High protein, low-glycemic diets better at maintaining weight loss

High protein, low-glycemic diets better at maintaining weight loss

More Tips on how to avoid gaining the weight that you have lost..from The Weekly Essentials of Health by Usana Health Sciences 

At a Glance

Research shows that a low-glycemic diet relatively high in protein is more effective at weight maintenance than a low-protein, high-glycemic diet.

Read more about this research below.

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that a diet relatively high in protein and low in refined carbohydrates is more successful than other diets at maintaining weight loss.

Researchers enrolled overweight adults from eight European countries who had lost at least 8% of their initial body weight with a low-calorie diet. Participants were randomly assigned to one of five diets to prevent weight regain over a 26-week period: a low-protein and low-GI (glycemic index) diet, a low-protein and high-GI diet, a high-protein and low-GI diet, a high-protein and high-GI diet, or a control diet based on the current European dietary recommendations. The high protein diet provided 25 percent of calories in the form of protein, while the low protein diet consisted of 13 percent protein.

Five hundred forty-eight subjects completed six months on the assigned diets. In the analysis of participants who completed the study, only the low-protein/high-GI diet was associated with subsequent significant weight regain (1.67 kg, or 3.6 lbs) by the end of the dietary intervention. Weight regain was less in those who consumed high protein compared to low protein and in low-GI diets compared to high-GI diets. High-GI foods include white flour, white rice, and other refined carbohydrates.

This study shows that a modest increase in protein content and a modest reduction in glycemic index can lead to an improvement in compliance and maintenance of weight loss.

Larsen TM, et al. Diets with High or Low Protein Content and Glycemic Index for Weight-Loss Maintenance. 2010. N Engl J Med 363:2102-13.

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Lose Weight Win A Trip to Sanoviv January 6 2014

 Lose Weight - Win An All Expense Paid Trip to Sanoviv Medical Institute!

A view from the pool of SANOVIV a healing oasis in Mexico

It's The Living Connection with Ekayani Chamberlin  and I am thrilled to announce this 12 week challenge today! This is a  sponsored event by the company I partner with, USANA Health Sciences. We are  offering an all expense paid trip to 15 Grand Prize Winners just for losing weight and making positive changes to your attitude and lifestyle! I have been talking about Weight Creep and the affect it has on adult obesity for 2 weeks now on my Video Channel I am always looking for ways to motivate you to take control of your life and "change your genes" by making positive life choices. A trip to Mexico facing the ocean at a unique oasis of healing in the world is just the ticket! Did I mention all the products are gluten free, low GI, Non GMO and delicious?

Dates:  Begins January 6 ends March 30, 2014. 

* You will need to purchase your supplies. * You will need to register by becoming a PC

What it's all about:

DESTINATION TRANSFORMATION is back and you’re the first to know. Last year, we had more than 3,000 people participate in one of USANA’s largest weight-loss events. Collectively we lost more than 17,500 pounds! This year we’re doing it again.
USANA’s RESET Challenge:
DESTINATION TRANSFORMATION officially starts Jan. 6. But don’t wait for the new year to start forming some good habits. Stock up now on USANA’s newly redesigned gluten free RESET kit, Nutrimeal shakes, and delicious protein snacks to help curb cravings during the tempting holiday season. Right now is the time to commit to changing your life for the better. Grab a friend and get them involved too! If that is not possible for you know that I am providing guidance and support all throughout your 12 week journey to the new you!

Karina Yanku, Lmt

Testimonial - "Easiest Cleanse I've Ever Done!"

I'd like to insert here a testimonial from licensed massage therapist Karina Yanku, show host and owner of  Karina Yanku Healing Arts, Inc  She successfully completed the RESET program while working all week long! Karina wrote: "That shake kept me going for hours. And I just had one of those brownies (insert smiley face here) One of the easiest cleanses ever. And boy, did I cleanse!" - in New York City 12/5/ 2013

 5 Categories - 15 Winners

With three winners in each category, the odds are in your favor! (We also have our international markets competing as well in their own separate categories. We’re excited to include Australia, New Zealand and our European markets in the 2014 contest!) DESTINATION TRANSFORMATION is the only contest that completely maximizes your chances of being a grand-prize winner.  We have five different categories to place in including: 
- Percentage Weight Loss – male
- Percentage Weight Loss – female
- Total Weight Loss – pounds
- Partners - Team up with a friend, spouse, life partner. Egg each other on and win together!
 -  Best Essay (There are some of you that write very well that I could see easily nailing this category!)

