Fitness and Health: A Practical Guide to Nutrition, Exercise and Avoiding Disease

4. Welcome to the Human Race Most people don’t think of themselves as athletes or competitors. The fact is, we’re all in a race: ...

The human race is a true test of endurance. We are all endurance animals, and must use the natural endurance we all possess by u ...

5. Choose Your Food Wisely All animals on earth know how to eat. However, most humans have lost their instinctive ability to mak ...

may be entertaining, they’re usually not an accurate source of health information. The goal of these media sources is to sell ne ...

plan to build and maintain optimal human performance. The first is to only eat real food — not processed, not artificial, but fo ...

6. The Carbohydrate Trend As companies began refining healthy foods, making them sweet- er and increasing shelf life, sometimes ...

nificant amounts of plant foods were also consumed. These included vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, which help protect agains ...

containing it, and liver glycogen is used mostly to main- tain blood-sugar levels between meals and during night- time sleep.) ...

But even if diabetes runs in your family, you still may be able to con- trol the problem with the proper lifestyle factors. In a ...

including fruit juice and bananas. The biggest problems in most diets may be wheat products, potatoes, fruit juice and sugar or ...

By moderating carbohydrate intake to control insulin production, you can increase your ability to burn fat as an optimal and eff ...

ance 20 years or more before the onset of disease. Even birth weight can be a predictor of CI. Like many problems, CI is an indi ...

by many of the symptoms listed here, are not normal. Feeling jittery, agitated and moody is common with CI, and is relieved almo ...

insulin levels and blood pressure — as average insulin levels elevate, so does blood pressure. For some, regard- less of whether ...

astronomical cost of health care associated with its addiction. Companies that make cereals, candies, cookies and sugar itself w ...

referred to as the Metabolic Syndrome (or Syndrome X). The specific disorders include: Hyperinsulinemia Diabetes (type 2) Hyper ...

7. The Two-Week Test If you have some or all the signs and symptoms of carbohydrate intolerance, the next step is to evaluate ho ...

Before you start the test, ask yourself about the signs and symptoms of carbohydrate intolerance described in the previous chapt ...

Following the diet for less than two weeks probably will not give you a valid result. So, if after five days, for example, you e ...

A Note on Alcohol If you normally drink small to moderate amounts of alcohol, some forms are allowed during the test. Alcohol al ...