Choosing Carbs

The best carbs to consume on a regular basis is a variety of fruits and vegetables. That's right. Fruits and vegetables are considered carbs as well. Carbs like breads and pastas are not favored because of the wheat gluten which is a newly added food additive to most wheat products. Detoxing our bodies periodically from this food additive will help promote healthy digestion and natural weight loss. Although it may very difficult to totally avoid this food additive, we should keep in mind the amount we may be consuming and include some cleansing periods in our diets where we minimize eating bread or pastas to help promote a healthier digestion of our foods.

I personally incorporate this method into my personal nutrition plan. I find that an overdose of poor digestive food diets can promote weight gain and can lead to poor health conditions. I believe in the 80/20 rule. 80% of your dietary choices should promote healthy digestion of foods which will aid in the digestion of the 20% not so healthy foods. We don't need to be perfect dieters but creating ways to monitor and improve our bodies is something we can all take part in.

There are healthy reasons why bread should be consumed periodically. Information is provided below on choosing healthy breads and pastas.

-Terence Hendricks


http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatveg.htm

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatfruit.htm

http://www.dietriffic.com/2009/01/24/healthy-bread/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/nutrition/healthy_carbos.shtml