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Is food combining important for weight loss?

Posted December 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Health & Fitness, Weight Loss

diet books.jpgBooks and programs on food combining have been on and off the best-seller lists for years. They should be in the fiction section. The authors claim that eating protein and carbohydrates, or fat and carbohydrates together causes problems because they require different enzymes for digestion, and either acid or alkaline conditions.

They give you elaborate lists of foods that you can or cannot eat at the same meal. If any of this were true, the human race would be extinct. Few foods are “pure” protein, carbohydrate or fat. Your digestive system has evolved to deal with mixed foods, and the enzymes secreted by your pancreas can digest them all in any combination. Read the rest of this entry »


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AMA Study: High Carb Diet Can Help You LOSE Weight

Posted September 30th, 2006 at 5:37 PM by Martha Jones

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating

Carbohydrate_Loading.jpgWe - the running community - have always known the truth: Carbs are GOOD for you! They give us the energy we need to run for hours on end - they taste great - and there is NO way we are giving them up.

Forget about Atkins, South-Beach and other “carbs-are-evil” diets. Stay active, stay away from fried and other high-saturated fat items and eat natural energy packed foods - and - you will love the way you look. Completely eradicating carbohydrates from your diet is not only out-of-the-question for most people (who doesn’t need the occasional carb?!?) - it is also very unhealthy for runners and athletes in general.

Well - studies now prove what we have always believed: Diets high in carbs and low in fat not only DON’T cause weight-gains, but they also can help you to LOSE weight! Read the rest of this entry »


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