Your Questions About Carbohydrate Addicts

Monday 4 April, 2011 7:12 pm | obesity statistics | Kirsten Plotkin

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Joseph asks…

Adkins vs. The Carbohydrate Addicts?

I know a bit of the Atkins. I was wondering if The Carbohydrate Addicts diet was the same? Some cheap rip off of the Atkins? Or.. is it something completely different? P.S. Don’t tell me to not try it. I don’t plan on doing so, I simply want my question answered. To many people decide to go on N on about their knowledge of losing weight rather than answer my questions. <!–3
I specifically said, NO DIET ADVISE! I simply want to know the difference between the two!

admin answers:

I’m familiar with both the Atkins Diet Book and The Carbohydrate Addicts diet book. The answer is no, I don’t believe in diets. Both those diets are about reducing carbohydrates to lose weight.

I have a very different and I believe much more relevant approach to carbohydrate addicts. I believe the most important thing we need to deal with is the addiction. It has been my personal experience that when I cured my addiction the weight loss, and it was substantial, was a side benefit. Once the addiction was gone, so was the food cravings, the binges and all the excess weight.

Our body is not designed to carry fat and we were never meant to diet. Mother Nature didn’t do that to us we did it to ourselves. Just another example of human intervention where it doesn’t belong.

My book, The Carbohydrate Addicts Manual, is about how to cure the addiction and how to develop the healthy lifestyle that your body understands. It can then get back to the job it was intended to do: Process the foods you eat, maintain a normal weight and keep that weight well balanced.

Daniel Your Questions About Carbohydrate Addicts

Daniel asks…

Carbohydrate addicts diet?

I would like to know the staple foods that are in this type of eating plan. A friend of mine has this eating plan as a part of his healthy lifestyle. He eats four meals a day at 4 hr intervals religiously. He has told me to eat a slow burning carbohydrate in the morning, then 3 small meals with lean protein in every meal with very little fat throughout the day. I would like to know the major foods to include in this way of eating. Portion sizes? and other general info? This is to help lose weight Thanks

admin answers:

My book, The Carbohydrate Addicts Manual is not a diet book.

I do not believe in diets and neither does Mother Nature. Today around 60% of the population is overweight. Most are carbohydrate addicts. Most of them would have been on diets several times.

You do not tell an alcoholic to follow a plan of specific amounts of spirits, beer or wine. You don’t even tell an alcoholic to cut down on drinking – Right? You advise them to stop drinking. In other words: This is about curing your addiction, not finding different or better ways to live with it.

The good thing about this is that once your addiction is cured, so is your weight problem along with your food cravings, binges and other symptoms that are a part of your addiction.

Donna Your Questions About Carbohydrate Addicts

Donna asks…

Any good ideas for carbohydrate addicts on a low carb diet?

My doctor has recommended a low insulin diet for me, and besides giving up my beloved diet coke, I’m not supposed to eat most carbohydrates. Most of my diet is carbohydrates – help! A salad just doesn’t fill me up… Cheese without crackers? Help me see beyond the carbs!!! No corn, very little white flour,

admin answers:

Your doctor is right but he is ignoring the most important issue. The one that makes it so hard, if not impossible to follow his advice. You have an addiction called carbohydrate addiction and as long as you are an addict you are probably not going to cope with a reduction of your favorite foods.

The answer to your problem is really simple. Cure your addiction and the cravings and hunger pains you suffer will disappear. A word of caution: Your doctor is obviously concerned about type2 diabetes. Therefore, if you decide to follow The Carbohydrate Addicts Manual to cure that addiction, let your doctor know what you are planning to do. I’m sure he will support you. You need people in your corner to help you succeed.

Susan Your Questions About Carbohydrate Addicts

Susan asks…

What are the main aspects of a low carbohydrate diet?

Hi everyone I am thinking of doing a low carbohydrate diet ready for my summer holidays in mid August. What foods can I eat? How much should I eat? Does anyone have any simple recipe for food I can have at lunch while at work? How much weight will I loose? I only need to loose a stone and a half. Any info at all would be much appreciated as I have never done this diet or anything similar. I am a carbohydrate addict so I’m hoping when I stop eating so many carbohydrates, the weight will fall off. Truthfully, how hard is it to stick to it? Thanks everyone ) x

admin answers:

Not hard at all! I think you will find there is a lot more research on the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet then there is for a low fat one. The natural traditional foods that most people ate till less than fifty years ago was predominantly protein. It is carbohydrates that are unnatural to our body. Particularly processed carbohydrates. Any food that comes out of a factory is fake food and your body’s digestive system will never evolve to process it naturally.

You do not need to eat lean meats on a low carbohydrate diet, a low carbohydrate diet shouldn’t be low fat and there is plenty of research to back that up. A high fat low carbohydrate diet will not harm your heart. In fact too many carbohydrates cause problems and elevate your triglycerides.

Fat will also curb your hunger which helps you successfully cure your carbohydrate addiction. That is, if you decide to get The Carbohydrate Addicts Manual and solve your food and weight problems for good. Good luck

William Your Questions About Carbohydrate Addicts

William asks…

Can I get diabetes even if I am on a very low-carbohydrate diet?

I am on a low (almost zero) carbohydrate diet, and usually I eat meat (fish, chicken, pork, beef) or vegetables. My only problem: I am addicted to Nutella. I eat it by itself all the time. It’s the only really sweet thing I indulge in. Will this make me diabetic?

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admin answers:

When you say diabetes you need to be specific. Type A diabetes is not something you catch. It is usually inherited from a parent and you have it from birth. Type2 diabetes is a different matter. It is diet related. It was virtually unknown till around 20 – 30 years ago.

Around 40 years ago there was an assault on our traditional diet. Gradually we went from a diet of mostly protein to a diet of mostly carbohydrates. Two things resulted from that.

1. People began to get fat till today when we can claim an official obesity epidemic which keeps growing. It is estimated that by 2020, eighty % of the population will be fat.

2. Since most of those people are also carbohydrate addicts you might say they are sitting ducks for getting type2 diabetes. That’s why already type2 diabetes is said to be approaching epidemic proportions.

I cannot say that you will get type2 diabetes from eating any type of sweet food. What I can tell you is that if you have a food addiction – you are a carbohydrate addict. If so, unless you cure your carbohydrate addicts habit here is a good chance that you may one day get type2 diabetes.