Fast Carbs Versus Slow Carbs
- At November 17, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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People have talked about carbohydrates decades. The talk revolves around eating too many sugar and starch carbs. This video shares why the type not quantity of carbs can affect your weight and health, and how some natural foods are condemned as high carb and high glycemic index when in truth they are not.
In this video:
• Types of carbohydrates. 00:35
• Fast carbs. 3:44
• Slow carbs. 5:08
• Fast carbs and glycemic index. 6:47
• Slow carb food calories. 10:52
Eating A Low Carb vs. Low Plant Food Diet
- At March 26, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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There are many low carb diets. Eating a low carb diet does not mean eating a low plant food diet. Plant foods are a major source of carbohydrates. Plant foods also provide fat, protein and 100’s of other nutrients. Plant foods are a major source of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer nutrients. Plant foods are also low inflammation foods.
This video shares some differences between eating a low plant food versus a low carbohydrate diet and the health benefits of plant foods.
In this video:
• What is a carbohydrate? 00:44
• Sources of carbohydrates. 2:06
• Natural versus refined carbs. 2:36
• Diabetes, sugar and starch. 4:07
• Plant food health benefits. 7:08
• High plant food, low carb diet. 10:15
Carbs, Digestion & Blood Sugar Spikes
- At February 24, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Carbohydrates (carbs) have been associated with weight gain for decades. This video shares how the human body digests and absorbs sugar and starch from carbohydrates and why an abundance of minimally processed carbs are better than diets high in refined carbs.
In this video:
• Types of carbs. 00:38
• Types of sugar. 1:07
• Carbs and blood sugar levels. 2:06
• Blood sugar and diabetes. 4:16
• How your body digests sugar and starch. 5:31
Essential Nutrients: Fad vs. Balanced Diets
- At February 22, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Many popular fad diets are nutrient deficient diets marketed to overweight and obese people with one or more chronic diseases.
Nutrient packed balanced diets like Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) have been around for decades and in some cases millennia. They do not generate as much publicity or interest because they are not rapid weight loss diets. By eating a diet providing the nutrients your body needs, one can lose excess weight and keep it off.
In this video:
• What are essential nutrients? 00:35
• Nutrient abundant & deficient diets. 1:42
• Low carb 2:45
• Paleo 5:53
• Keto 7:20
• DASH 7:49
• Mediterranean 9:13