Ocean view at SANOVIV

Grand-prize winners will receive:

1. A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Sanoviv — a holistic healing center located in sunny Mexico
2  Each winner will receive a shopping spree, hair and makeup, photo shoot and more!
3. In addition to these tangible items the gift of deeper insight into the control you have over your own health, the exercise classes led by the staff, delicious organic food and heightned sense of self esteem are yours. Learning in foundational principles for a lifetime of good health are priceless! So what are you waiting for? Message me here to get started! To Your Success!! - Ekayani

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How To Avoid Weight Gain During The Holidays and Beyond

You  are 150 pounds which is just perfect for your height and then one day inexplicably the scale tells you you are 170. What happened? The reality is that Americans gain an additional one to two pounds every year usually around the Holiday Season and never lose it! If you'd like to learn How To Avoid this dilemna and learn about the programs I am offering to avoid even making a New Year's Resolution to Lose Weight this show is for you! Listen in via smarphone or the web Tuesday November 12 @ 4PM EST/1PM EST when I return to The Healing Artist Radio Show!

USANA New Product Webinar Thursday 8/22 with Doctors Wolfe & McNamara

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Free Webinar 22 August on New & Improved Usana Health Sciences Products

Every year at USANA Health Sciences International Convention new and improved products are presented to a crowd of thousands and this year there were 8000 to be exact. USANA just rolled out Nutrimeal plant based protein powder, a bunch of improved snacks that looks suspiciously like junk food... But they are not! What's Up With that? Learn WHY these work and HOW they've been formulated with Dr. Ladd McNamara & Dr. Karen Wolfe.
Date:    Thursday, August 22, 2013
Time:    6:00-7:30 PM (PDT) / 7:00-8:30 PM (MDT) / 8:00-9:30 PM (CDT) / 9:00-10:30 PM (EDT)
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About Dr. Karen Wolfe
Karen is an Australian born  MD and author of Is Your LifeStyle Killing You? Glycemis Stress Sugar Addiction and Type 2 Diabetes

Dr Ladd McNamara is a board certified OBGYN, author. lecturer and former member of the Scientific Advisory Council for USANA Health Sciences. He has a great series of podcasts and DVDs out on called The Cholesterol Conspiracy. I always learn a great deal from him.

Congratulation Your 5 Day RESET is over - Now What?

 So What's next?

You did it. You made it  through the first  5 Days of Usana's RESET program.Your jeans are probably feeling looser, your energy level up and in spite of your doubts No, you didn't gag on Usana's Nutrimeal shakes. You took your Healthpak religiously every morning and night for 5 days and maybe even started thinking that there IS something to this whole Nutrition thing. While you may not have reached your target goal just yet you are well on your way.  

Staying on Track is Easy
To keep moving in on your goals simply keep up with taking The Essentials twice a day.

This will insure that in spite of hectic schedules, missed meals or even a slip back to some fast food habits, that you are getting your essential dose of vitamins and trace minerals including your B's and the ever critical magnesium. 

Stay on Track with Usana's convenient foods

Your body has just been retrained to expect energy in the form of trace minerals over processed chocolates, donuts, empty grains and snack foods. Give your body what it craves! This will keep your cells ability to metabolize food into energy strong because mega anti oxidants and chelated minerals are where it's at. Remember that USANA's supplements have been designed without GMO's,toxins and are potency guaranteed. Consumer Labs, NSF Certified, GMP and FDA pharmaceutical grade manufacturing means you are getting the best just like every elite athlete that consumes them.

