles with excess blood sugar.
In the next issue, we'll talk about "fat releasing" measures and "fat-dissolving" substances.
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