Low Carb Cakes ? 2 Low Carb Recipe Books ? 115+ Recipes
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Dear Friend,
Eat Cake and Lose Weight?
I know it sounds incredible.
And a lot of websites out there make these
kinds of claims.
That's why I am going to show you a multitude
of scientific articles, so you can form your
own opinion.
And No...
I am not suggesting you can sit on your couch all day eating cake and
still lose weight.
But Yes...
If you eat healthily and exercise regularly the science strongly
suggests that these low carb recipes will help your excess weight fall
off..
Read on- and you will find out about TWO NATURAL INGREDIENTS that
PROMOTE WEIGHT LOSS.
You will as surprised and delighted as I was when I made this
discovery.
But First...
Why your low carb diet may not be working...
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF QUICKLY.
My name is Sheena MacLennan. This journey started a year ago when I
was looking for a way to get rid of post pregnancy pounds. I scoured
the internet looking for sweet, low carb recipes but I wasn't sure
what to make of all the various sugar replacements.
As a journalist I have a strong skeptical streak. So I decided to do
my research.
AGAVE SYRUP seemed like a great low glycemic solution.
But in fact agave is WORSE for you than ordinary sugar!
Agave syrup is a refined product that is composed of up to 90%
fructose. This is very hard for the body to process. In fact fructose
is more readily converted to fat and easier to store as excess pounds
on your body compared to other nutrients. Take a look at a recent
study:
32 overweight men and women were instructed to drink a sweetened
drink three times a day. In one group the drinks were sweetened with
GLUCOSE and in the other group they were sweetened with FRUCTOSE.
Ten weeks later both groups had gained three pounds, but not in the
same place. The fructose group gained a disproportionate amount of
ABDOMINAL FAT - the most dangerous type of fat!
The fructose group also had a WORSENING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL and
INSULIN SENSITIVITY.(Kimber, Stanhope, Schwarz et al; "Consuming
fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases
visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in
overweight/obese humans" 2009)
I threw out my agave.
Then I read surprising new research on ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.
Artificial sweeteners promote weight gain in rats...
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESEARCH:
Researchers fed two groups of rats yoghurt.
In the first group the yoghurt was sweetened with SUGAR. In the
second group it was sweetened with SACCHARIN.
The researchers noticed that over two weeks the rats given SACCHARIN
yoghurt ate more than the other rats. Apparently their appetite had
been stimulated.
What's more they gained more weight and their body fat increased.
\"THE DATA CLEARLY INDICATE THAT CONSUMING A FOOD SWEETENED WITH
NO-CALORIE SACCHARIN CAN LEAD TO GREATER BODY-WEIGHT GAIN AND
ADIPOSITY THAN WOULD CONSUMING THE SAME FOOD SWEETENED WITH A
HIGHER-CALORIE SUGAR.\"(Swithers, Davidson; The Journal of Behavioral
Neuroscience 2008:feb.)
Whoahh...
AND - the rats fed with saccharin showed a decrease in core
temperature which means their metabolism had SLOWED DOWN.
Why?
Apparently LOW CALORIE SWEETENERS MAY CONFUSE THE BODY by interfering
with the natural ability of the body to use sweet taste to estimate
caloric content.
The body has learnt that a sweet taste means a lot of calories, but
when you eat foods sweetened with artificial sweeteners the body
learns it can no longer use its sense of taste to gauge calories.
The body may be fooled into thinking a product sweetened with sugar
has no calories and, therefore, YOU OVEREAT.
So - I reached the conclusion that to eat healthily, and slimly, I
just had to forsake cakes and cookies all together.
I was wrong...
Because then I discovered YACON SYRUP.
Yacon syrup is derived from the Yacon plant, a tubular plant in the
Andean region of South America, and tastes like honey or molasses. I
didn't have any high hopes, but then I found research that seemed too
good to be true.
WHEN YACON SYRUP WAS GIVEN DAILY TO OBESE WOMEN over a 120 day period
the results were phenomenal. I quote:
\"DAILY INTAKE OF YACON SYRUP PRODUCED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN BODY
WEIGHT, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND BODY MASS INDEX\"!(Gentaa, Cabreraa;
"Yacon syrup; beneficial effects on obesity and insulin resistance in
humans.", Clinical Nutrition Journal)
In other words, EATING A LITTLE YACON SYRUP EVERY DAY ACTUALLY HELPED
THESE WOMEN LOSE WEIGHT!
Why yacon syrup helps weight loss...
* One reason is because the sugar in yacon syrup is mainly in the
form of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) which cannot be absorbed by the
body, so there is very little elevation of the blood sugar levels.
(FOS is NOT fructose!)
* FOS are also beneficial for the gut flora which helps improve
digestion.
* Yacon Syrup is also naturally low caloric and low glycemic. The
sugars that are not FOS are released slowly into the blood stream.
Yacon Syrup is completely glucose free.
* The above study showed that Yacon Syrup also increases the satiety
sensation, which means you eat less. AND it lowered LDL-cholesterol
levels.
You know what - it gets even better...
Because then I stumbled upon another ingredient that has been proven
to help weight fall off, as well as a lot of other health benefits -
COCONUT OIL!
TAKE A LOOK:
* Can help to strengthen your immune system and fight infection
* Helps to boost your energy levels
* Can improve digestion and nutrient absorption
* Helps to optimize your weight by increasing your metabolism.
* Beneficial for thyroid function
Why Coconut Oil helps you lose weight...
AGAIN, LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO THE RESEARCH:
In a 12-week long study, researchers evaluated the effects of COCONUT
OIL and soybean oil on the waist circumference on 40 obese women, aged
20-40.
Divided into two groups the women received a daily supplement of two
tablespoons of either soybean oil or coconut oil. They also followed a
balanced low-calorie diet, and walked for 50 minutes per day.
low-calorie diet, and walked for 50 minutes per day.
THE WOMEN WHO WERE GIVEN COCONUT OIL SHOWED A REDUCED WAIST
CIRCUMFERENCE AND an increase in GOOD cholesterol.
The authors concluded:
\"IT APPEARS THAT DIETETIC SUPPLEMENTATION WITH COCONUT OIL DOES NOT
CAUSE DYSLIPIDEMIA [AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CHOLESTEROL AND/OR FAT IN
YOUR BLOOD] AND SEEMS TO PROMOTE A REDUCTION IN ABDOMINAL OBESITY.\"
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