Anastasia Weight Loss : Gluten Free Diet Plan

Anastasia Weight Loss : Gluten Free Diet Plan: Miley   Cyrus and Kim Kardashian tweeted about giving up gluten. Lady Gaga is the latest celebrity to go on a gluten-free diet to lose we...

Gluten Free Diet Plan

Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian tweeted about giving up gluten. Lady Gaga is the latest celebrity to go on a gluten-free diet to lose weight. Everywhere you turn it seems someone is talking about the evils of gluten. Is gluten-free the new low carb?

Certainly a gluten-free diet is vitally important for individuals with celiac disease — an inherited autoimmune condition that affects about 1 out of 100 Americans. For these folks, a gluten-free diet is far from a fad. The gluten in wheat, rye, and barley can severely damage the intestines if not strictly avoided.

Beyond those with celiac, there’s another 6 percent of the population who are estimated to have a gluten sensitivity, according to registered dietitian Rachel Begun, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “We know that damage to the intestines does not occur, like we see in celiacs, but symptoms do improve when following a gluten-free diet,” she said.

Yet, celiac and gluten sensitivity are not the driving force behind the soaring rise of gluten-free foods. Instead, these foods are increasingly being gobbled up by people who want to lose weight. In reality, there’s nothing inherent about a gluten-free diet that will enhance weight loss, unless it helps you “get rid of the junk” and eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that are naturally gluten-free, says registered dietitian Shelley Case, one of North America’s premier experts on the gluten-free diet.

“I’ve actually seen people gain weight on a gluten-free diet, especially if they’re relying on a lot of highly refined gluten-free products,” Case said.

Many commercially prepared gluten-free baked items often have twice the carbs and a lot of sugar and fat compared to their gluten-containing counterparts, she said. That’s because when you take out the gluten you need the extra sugar or fat to get the right taste and texture.

Even though these products are basking in the better-for-you spotlight, don’t think you’re enhancing your health by loading up your shopping cart with packages of gluten-free muffins, cakes, and cookies. “Just because it’s gluten-free doesn’t mean it’s healthier,” warns Case. Gluten-free foods offer no specific advantages, beyond the benefits for people who are diagnosed with celiac or have a gluten sensitivity. In fact, gluten-free foods are often nutritionally inferior.

Many commercially prepared gluten-free baked goods are made with refined flours and starches that are low in fiber and protein, and do not contain iron, folic acid and other B vitamins that are routinely added to wheat flour. Because many gluten-free grain products are not enriched, people with celiac often have a hard time getting enough of these key nutrients, Case said.

Several studies have shown that people following a gluten-free diet, especially when relying on commercially prepared gluten-free foods, have diets low in iron, fiber, B vitamins, calcium, and vitamin D. When Swedish researchers studied adults who had been gluten-free for 10 years, half of the patients had vitamin deficiencies, including vitamin B-6 and folate, and high levels of  homocystene (a risk factor for heart disease).

Fortunately, some manufacturers are beginning to use more nutritious, higher-fiber flours made from beans, almonds, or whole grains such as quinoa, amaranth, brown rice, and sorghum, and are starting to enrich gluten-free baked products with essential nutrients.

“There was an emphasis on getting it gluten-free without looking at the overall nutritional value, but that’s beginning to change.” Case has chronicled some of the more nutritious gluten-free products in her book Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide.

Another potential problem may be the lack of a standard definition for gluten free. FDA is expected to make a final ruling to define the claim (amount of gluten allowed in parts per million). But for now, companies are coming up with their own definition. Since gluten free is not yet legally defined, companies may not be motivated to validate their claims through testing. That will likely change once FDA makes its final ruling, which is expected by the end of 2012.

For now, some companies do routinely test their gluten-free products and attempt to reassure customers with voluntary certification programs, including those offered by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), Celiac Sprue Association (CSA), and Canadian Celiac Association (CCA).

Once the FDA ruling is announced, the gluten-free flood gates may open even wider. Perhaps it’s the power of marketing, but when you see so many products boasting about the lack of gluten, more people will likely be convinced that these foods are healthier choices – even if they don’t have celiac or fully understand the meaning of the claim.

So if you do choose to go gluten-free, you need to pay special attention to the nutritional adequacy of your diet. Instead of buying so many prepared gluten-free grain products, make your own with some of these gluten-free whole grains: brown rice, wild rice, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, teff and oats (look for pure, uncontaminated oats). And don’t just toss a product in your cart because you see gluten-free on the label.

Bottom line, a cookie is a cookie, whether gluten-free or not, says Begun. “It’s not a health food, and when eaten in excess can contribute to weight gain.”

Anastasia Weight Loss : Weight Loss Basics

Anastasia Weight Loss : Weight Loss Basics: Weight Loss Basic Diets At Weight loss for all.com we make it our mission to provide you with the information you need to make informe...

