Balanced meal

Do you want to burn sugars or fats?

The goal is to educate you on how to eat more balanced meals. Research over the past decade, has shown that the 40-30-30 principle of balance has proven to be helping with weight loss and permanent weight loss.

If, like most people, you have been following the high-carbohydrate, low, or fat-free recommendation of the so-called experts, you are probably are not burning stored body fat as efficiently as possible, but are burning sugars (carbohydrates) instead.

The secret is balance . It always has been and always will be.

WHAT IS THE 40-30-30 PRINCIPLE?

  • 40% Carbohydrates
    -Preferably unrefined-not white flour or white sugar.
  • 30% Protein
    -Preferably not processed meats such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and baloney.
  • 30% Fat
    -Preferably not processed fats, such as fried foods, margarine, and partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils

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EATING A MORE BALANCED MEAL IS FOR YOU IF:

  • You crave sugars and carbohydrates.
  • You think you are overweight.
  • You're having trouble losing the last 5-10 lbs.
  • Your high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet is not helping you to lose the weight.
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  • You want to improve your mental performance.
  • You feel tired and sluggish after eating lunch.
  • Your diet is not improving your health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and PMS.
  • You want less fatigue and fewer mood swings.
  • You want to improve tissue repair and recovery from exercise.
  • You wake up groggy and need even more sleep.
  • You've tried the fad diets and lost weight, then gained all your weight back.
  • You want permanent weight loss.

KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER:

  • Don't skip meals, especially breakfast in an attempt to speed up the weight-loss process: it doesn't work.
  • Missed meals can actually slow down your metabolism and the fat burning process.
  • Reducing food intake too low, will not result in accelerating the fat-burning process.
  • You need adequate amounts of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates at each meal to maximize the fat burning process. No Wonder they called it TNT this EXPLOSIVE energy bar is ideal for people on the go, office workers, athletes and children looking to fill a void.
  • If you have been eating a high carbohydrate diet, it may take even longer (2-3 weeks) for your body to adjust and start burning fat efficiently.
  • Research shows that the 40-30-30 approach does not fail.
  • Caffeine can stimulate the production of insulin, so avoid or minimize beverages that contain caffeine.
  • Limit or avoid starches and sugars after 7:00 p.m.

 

  • Failure from the 40-30-30 approach is for those who do not stop overeating carbohydrates and fail to add protein and essential fats to their meals.
  • Eat according to your hunger. Try not to go more that 4 to 6 hours without eating. Keeping blood sugar levels steady translates into more weight loss.
  • Eating more that three meals per day is fine if you need it. Just make sure they are balanced with protein, fat, and carbohydrates, and wait at least 4 hours between meals.
  • There is a difference between the food-craving signal and what your body really needs. Go with your instinct as long as your instinct is for real food - not junk food.
  • Doing a lot of exercise or being under a lot of stress, may create the need for more wholesome and nutritious food.


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MEAL TIPS AND HINTS:

  • Have protein first (a bite or two) before eating carbohydrates with each meal.
  • Eating protein first helps to slow the absorption and digestion of carbohydrates in the meal.
  • Get Omega-3 fats in your meals when you can. Try Hemp Hearts  as an alternative.
  • Make a point during the weight loss process to limit starches to one per meal.
  • Too many carbohydrates with your meal can easily elevate blood sugar levels and stimulate insulin, slowing down or stopping fat burning.
  • When you go out to eat, avoid carbohydrate appetizers such as rolls, breads, and chips. Choose fresh vegetables or a protein appetizer.
  • Don't deprive yourself. When occasionally having dessert with dinner, limit or avoid all starches like bread, pasta, potatoes, and rice. Increase your green vegetables instead.
  • Eat protein at each meal. Supplemental protein can help supply protein in meals that do not contain meat.
  • Take a day off of the diet now and then and eat what you want. You should feel good with your new lifestyle and enjoy what you are eating. Make this fun, not restrictive.

BIG BELLY? HIGH BODY MASS INDEX? HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? The high carbohydrate diet has left many North Americans in the early stages of metabolic disaster.   If this sounds like you, you may be one of the millions of North Americans with Metabolic Syndrome.  Quit fighting a losing battle, put your energy into finding the solution.  When persons that experience metabolic syndrome eat, their bodies do not respond with a normal productive secretion of metabolic hormones. Insulin is slightly elevated and glucagon is slightly depressed, causing their bodies to quickly store fat and to become hesitant to burn any. Balancing their meals would create the chemistry to correct this.

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