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The Effects of Diet on Infertiltiy By: Dr. Mike Berkley: Overwhelmed by studies, research and the constantly changing diet, nutrition and food recommendations? With so many co... and support you in your journey to conception. Dr. Mike Berkley has been treating fertility disorders since 1996 wit... What Should You Serve If Some Of Your Dinner Party Guests Are Diet-Conscious? By: Joanie Williams: You are planning an elegant dinner party, with delicious food and drinks. But you know that two... relies on a heavy sauce or gravy. Steak is a dish that most people can eat happily without loading it with calorie-lade... Acid Reflux and Your Diet By: Dave Lavinsky: There is an undeniable connection between the occurrence of acid reflux and diet. Everything in your body has a delica... food? Occasionally, but with caution, choose fat free cookies, baked potato chips, or red licorice. A good exercise to ... Low GI Diet Or Low Carb Diet – Which One Is Best? By: Lee Dobbins: These days, most everyone has heard of low carb diets such as the South Beach and Atkins diet but the GI or glycemic i... on the quality of carbohydrates. It works by promoting the consumption of foods that are low on the glycemic index, foo... Diet Disasters - How to Fight Them, How to Avoid Them By: Janiss Garza: How did it happen? You were being so good about eating healthy - now you're face to face with a whole coconut cream p... up so you won't have as much room for those tempting hors d'oeuvres. And be selective about which treats you choose - o... Dropping the Carbs - The Pros and Cons of Ketogenic Dieting Part Two Andrew LanghornDropping The Carbs - Part Two The pros and cons of ketogenic dieting. OKAY, SO ARE THERE ANY GOOD CARBOHYDRATES?? The good news for carbohydrates is that they can claim the HEALTHIEST of foodstuffs amongst their number. Here is where a simple view of the Atkins diet and other strict no or low carb diets flounder. Not all carbs are created equal as we know and the carb group that is utterly essential to our survival? VEGETABLES! Low carb diets have often been seen as lacking in vegetables as people carefully trim away all excess carbohydrates, effectively throwing the baby out with the dirty bathwater. On the subject of vegetables you won’t find much dissension amongst medical experts of any standpoint. These wonderful foodstuffs not only contain a plethora of vitamins and minerals, but also are often chock-full of fibre, water and a host of exotic cancer-fighting substances unique to vegetables. The important thing about vegetables is that they are nutrient dense and calorie sparse. In plain English, they contain a lot of good stuff in a very small package. You can eat virtually enough vegetables to fill you up and still have eaten only a tiny percentage of the calories a normal diet would confer. One of the arguments for regular grain consumption is the necessary vitamins and minerals they contain, not to mention the essential fibre for our digestive tract. But guess what? Vegetables make grains seem pretty redundant. A small handful of organic vegetables will contain more vitamins and minerals than virtually a day's worth of grains, all in an easier to digest package, with extra water and no danger of insulin overload. Even on a low-carb diet you can stuff yourself silly with vegetables without fear. The primary advantage of a low-carb diet is insulin control and vegetables won’t interfere with that. Remember organic vegetables have a much higher vitamin and mineral content, also the darker green or red a vegetable the higher the amount of beneficial Chlorophyll inside the plant. Try to eat your veggies raw and fresh and often. A regular supply of varied veggies is like nature’s most perfect multivitamin pill. OKAY, SO WE EAT VEGGIES BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER FOODS YOU NEED? So low-carb dieters are shedding the pounds by avoiding the insulin spiking grains and sugars. In the process they’re moving over to eating other stuff though right? You stop eating bread and pasta and you’ve got to eat something! We see Atkins dieters especially loading up proteins and fats, burgers, sausages, bacon, full double cream, fried eggs and a host of other tasty but controversial foods. So, fine, we can accept that somehow these people still seem to shed weight much faster and more consistently than their carbohydrate munching friends but surely, surely, that can’t be HEALTHY? Too good to be true? Some Doctors definitely believe so. We’ve been warned about saturated fat and our rising cholesterol problem for a number of years. Suddenly a diet comes along that seems to throw all that conventional wisdom out of the window. As it happens, the American Medical Association was forced to declare the Atkins diet ‘heart-healthy’ after a number of university studies came up with the surprising findings that Atkins dieters were actually lowering their blood fat deposits and sparing the hearts much more than those on a regular higher carb diet. That being said, the heart isn’t the only thing we have to keep healthy, so is there a third option? A kind of best of all worlds diet? A low-carb plan that works for your health as well as your waistline? You bet! First we know the basis of that diet is our good friend, the organic vegetable. But moving on, it seems our bodies were designed for a much greater range of essential nutrients than those found in vegetables alone. First up Fats. Yes, it may have finally begun to infiltrate the mainstream press but its old news to many of us. Fat is essential! We need to eat fat. There’s no getting around it, our bodies don’t merely tolerate the stuff, they absolutely need it to function. When you remember that our brains are over sixty percent fat, our organs require it and our very nerves are built from it, you begin to see how important it is. However much like our friend the Carbohydrate, all fats are not created equal either. Our bodies need a small group of fats that we call ‘Essential Fatty Acids’. Our body cannot produce these from any other substances and needs a regular supply or it begins to see shortcomings in its internal workings. We can get by for a while on diminished supplies but our health begins to suffer greatly in the long run. These healthy fats come in the form of the well-publicised fish and cod-liver oils, flax and various other nut oils and foods like avocado. (Although not essential organic coconut oil has a host of special benefits) Simply be ensuring that a large percentage of our daily fat intake comes from clean, healthy oils will go a long way to improving our health, from defending our brain against degenerative diseases to protecting our skin from the harmful rays of the sun. To be a healthy low carber you need to investigate