Thirty Days To A Slimmer You

When you lose weight, not only do you look better, you also feel better, and you're healthier too.

This article Cure Diabetes with Weight Loss, Not Drugs, Expert Says notes:

"Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common and devastating ailments of our time and is usually cured by losing weight. Most of the treatment recommendations for diabetes from our doctors and the pharmaceutical industry mention weight loss as a good idea, but focus mainly on the drugs that are prescribed to bring down the blood sugar.

'More than 50% of Americans are now seriously overweight and as a result are at markedly increased risk for diabetes,' says Dr. Sasse, founder and medical director of the International Metabolic Institute. 'Effective, medically-supervised weight loss cures diabetes; it does not just treat a number like the blood glucose.'"

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Taking the Glycemic Index (GI) of feeds into account when you diet is a heathy way of eating, because you can include carbohydrates with a low GI in your diet, instead of excluding all carbs. The GI measures how your blood sugar levels react to foods. Foods with a high GI value lift your blood sugar level more swiftly - these are usually processed foods.

Saul Katz: Low Glycemic for Life!: Low GI - The Exorcism of "Demon Carbs" reports:

"The Glycemic Index is needed to extend the observations made by Mr. Smith regarding grains to other foods and eating occasions throughout the day, because many complex carbs can elevate blood sugar faster than simple carbs, depending on how they are prepared. The Glycemic Index is the new characterization of carbohydrates, beyond the notion of simple or complex, because it is based on an actual physiological measurement of how a particular food (individual or mixed) impacts blood sugar."

Although eating the low GI way sounds complex, it's quite easy once you know which foods are low GI.

Here's a list of low GI foods.

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If you're engaged, chances are you want to lose weight for your wedding day.

Why Some Brides Go to Extremes | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com reports:

"Researcher Lori Neighbors, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recently took a more scientific look at the relationship between looming nuptials and weight loss. In a study recently published in the journal Appetite, Neighbors followed the dieting patterns of 272 engaged women who were, on average, six months away from their wedding day. She and her co-author, Jeffrey Sobal, professor of nutrition at Cornell, found that 70 percent of them were trying to lose more than 20 pounds and another 20 percent were closely tracking their weight to ensure that they didn't gain anything. 'People take their bodies on as projects, and one of the times you want that project to be the most successful is on your wedding day,' says Sobal."

If you want to lose weight for your wedding, try the "no diet" diet. It works.

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