Diet
Diet
How is (refined) sugar digested? “The pancreas has to work extra hard to manufacture insulin (the blood sugar-balancing hormone), and whatever energy the body can't use gets stored as fat, resulting in unhealthy weight gain and even insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes.” (1) “All carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars. These sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream. As the sugar level rises, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin, which is needed to move sugar from the blood into the cells, where the sugar can be used as a source of...
I have been using Gakic, Creakic, Leukic, and Hydroxycut (now recalled!). I have to say that the Gakic does quite well at doing what it is supposed to. I never feel an acid build up in my muscles while working out. It rocks. The Creakic, while I am sure it does what it is supposed too, it also makes me sick and almost always forces me to throw something up a bit! Argh…I have trust in MuscleTech though so i am sticking with this one till I find something better. The Leukic is a hard one to track. It says...
I am so proud of myself. I made it through the holidays without gaining weight or fat. I am still down 15lbs and down 7% of my total body fat. I made sure to only eat one plate of food at each holiday venue but splurged in that I allowed myself to have a little bit of everything…as long as it fit on the one plate! It worked. Now I am back on my hum-drum diet of oat meal, eggs, rice, fish, hamburger, chicken, v-8, New Whey, protein shakes, and all things Muscle-Tech! Wish me luck.