Keep Your Shakes Handy

 

Whether your driving to work, working late, flying to another city or your cupboard is bare you'll be well prepared when you keep your blender bottle handy. Keeping one at work, in your car or handbag and even at home will save you from running on empty. Usana has specials going on Right Now until July 25 on single serving 28 packs of Nurmeal in your favorite flavors for your convenience. As a PC you will save so take advantage. And at $2.50 a serving no fast food in the world can deliver this kind of optimal nutrition so conveniently. Keep replacing  2 meals a day at this stage with an USANA shake while you keep on taking your Essentials. By day 30 you will be sliding into those old clothes with considerable ease. It's all about compliance so make it easy on yourself an add bags of Nutrimeal and Essentials to your monthly order.

It's one less thing you have to think about while your amazing body carries on all the functions of maintenance and repair on autopilot. Congratulations!

What's in That Protein Shake? Healthy Sugars and Why You Need Them

 

 There is a gross misconception about sugars that have been vilified in the media.While it's true that what I like to call industrial sugars are damaging, the naturally occurring ones found in fruits,vegetables and grains are accompanied by a whole host of nutrients. Like anything dealing with the human body and the planet, a deeper look that goes beyond a sound bite is critical to getting the full picture. During a Let's Go Outside! fitness and fun class I co- lead this weekend, a guest had a question and wanted to know if the Dutch Chocolate Nutrimeal protein shake I was distributing "had sugar" in it. What the guest really wanted to know really was I offering something detrimental to everyone's health. The fact is your body and brain require sugars to function. The brain needs it and without it will cease to function properly. Some healthy sugars that you can use around the house are Raw Honey, Amasake, Organic Sugar grown without pesticides or chemicals, Black Strap Molasses, Stevia and Xylitol. As for unhealthy sugars four words: Stay Away from Soda! For young mother's Bernando LaPallo points out that applesauce one of the first foods you give your baby should be unsweetend to avoid setting up your child for diabetes. Add a little ground cinnamon that has a natural sweet taste to it if you like. Adding table sugar to it impedes the ability to enjoy the natural sweetness of the apple, hooks the baby on unhealthy sugars making it be hard for them to eat whole foods later on.

Clearing Up Sugar Confusion  

Oscar Puig, CN  has this to say about the topic:

"Sugars are found in whole foods in the form of simple glucose, fructose and galactose such as those found in dietary carbohydrates like vegetables, fruits and grains. These are classified has monosaccharides. They are easy to digest and fast to get to our blood stream. They are packed with nutrients and beneficial fiber because they come from whole foods. However, our food industry has created non-nourishing natural and artificial sweeteners that can be damaging to the body. The best examples of this would be processed sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (“natural” sweeteners) and sucralose and aspartame (artificial sweeteners). Although naturally-derived, sucrose and high fructose corn syrup present in most processed foods can increase the probability of impaired liver function and fat deposits (fatty liver)..." This article by Puig is very helpful and you can read More here
Getting back to the protein shake in question Dutch Chocolate Nutrimeal contains 17 grams of sugar derived from fructose or fruits. Here is the ingredient list. And one last point the way you will lose weight fastest and sanely is to watch your caloric intake. Nutrimeal is one way you can make sure you are getting all your body requires with only a 240 to 250 calories provided you use water only to make your shake. When you start adding milk and the like you double your caloric intake. Most today are consuming 3000 to 3500 calories per day when it is better to be around 2000 calories per day on average. This unfortunate trend is reflected in the skyrocketing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and even cancers North Americans are experiencing in all age brackets. Adding plenty of fiber to your daily regime will also help you feel fuller while keeping your colon clean.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 3 scoops (60 g)

Servings per Container 9

Amount Per Serving

Calories

230

Calories from Fat

70 % Daily Value*

Total Fat

7g

11%

Saturated Fat 1g

5%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol

0mg

0%

Sodium

400mg

17%

Potassium

590mg

17%

Total Carbohydrate

32g

11%

Dietary Fiber 8g

32%

Soluble Fiber 3g

Insoluble Fiber 5g

Sugars 17g

Protein

15g

30%

Vitamin A

15%

•

Vitamin C

25%

Calcium

25%

•

Iron

20%

Vitamin D

35%

•

Vitamin E

20%

Thiamin

30%

•

Riboflavin

35%

Niacin

20%

•

Vitamin B6

30%

Folate

20%

•

Vitamin B12

10%

Phosphorus

40%

•

Iodine

30%

Magnesium

25%

•

Zinc

20%

Copper

20%

•

Manganese

20%

Molybdenum

25%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your caloric needs.

