Winchester chiropractor goes low GL

Lose Weight, Burn Fat, Feel Great!These are the claims made by Patrick Holford if you follow his healthy eating plan. The basic idea is that it's the amount of sugar available to us in the form of glucose which causes our body chemistry to become unbalanced in favour of storing fat and leaving our energy boosting adrenal glands exhausted. The end result of this is weight gain and tiredness, especially after a meal and first thing in the morning when we can experience massive blood sugar lows.The key to steadily, safely and permenantly losing weight in Holford's opinion is to balance your blood sugar by eating the right kinds of carbohydrates. For example a whole punnet of strawberries has the same effect on your blood sugar as only half a bannana, both foods we would consider healthy but you can eat considerably more of one than you can the other without destabilising your blood sugar. In his book he describes in detail how to choose the combination of carbohydrates that will keep your blood sugar balanced and how to combine essential proteins and fats for an optimum healthy weight loss and energy boosting diet.Look at the following check list to see whether you might benefit from changing your eating habits.Are you:

• Tired most of the time?
• More than 7lbs over your ideal weight?
• Prone to PMS?
• Suffering from poor memory and concentration?
• Quite often low or depressed?
• Plagued by dry skin, in need of daily moisturisers?
• Having difficulty sleeping?
• Often feeling anxious or stressed?
• Prone to indigestion or bloating after food?
• Often constipated - that is, you rarely go twice a day?
• Suffering from dark circles under your eyes?

Holford says that in Britain the average person ticks seven of these boxes and that 30 days on his diet will leave you feeling lighter, leaner and more energetic. Three months of this style of eating could see you shedding 2 stone.I have decide to give this diet a try, not so much for the weight lose component but to crack my sugar addiction and to protect myself against the western disease of the moment, diabetes. An enormous number of my mothers family died from diabetes related conditions and so I must be careful from a genetic perspective.I would be delighted to help support you if you'd like to join me and I will certainly feedback to you all how I am doing and feeling. You can find Holford's book on amazon.