| Diet tips for losing weight abound. Some are good, | | | | dysfunction just to name a few. |
| some questionable and some are just plain crazy. | | | | Controlling your intake of carbohydrates is crucial |
| At the risk of joining the ever growing list of diet | | | | to control insulin and controlling insulin is crucial for |
| tips here is probably the most important diet key | | | | fat loss and excellent health. |
| both to weight loss and and excellent health. | | | | What's the simplest way to control insulin? |
| "No one ever got fat eating broccoli." | | | | Eat low glycemic fruit and vegetables for |
| When you eat carbohydrates this stimulates the | | | | carbohydrates. |
| release of a hormone called insulin. Insulin | | | | The slower a food converts into blood glucose |
| stimulates an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase and | | | | the less insulin is released. Low glycemic fruit and |
| lipoprotein lipase stimulates your body to store | | | | vegetables, like broccoli, convert to glucose very |
| fat. | | | | slowly in your body. |
| So a meal too high in carbohydrates can put your | | | | Fruit and vegetables are also high in the |
| body in fat storage mode. But it gets worse than | | | | antioxidants, flavinoids, vitamins and minerals so |
| that. | | | | benefical to your health. |
| Insulin also stimulates the production of a group of | | | | So eat low glycemic fruit and vegetables for |
| controlling hormones called type II or "bad" | | | | carbohydrates and avoid poor choices of |
| eicosanoids. | | | | carbohydrates like sugar filled sweets and drinks, |
| These bad eicosanoids are linked to nearly every | | | | dohnuts, biscuits and french fries. |
| chronic disease including heart disease, cancer, | | | | Remember: "No one ever got fat eating broccoli. |
| depression, asthma, hypothyroidism and erectile | | | | |