healthy fats a little more and remember that high quality, preferably organic oils are a better choice than others. There are a host of books on this subject and a host of great products out there. Unfortunately due to the mass pollution of the seas, fish may no longer be the healthiest option, although carefully filtrated fish-oils (by Companies who are clued up on the science of keeping these oils in a health-giving state) are widely available and a must-buy for everyone. Protein covers the widest range of foods left to us. Protein, which makes up our body’s muscles, can be found from the flesh of other animals as well as from milks, beans and lentils. Much like fat, our body requires protein. How much is open to debate. Active individuals, particularly those who require larger muscles, will have a much higher protein need than a sedentary individual but sufficed to say, excess protein intake (although feared by many mainstream nutritionists) has none of the dangers that excess grain or sugar consumption does. That said, we could always make healthier choices. Although the Atkins diet may allow us to eat burgers and bacon all day long, this may not be the ideal choice. When considering meat products we have to remember what state the animal it came from was in when it was slaughtered. Most animals in large factory farming business are over-fed, over medicated cripples and surely this meat can’t be entirely healthy. Foods like bacon also contain a large number of hazardous preservative chemicals that sap at our besieged immune systems. Once again, not all proteins are created equal. Choosing organic fresh meats from leaner animals is a wise choice when considering health. Chicken and Turkey, from good organic sources is a lean and easy to use protein source. Animals such as bison (buffalo) and Ostrich may sound like exotic food sources to many, but their meat is almost entirely free from chemicals and their natural diets of grass and other non-artificial feeds leaves them with a low-fat content of good, healthy fats. High quality protein is essential to your health and survival. Eating lower-quality meats may allow you to stay trim (since protein consumption appears to regulate our appetite much better than grains ever could) but investing in higher quality meats will mean you can claim the health benefits as well. THE HEALTHY LOW CARB APPROACH As many low-carb dieters have pointed out, most humans were never designed to live on a high carbohydrate content in their diets. As hunter-gatherers we consisted mostly on animals that roamed wild and on fresh vegetables and berries we could find in our local habitat. Although our societies may have advanced enough to let us devise sustained agriculture, our genes are still locked in a hundred thousand-year-old struggle for survival. Our bodies recognise the nutrients available from clean meats, healthy fats and fresh vegetables. They have substantial trouble coping with the sudden influx of excess energy and too quickly absorbed carbohydrates in the form of grains and sugars. Restricting the intake of grains and sugars makes a fairly quick and positive change towards a healthier life. However, it may be that in our urge to shed the pounds with as little pain as possible, the lower carb diets we choose are tilted towards the proteins and fats we don’t really need and attention to vegetables is ignored. With a few minor modifications we can find a lower-carbohydrate approach that not only helps us maintain a normalised body-weight and fat mass but also helps us be an all round healthier individual. There are a hundred other points towards improving health but all these changes make an admirable start. BULLET-POINTS AND OTHER HINTS FOR A HEALTHY STARTER APPROACH TO LOW-CARB LIFESTYLES EAT YOUR VEGGIES! (They’re the good carbs and won’t interfere with your low carb benefits) CHOOSE LEAN MEATS & EGGS (Eggs are a great source of protein as is grass-fed organic meat) CHOOSE BETTER FATS (Make sure you eat a regular supply of Omega 3 fats amongst your other daily intakes. Saturated fat in moderation is not the danger. Sugar is) STAY AWAY FROM SUGARS AND GRAINS! (Low carbohydrate is less about maligning one particular food group and more about staying away from those sources which your body can’t handle in large amounts. Athletes and healthy individuals may be able to use limited sugar and/or grains to improve performance but the same basic rules apply elsewhere) DRINK LOTS OF WATER (We often argue over what groups of food are essential or not but one we can all agree on is water. You need it and lots of it. Forgot food, without water you die fast!) BE WARY OF SPECIAL LOW-CARB FOODS (There are a great number of healthy choices here, Athletes especially will enjoy easy-to-mix carb free protein drinks etc but as low-carb diets have hit certain food industries hard, expect lots of products that may be lower carb choices but are not healthy. Always remember the low-fat craze where manufacturers swapped saturated fat for lots of sugar…) MIX YOUR FOOD CHOICES (Restricting grains and sugars is a great start but don’t fall into the trap of just surviving on the same meat diet day in and day out. Mix your proteins and fats and vegetables offer a wide variety of healthy options) ENJOY THE DIET! (Just because you stopped eating chips and bread with your meals doesn’t mean you have to get bored! There is a limitless supply of sauces, seasonings, meats, eggs and vegetables that don’t require high carb sugar and corn syrup additives to make great tasting meals. Get fitter and healthier and enjoy your food while you do! Enjoying bacon once in a while poses little threat. Compare this to downing a fizzy drink with eight spoons of addictive, toxic sugar and you see the advantages already) This information is the property of http://www.bodyactive-online.co.uk and is protected by copyright©. For this sites main page on this topic, check here http://www.bodyactive-online.co.uk/services/newsArchive.asp About the Author Andrew Langhorn is a health and fitness enthusiast, hypnotist and personal trainer. He has authored many works in the field of sports supplements, nutrition, training and personal motivation. Check below for additional Choice Diet Center Links and Information Richmond Vitamin Shops & Health Food Stores in VA. Find a vitamin shop or health food store in Richmond; Virginia. This is a list of places to buy vitamins; health foods; nutritional supplements & other things for healthy living. Atkins Diet If you are interested in weight loss or just want to learn more about low carb diets the Atkins Diet is the way of life for you. Now is the time to lose weight! ... Atkins is an amazing diet! ... Marketing Online Education and eLearning Resources Center. Atkins Diet ... 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