Updated 9/9/24
Cutting carbs for weight loss may be just the thing to try this year! Good health always starts with good nutrition. The effect excess carbohydrates have on the body can include increased risk for disease (heart disease, diabetes), obesity, and joint pain.
Start the New Year with Healthy Habits to Encourage Weight Loss
Have you been enjoying the hustle and bustle, the parties and leisure time spent eating and drinking with family and friends this holiday season?
Many people tell me that the extra weight they carry around from the holidays is their main concern – they want to look better and feel better.
As a nurse and a health coach I understand that what’s at stake isn’t just how our reflection looks in the mirror. Rather, it’s how our future health will be 5 or 10 years down the line. The connection between the foods we eat and the health we get to enjoy is very real.
Every time that we eat or drink something it affects our internal biology for better or for worse. During the holidays we get our fill of sweets, Christmas cookies, cakes, breads, chocolates, alcohol, cheese, crackers, candies, you name it!
We can all guess that none of the above named foods is affecting our internal biology for the better! The quicker we can refocus our attention towards healthy habits, the faster the pounds will melt away!
Understanding the Low Carb Effect for Weight Loss
A low carbohydrate, moderate protein, high healthy fat lifestyle is my approach.
Carbohydrates come in many forms from processed foods like chips and cookies to real foods like salads, fruits and vegetables. Understanding the effect that carbs have in the body is crucial to navigating the way towards better health. In a nutshell, excess carbs create inflammation in the body and that paves the way for chronic diseases to develop, like Type II diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.
I’ve written in previous blogs about the effects of excess carbohydrates and insulin response in the body, see my article Diabetes and the Truth about Carbohydrates.
The more research I do and the more clients I see have success to lower blood sugar, the more I am convinced that adopting a low carb diet and lifestyle is the way to decrease inflammation in the body, melt the pounds away and enjoy a greater degree of health and wellness.
