The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast by Mark Hyman
Authors: Mark Hyman
Tags: Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Diets, Health & Fitness / Body Cleansing & Detoxification
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medication, don’t cease taking it without an okay from your doctor. If you are on “as-needed” medication, see if you can get by without it or gradually taper off your dose. If you are a smoker, of course you should stop, but this may not be the time. One step at a time, one addiction at a time.
Media overload, the incessant overexposure to phones, texting, the Internet, social media, and television that stresses our nervous system and often shapes our eating behavior and preferences.
I’ll explain why eliminating each of these baddies makes such a huge difference.
Sugar
Tonight I lost a battle but won a war. I was at a party and my nemesis, “The Sweet Tea,” cast a spell on me. I was weak. I drank it. It was freaking terrible. I won’t beat myself up over my relapse because I now understand exactly what I did for myself over these past ten days. I think I needed this little setback in order to really see and believe I was over the junk. Hello, my name is Jenn and I’m no longer a sugar addict!
—JENN WIELGOSZINSKI
If the idea of giving up sugar makes you feel panicky, you’re not alone—but don’t worry. I’m going to get you through this much more easily than you think. As one 10-Day Detox participant said on the final day of the program (and hundreds more echoed in agreement), “Ten days ago, I couldn’t eat enough sugar. Now I don’t even want to look at it!” Again and again they were amazed at how quickly and completely their cravings subsided. The 10-Day Detox is specifically designed to curb even the most stubborn sugar addictions and cravings. People often see a change in their cravings in as few as twenty-four hours after beginning the program.
Gluten, Grains, and Dairy
I am loving this detox! I feel fantastic… thinner and lighter in my body… and I am sleeping through the night for the first time in years. I usually eat pretty well, but I do include lattes and cheese. I am loving having none of those in my body. I think it was the dairy holding me back from weight loss, and I plan to continue this way of eating beyond the ten days. It is great to be held accountable in this first ten days while the cravings subside.
—KIM SCHEEWE-KIRK
The two most common and harmful food sensitivities are gluten and dairy, which is why they are eliminated from your diet during the 10-Day Detox. Many people do not realize that they have hidden food sensitivities. These are not true allergies, like a peanut or shellfish allergy that makes your tongue swell, closes off your throat, creates hives, and can kill you in minutes. These are more subtle reactions to everyday foods. They occur because of small changes in the intestinal tract from multiple insults (such as too many antibiotics, aspirin, acid-blocking drugs, ibuprofen, stress, infections, or even toxins) that allow food particles to enter our bloodstream and get exposed to our immune system. This condition is called a
leaky gut
. We then create low-grade inflammation in reaction to these foreign food particles, which can inturn create many problems—fatigue, brain fog, headaches, depression, allergies, sinus problems, irritable bowel, reflux, joint pain, skin diseases such as acne and eczema, autoimmune diseases, and more. But this inflammation also causes weight gain by triggering insulin resistance.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and oats. It has been around since we began cultivating grains 10,000 years ago (still relatively new in the human diet). But fifty years ago the type of gluten changed as we created new strains of wheat (genetically altered dwarf strains I call Frankenwheat), and this has created a veritable epidemic of problems, including a 400 percent increase in celiac disease and a dramatic rise in gluten sensitivity, affecting about 8 percent of the population.
This new “improved” wheat triggers much higher blood sugar levels because of the amount it contains of the super-starch called amylopectin
Media overload, the incessant overexposure to phones, texting, the Internet, social media, and television that stresses our nervous system and often shapes our eating behavior and preferences.
I’ll explain why eliminating each of these baddies makes such a huge difference.
Sugar
Tonight I lost a battle but won a war. I was at a party and my nemesis, “The Sweet Tea,” cast a spell on me. I was weak. I drank it. It was freaking terrible. I won’t beat myself up over my relapse because I now understand exactly what I did for myself over these past ten days. I think I needed this little setback in order to really see and believe I was over the junk. Hello, my name is Jenn and I’m no longer a sugar addict!
—JENN WIELGOSZINSKI
If the idea of giving up sugar makes you feel panicky, you’re not alone—but don’t worry. I’m going to get you through this much more easily than you think. As one 10-Day Detox participant said on the final day of the program (and hundreds more echoed in agreement), “Ten days ago, I couldn’t eat enough sugar. Now I don’t even want to look at it!” Again and again they were amazed at how quickly and completely their cravings subsided. The 10-Day Detox is specifically designed to curb even the most stubborn sugar addictions and cravings. People often see a change in their cravings in as few as twenty-four hours after beginning the program.
Gluten, Grains, and Dairy
I am loving this detox! I feel fantastic… thinner and lighter in my body… and I am sleeping through the night for the first time in years. I usually eat pretty well, but I do include lattes and cheese. I am loving having none of those in my body. I think it was the dairy holding me back from weight loss, and I plan to continue this way of eating beyond the ten days. It is great to be held accountable in this first ten days while the cravings subside.
—KIM SCHEEWE-KIRK
The two most common and harmful food sensitivities are gluten and dairy, which is why they are eliminated from your diet during the 10-Day Detox. Many people do not realize that they have hidden food sensitivities. These are not true allergies, like a peanut or shellfish allergy that makes your tongue swell, closes off your throat, creates hives, and can kill you in minutes. These are more subtle reactions to everyday foods. They occur because of small changes in the intestinal tract from multiple insults (such as too many antibiotics, aspirin, acid-blocking drugs, ibuprofen, stress, infections, or even toxins) that allow food particles to enter our bloodstream and get exposed to our immune system. This condition is called a
leaky gut
. We then create low-grade inflammation in reaction to these foreign food particles, which can inturn create many problems—fatigue, brain fog, headaches, depression, allergies, sinus problems, irritable bowel, reflux, joint pain, skin diseases such as acne and eczema, autoimmune diseases, and more. But this inflammation also causes weight gain by triggering insulin resistance.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and oats. It has been around since we began cultivating grains 10,000 years ago (still relatively new in the human diet). But fifty years ago the type of gluten changed as we created new strains of wheat (genetically altered dwarf strains I call Frankenwheat), and this has created a veritable epidemic of problems, including a 400 percent increase in celiac disease and a dramatic rise in gluten sensitivity, affecting about 8 percent of the population.
This new “improved” wheat triggers much higher blood sugar levels because of the amount it contains of the super-starch called amylopectin
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