You can hardly turn your head these days without seeing new studies that have been done that show the importance of cutting carbs out of your diet. New diet plans are coming out all the time that claim to have the perfect combinations of foods that will magically allow you to lose all of your extra weight without lifting a finger or sacrificing any of the tastes you love so much. Eating low carb foods sounds so boring and hard, but it doesn’t have to.
As a registered dietician, it is my job and my joy to work with people in finding healthy food plans that are the best for them in achieving their health goals. I love sitting down with a client and discussing with them why they have made the decision to see me. Because you see, people have to get to a certain level of desperation and desire to change before they will go out of their way and make room in their tight budgets to see a dietician. I love hearing people talk about their struggles with weight and with making healthy eating choices. So many people desire to hear the truth about things like low carb foods but they have been so mis-informed by media.
Out of all the things people ask me, the questions I get most have to do with the truth about low carb foods and about switching to a low carb diet. People want to know whether or not it is an effective way to live, and if so, how they can do it without making their meals boring and bland. I love having this discussion about low carb foods because I happen to be a carb lover that has re-adjusted my eating habits in the past few years.
I tell all my clients that an important key to any health or eating program is balance. I tell them that this is why it is unrealistic and even harmful to think that we are doing good for our bodies by eliminated all carbs or all of anything from our diets. The purpose of low carb foods, which can be great, is to still enjoy the tastes and the health benefits (yes, benefits) of carbs while keeping them under control and trying to maintain your health and weight in the process.
Find some good information and read up about the truth about low carb foods if you don’t have the time or money to make an appointment with a dietician. Your health is worth it. Be proactive and learn the truth.
TOP POSTS
- BRINGING INTENTIONAL DESIGN HOME
- Breathing your way to better health and wellbeing
- Partnering through your preemie’s fourth trimester
- The Galileo Open Air Cinema – Cape Town’s hottest Halloween affair!
- Your child’s oral health: a complete guide
- Mushrooms can be a girl’s best friend!
- BIC Celebrates Left-Handers Day
- ACNE AWARENESS – TYPES, APPEARANCE, MARKS AND TREATMENT
- Have you asked your child: ‘What’s the worst thing you have seen online?’
- How Tissue Salts Can Help During Pregnancy
- THE BEAUTY-BIN RESET
- ROOIBOS EXTRACTS – SA’s GLOBAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS POWERHOUSE
- Eat more fruit and veg Day – 21 May
- Fizz Away Colds and Flu with Newly-Launched Cepacol® Raspberry Effervescent
- CAMBRIDGE CURRICULUM: WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY SIGN UP
- Preventive Measures and Managing Fever and Pain in Babies
- NUTRITION TO POWER UP ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
- When “100% Juice” Isn’t the Full Story
- IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPF 30 AND SPF 50
- ELEVATE EASTER TREATS WITH ROOIBOS
Menu