Weight Loss Basics

Weight Loss Basic Diets

At Weight loss for all.com we make it our mission to provide you with the information you need to make informed decisions about your health, nutrition, diet and exercise. We’re constantly confronted with people who are trying to lose weight, but don’t know much about the foods they eat, the types of exercise they need to do, or why they’re not losing weight. The best way to learn how to take control of your diet is to spend some time perusing our selection of weight loss articles, free.

To help lose fat body, you’ll need to know quite a bit about how your body works, and what kind of diets and exercise will help you to achieve this goal. It isn’t simply a case of eat less, exercise more – you need to know what you’re putting in, if you want to guarantee what you get out of a diet.

Carbohydrates and Calories

At the heart of any healthy diet is a good treatment of carbohydrates, and careful monitoring of calorie intake. Our weight loss articles have been created specifically to help people with no background in nutrition understand, in simple terms, how our bodies use carbohydrates. We explain the difference between good carbs and bad carbs, and show you exactly where you can find the right kind of carbohydrates to use in your daily meals.

Exercise

You can try dieting without exercise, but good luck with that! Sure, it is possible to lose weight without much exercise, but simply going for a brisk 30 minute walk every day will make any diet much, much more effective. Exercise speeds your body’s metabolism, and helps you to burn fat faster. But it’s still easy to go to gym, spend an hour there and accomplish nothing! Our free weight loss and exercise articles will show you exactly what it is you need to be doing to achieve your weight goals.

Nutrition
Knowing everything there is to know about nutrition can take years of study. But fortunately for you we’ve collected the wisdom of dozens of experts, and put it in our free weight loss articles so that it’s easy to understand what’s good for you, and what isn’t. Take a look through some of our nutrition articles – you might be surprised at how bad some ‘healthy’ foods really are for you...

Mind Matters
We’re sure you know that dieting is half what you eat, and half how you think. This section of our website has weight loss articles that are specifically designed to help with the mental aspects of dieting, and to give you loads of tips and tricks to keep your morale up and your willpower strong. You have the power to achieve anything with a little determination, so keep thinking healthy!

Anastasia Weight Loss : Lose weight in a month

Anastasia Weight Loss : Lose weight in a month: f you’re one of the millions of people out there looking to lose weight in a hurry, then you know full well that any minor cutbac...

Lose weight in a month

f you’re one of the millions of people out there looking to lose weight in a hurry, then you know full well that any minor cutbacks or quick food changes aren’t going to get the job done.

In order to quickly lose a significant amount of weight and notice the results visibly and physically, you’ll need to make some pretty big sacrifices and actually work hard at it.

Despite what you’ve been told, diets do work. And not only that, but “quick” diets are also able to work.

The reason most people claim diets don’t work is simple: they’ve dieted, lost weight, dropped the diet, returned to their old lifestyle, and put the weight back on with pounds to spare! Then they sit around with a donut in their mouth talking about how “diets just don’t work for me.”

Don’t fall into that trap. If you want to lose 20 pounds in the next month, here’s a great way you can do it.

Lose Weight and Inches in a Month

The Routine

The routine here is going to be relatively simple in premise while maybe difficult to implement (in the sense that you will need to actually work!). We’re going to go with a low carb plan and plenty of exercise after the first week.

For the first week, you’ll be a little weaker than usual as your body makes the switch to a different fuel source to thrive. Exercising in the early stages of this diet would exhaust you, so revel in the fact that you have a solid week of non-exercising.

The Diet

For the diet itself, we want to eliminate carbs from our diet for the first week. Calories won’t be a huge issue, but try not to exceed 2,000 a day! Since you’ll be eating more foods with higher concentrations of protein and fat, it’s easy to woof down 3,000 calories a day and basically become an unhealthy shlub.

Eat around four smaller per day, with no more than a maximum of 20 carbohydrates (any type of carbohydrates) per day. Keep at this for one solid week – 7 complete days.

The Exercise

On the 8th day, the start of week 2, we want to start exercising. Here is where things get a bit difficult. At this point, you can up your carb total to around 60g per day in order to keep up with the energy. The most important thing is that you’ll need to exercise for at least 30 minutes per day, preferably an entire hour.

You can start off light if you need to, but you should be doing some serious cardio by the third week.

We’re talking about jogging and/or cycling, climbing, step aerobics, etc – basically anything that keeps your heart rate up. At the start of the third week, we want to switch our exercising: one day of cardio, one day of weight training (light or heavy), and so on.

You will need to keep this pace up until the four-week period is over. During this time, if you’re able to limit your carbs and keep up with a nicely paced exercise routine, your body should be devouring your fat stores. Not only will this help to drive your overall weight down, but it will leave a noticeable result and help you fit back into those high school jeans.

Anastasia Weight Loss : Raw food dieting

Anastasia Weight Loss : Raw food dieting: (NaturalNews) Out of all the weight loss programs that exist, very few are as simple and obvious as a raw food diet. People often forget ...