Low Carb Diets Facts & Myths
- At June 08, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Low carb diets have been around for decades. Many people claim they follow a low carb diet including keto and Paleo and have achieved amazing results. Most claims are anecdotal and unverifiable. If eating a low carb diet is the path to better health, why has the number of overweight and obese Americans increased instead of decreased?
Many low carb diets restrict or eliminate one or more plant foods for a variety of reason including being the cause of Americas obesity and diabetes epidemic. Most studies show people eating high carb diets tend to maintain a healthy weight and live longer, healthier lives.
In this video:
• What are carbohydrates? 00:48
• Carbohydrate health benefits. 2:21
• Why go low carb? 4:21
• How low is low carb? 5:19
• How many carbohydrates do you need? 7:14
• Carbs and antinutrients. 9:40
• Cut natural or manmade carbs? 12:25
• The final choice is yours. 13:42
Essential Nutrients Facts & Myths
- At June 04, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Essential nutrients must come from your diet or dietary supplements because your body cannot make them. They include carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, and micro-nutrients. There are many myths about essential nutrients promoted by creators of fad diets and dietary supplements.
In this video:
• What are nutrients? 00:43
• What makes a nutrient essential? 1:18
• Best sources for essential nutrients. 3:08
• Sources of nonessential nutrients. 8:36
• Recommended dietary allowances (RDA) versus percent daily value. 10:50
Diet, Calories & Portion Control
- At May 28, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, New Video
- 0
Most people are overweight or obese due to diets providing more calories than their bodies need to maintain a healthy weight. With foods available 24/7 in many countries or while on vacation, it is easy to add a few extra pounds.
Adding a few extra pounds is not inevitable. It is due to a lack of understanding how easy it is to gain weight compared to losing weight.
While most people can lose weight on any diet, the secret is keeping the weight from coming back. Replacing a 3,000 calories high carb diet with a 3,000 calories low carb diet will not produce the miraculous weight loss some diet claim.
Too lose weight and keep it off on any diet requires controlling calories. Controlling calories requires limiting portion size.
Supersized portions usually results in supersized people.
In this video:
• Diet versus dieting. 00:41
• Diet and calories. 3:29
• Can you eat foods you love and lose weight? 9:07
• Eating more food and less calories. 14:22
Total & Net Carbs For Over 130 Foods & Beverages
- At January 28, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness
- 0
Some low carb diets limit daily carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less. A keto diet may limit carbs to 5 percent of total calories.
Carbohydrates come from plant foods that are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and 1000’s of plant chemicals (phytochemicals).
To allow low carb dieters to eat more carbs, some diets use net carbs. Net carbs subtracts fiber and sugar alcohols from total carbs. Fiber and sugar alcohols do not increase blood glucose like sugar and starch.
Most natural foods have little or no sugar alcohols. Sugar alcohols are used to make highly processed low carb foods like protein and energy bars, cookies, cakes, and candy. Foods most people should limit from any diet.
Low Carb Diets, Blood Glucose Spikes & The Glycemic Index
- At January 24, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness
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Why low carb and glycemic index diets may not be the answer to losing weight, preventing blood glucose spikes and type 2 diabetes.
In this 20 minute video:
• Carbs and blood glucose.
• Difference between increased blood glucose and blood glucose spikes.
• What is the glycemic index?
• Glycemic index limitations.
• Do low glycemic index or low carb diets prevent obesity and diabetes?
Is Fruit Good Or Bad Carbs?
- At January 16, 2021
- By Daniel
- In Health & Wellness
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Is fresh and minimally processed fruit good or bad carbs? Does eating fruit increase your risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes? Included in this video:
• Fruit carbs.
• Fresh vs. processed fruit.
• Fresh fruit nutrition.
• Whole fruit vs. fruit juice.
• Fruit and obesity.
• Fruit, blood sugar, & diabetes.
Carbs, Sugar, And Diabetes Facts & Myths
- At September 08, 2020
- By Daniel
- In Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Carbohydrates are fiber, sugars, and starch.
Diets high in sugar and starch can overwhelm the pancreases ability to make insulin. Insulin allows cells to use sugar for energy. Unused sugar is converted to body fat.
A constant supply of sugar can dangerous increase blood sugar levels resulting in type 2 diabetes. In most cases type 2 diabetes is caused by diet and lifestyle. The risk of type 2 diabetes increase with a sedentary lifestyle.
Low carb diets have been around for decades. Today two popular low carb diets are Paleo and Keto. Some low carb diets restrict carbohydrates to 50 grams a day compared to 200 to 300 grams a day for many balanced diets.
Is it necessary to severely restrict carbohydrates to prevent or cure type 2 diabetes. In most cases, the answer is no.
This video shares some the facts and myths about carbohydrates and diabetes.
Food Allergies, Intolerance, & Sensitivities Video
- At July 02, 2020
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Some high fat and protein fad diets justify avoiding or eliminating plant foods due to allergies, intolerances, and sensitives experienced by about 1% of the population.
This video looks at causes and symptoms of food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivity, and how some fad diets use them to justify omitting nutrient packed high carb low calorie foods for high calorie foods.
For most people needing to lose weight, the easiest way to cut calories and eat more foods is by replacing high calorie foods with low calorie foods.