Calories:

2,000

2,500

Total fat

Less than

65g

80g

Sat. fat

Less than

20g

25g

Cholesterol

Less than

300mg

300mg

Sodium

Less than

2,400mg

2,400mg

Potassium

3,500mg

3,500mg

Total Carbohydrate

300g

375g

Dietary Fiber

25g

30g

Protein

50g

65g

Calories per gram: Fat 9 • Carbohydrate 4 • Protein 4

Ingredients:

Protein Blend [Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate, Pea Protein Isolate,

Rice Protein Concentrate], Fructose, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, Maltodextrin, Soy

Fiber, Oat Fiber, Gum Arabic, Cane Fiber, Oligofructose, Potassium Phosphate, Prune

Powder (Prune, Calcium Stearate), Tricalcium Phosphate, Magnesium Citrate, Sodium

Caseinate (a milk derivative), Cellulose Gum, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Inulin, Soy Lecithin,

Tocopherols (to protect flavor), Silicon Dioxide, Wheat Bran, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Zinc

Gluconate, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Niacinamide (Niacin), Potassium

Iodide, Vitamin A Palmitate, Molybdenum Citrate, Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D), Manganese

Citrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, Copper Gluconate,

Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Ferrous Fumarate, Thiamin

Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1).

Contains: soybean, milk, wheat.

Produced on equipment that also processes peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, sesame, and shellfish.

Summer Fun at the Sugar Shack Spa with Nutrimeal Shakes

It's going to be a great summer!! I am excited about working with the Sugar Shack Day Spa in Fire Island presenting delicious way to keep off the pounds and staying fit! Usana's Nutrimeal protein shakes are a delicious way to keep off the pounds while getting everything you need to stay on your feet!  Summer is a time of celebration and trying new tasty treats. I have got some delicious low glycemic recipes for you to try at an  exclusive tasting event this Saturday May 19 from 1:30 to 2:30 with Q & A from 2:30 to 3:30 at the Sugar Shack Day Spa on Fire Island in the Pines!

I will be serving up delicious twists on Strawberry, French Vanilla and Dutch Chocolate Nutrimeal protein shakes. Quantities are limited so please get there early!  The Sugar Shack is situated right next to CANTEEN the sandwich and salad shop on the main boardwalk off the Harbor.

 

The Usana Difference

What sets Usana Health Sciences shakes apart is that they have been formulated with the right amount of sodium and healthy sugars with plenty of vitamins to boot such as A, C, D,  B6, B12 and required trace minerals such as calcium, magnesium, copper,zinc, manganese,iodine,iron, and more. (For a complete list of ingredients and the nutritional value look here under Diet and Energy) . A certain amount of sodium is necessary in the body to function properly otherwise you rub the risk  passing out.  However, be careful to avoid eating canned foods as they are laced with sodium and can lead to hyper tension. Eating fresh foods with the minimal amount of processing is always best.

 Consider this;  

"Although too much sodium can be of concern, please note that sodium is an essential mineral and electrolyte. The recommended sodium intake for healthy adults sits near 2,400 mg per day, and even doctor-prescribed low sodium diets rarely drop below 1,000 mg per day. Intakes below 500 mg per day can result in serious health conditions, including death. Because the Nutrimeals are classified as meal replacements, adequate sodium is absolutely necessary to prevent serious health consequences. This is especially true during hot summer months, during times of exercise, or in circumstances where individuals choose to use the products as a primary source of nutrition.
In modern times, many individuals have begun to take sodium for granted since it can be easily consumed in excessive amounts. However, this does not mean that sodium is inherently "bad." We have included a level in the Nutrimeals that is the lowest we would consider safe for adults subsisting entirely on our products for any period of time.
Many products claiming to be "meal replacements" run the risk of being much too low in sodium. In our opinion, the unscrupulous manufacturers of such products risk the health of their customers in an attempt to "look good" on a label.
If someone has additional concerns about the sodium content of a USANA Foods product, we recommending consulting a physician. He/she will be best able to know whether or not the amount of sodium in a given product is above an individual's current requirements." - from Ask The Scientist


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