Health is back! People have finally realized that healthy weight loss is the way to go. Fast fad diets are losing their popularity as more people begin to realize it doesn't last and the health risks aren't worth the weight loss benefits.
According to One of the new approaches uses the Glycemic Index to help you make healthy dietary choices that help you maintain weight. Soy is one of the products that has a very low GI and can be a great addition to your diet is you want to lose weight without worrying about what it's doing to your health.
As of the writing of this article, January 4,2006, many people have just made their new years resolution to lose weight. Some may have already broken it and others are still trying to make 2006 the year they lose that extra weight. Most people set goals that are unattainable, unfortunately. To keep up with their goals, they turn to fad or fast weight-loss methods that may not be good for them.
A better new years resolution or, since it's past new years day, a better amendment to your new years resolution, would be to promise to stick to a well-balanced healthy diet that will also help you lose weight.
Counting calories, popping pills, starving yourself, eliminating carbohydrates, and other methods may work for the short term, but you soon find you've added the weight back that you lost while on the fad diet. has other suggestions on fast, healthy diets you should know about.
The Glycemic Index is a nutritional system that ranks foods according to how they affect blood sugar levels. Paying attention to which food has a low GI, you can maintain weight and improve health.
High GI foods that are 70 or above on the index, like potatoes, trigger a quick rise in your blood sugar level. Your body then overproduces insulin, the hormone that clears away blood sugar and stimulates fat storage. This rapid rise in both blood sugar and insulin causes you to be hungry again in a short period of time, causes you to crave sugar, causes mood swings, as well as causing fatigue and more production of fat in the body. It also increases the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and serious side effects in those who already have diabetes.
But low GI foods that rank 55 or less on the index, like oatmeal do the opposite. These foods produce a slow rise in blood sugar that the body can easily deal with. That keeps your body's blood sugar stable and your insulin levels under control. Low GI foods a help lower your appetite and helps you keep up your energy. Low GI foods also help prevent heart disease and diabetes.
Medium GI foods between 56 and 69 have effects on the blood sugar that fall somewhere in between the other two, thus the name, medium GI.
There are more factors to consider for a healthy diet, than just the GI Index. Some foods with a low GI, like candy bars and potato chips, are high in fat and calories, while some foods with a high GI foods, like potatoes (not fried) and watermelon are very healthy and low in calories. The trick is to find low GI foods that are healthy, nutritious, and tasty. For help in choosing a healthy weight-loss plan, go to
Putting soy into your diet is a healthy way to lose or maintain your weight. Recent studies suggest that obese people lose weight faster by adding soy protein to their healthy weight-loss plan. The same studies conclude soy protein is much better than animal protein in maintaining a healthy weight-loss plan.
A 2004 study found that a high soy-protein, low-fat diet can also help you preserve muscle mass. Soy protein is the only plant protein that is contains all 9 essential amino acids in the right balance. Only 9 of the 20 total amino acids found in animal and plant-based proteins, are essential, meaning necessary elements in a healthy diet because the body cannot produce them, they must be consumed.
The FDA recommends 25 grams of soy protein daily, along with a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, in order to help reduce the risk of heart disease. Medical studies have also shown that soy protein helps reduce hunger by convincing the brain that the stomach is full.
Greg Lucas' website, was created to help you learn more about healthy weight loss and diets. Chris McElroy also contributed to this article. His website at has articles about consumer rights.
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