If you could choose between diet or exercise, diet actually has far more influence on developing your ideal lean body mass and overall health than exercise. It accounts for about 80 percent of the health benefits derived from a healthy lifestyle, but of course both are necessary for optimal health.
Unfortunately, many are confused on this issue and believe that as long as they're exercising appropriately, they don't have to be very careful with their food choices.
This simply is not true.
If you want to lose weight, your first action item should be to drastically reduce or eliminate all forms of sugar from your diet, particularly fructose. Fructose is a major contributor to:
· Insulin resistance and obesity
· Elevated triglycerides and elevated LDL
· Depletion of vitamins and minerals
· Cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cancer, arthritis and even gout
You'll also want to cut out most grains, including organic ones, as they break down into sugar in your body. The easiest way to avoid both fructose and grains is to stop buying processed foods, and focus on a diet of fresh whole foods, cooked from scratch instead.
The reason why fructose and grain-avoidance is so important for optimal health and weight is because these are the primary contributors to insulin resistance, which not only hampers your ability to lose weight, but also gives rise to virtually every chronic disease we know of.
Posted By Dr. Mercola | December 17 2011
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