Diet Menus And Plans - Reviewing The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet

The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet was designed by Doctors Richard and Rachel Heller. As its name suggests, an objective of this diet is reducing dieters' dependence on carbohydrates, or in less technical terms, sugars. The body transforms carbohydrates into glycogens and converts the excess into fatty tissue. After a meal containing carbohydrates the blood sugar level increases and insulin acts to bring it down, making the individual feel hungry. By diminishing insulin secretion and so absorbing less carbohydrates the body burns more fat. This diet has two phases, a base phase and a stabilization phase. The initial phase lasts for 14 days but it may be extended for additional weight loss. The second phase also tries to lower your insulin level. It lets you adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are some of the principles.

Phase 1. Reward yourself with a special meal once per day. The selected meal may be breakfast, lunch, or supper. It's a large green salad and a plate, which is divided into three equal parts: protein-rich food such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, or tofu; vegetables (starchy vegetables such as potatoes are excluded); and carbohydrate-rich food such as potato chips, cookies, fruit or fruit juice, and sweets. By finishing this meal in less than an hour you will maintain your insulin at a lower level than if you eat more slowly. Your other meals should contain half protein-rich foods and half fiber-rich vegetables. Weigh yourself once a day. Phase 2 extends phase 1 and add one of several options that include physical activity, glutamate reduction, stress control, caffeine reduction and others. The list is long and a bit complicated.

The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet has the advantage of reducing some people's glucide dependency. The initial phase is considered easy to follow. A disadvantage is that the second phase is not really a stabilization phase. Constipation may be a problem. From my point of view, the absence of wine in this diet is a disadvantage.

Here is a sample menu: For breakfast enjoy an omelet made with ham and mushrooms accompanied by lean bacon and a cup of tea. Lunch means a chicken and celery salad with zucchini, chicken with olives, and a bottle of carbonated water. For supper indulge in a spinach and cucumber salad, cauliflower, lamb kabobs, and whole grain rice. For dessert floating islands, a light, tasty French dessert based on egg whites.

A quick perusal of the amazon web site revealed a few inexpensive carbohydrate addicts diet books and cook books. Remember, if you want to follow this diet you really must get a book.


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Levi Reiss wrote or co-authored ten computer and Internet books and teaches computers at an Ontario French-language college. Visit his wine, diet, health, and nutrition website http://www.wineinyourdiet.com to check out his articles on diet problems.



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