Fructose Diet - Is it Sweet or Sour?
The fructose diet, sometimes referred to as the Shangri-la diet, was made popular by Seth Roberts, Ph.D professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He reportedly used himself as a lab rat and tried the fructose diet on himself.
Roberts believes in the Set Point theory, in which each person has a control system built into their bodies that dictates how much fat he or she should carry. He explains that "your set point is the weight your body is aiming you toward." When your weight is less than your set point your feel hungry. When it's about the same you feel comfortable. When your weight is over your set point you feel full.
He states that "our set point is determined by the flavors that we eat." And after much experimentation, Roberts allegedly found a way to trick the set point. The solution he says is to drink unflavored sugar water between meals or unflavored flavorless oils between meals, more specifically granulated fructose and unflavored canola or extra light olive oil.
According to Roberts, for best results drink 2-5 tablespoons per day of this concoction 1 hour before your meals. Taking it 1 hour before your meals will give you that feeling of fullness. He claims that this formulation has allowed him to lose 40 lbs.
According to Roberts, these two compounds give you calories without flavor and your brain doesn't get the signals to raise your set point. Roberts also claims that his fructose diet stops you from thinking about junk food or react very strongly when you see your favorite foods. Food basically stops being attractive to you and ultimately you'll eat less. According to him, the fructose diet has helped him lose 40 lbs. and kept it off.
His book, The Shangri-La Diet is full of testimonials from people who swear by his diet. But there are also a few detractors who believe the fructose diet is not safe. The controversy centers around fructose itself. There have been many scientific studies that link fructose to insulin resistance as well as raising triglyceride levels.
One study done by the University of Lausanne's Department of Physiology in Switzerland on seven normal men, showed that fructose actually caused insulin resistance in them.
The Shangri-La or fructose diet may not be so sweet after all. Even if it works, it is hard to ignore the negative effects of fructose. Before trying the fructose diet, it may be prudent to do some research on fructose to get all the facts. - 17273
Roberts believes in the Set Point theory, in which each person has a control system built into their bodies that dictates how much fat he or she should carry. He explains that "your set point is the weight your body is aiming you toward." When your weight is less than your set point your feel hungry. When it's about the same you feel comfortable. When your weight is over your set point you feel full.
He states that "our set point is determined by the flavors that we eat." And after much experimentation, Roberts allegedly found a way to trick the set point. The solution he says is to drink unflavored sugar water between meals or unflavored flavorless oils between meals, more specifically granulated fructose and unflavored canola or extra light olive oil.
According to Roberts, for best results drink 2-5 tablespoons per day of this concoction 1 hour before your meals. Taking it 1 hour before your meals will give you that feeling of fullness. He claims that this formulation has allowed him to lose 40 lbs.
According to Roberts, these two compounds give you calories without flavor and your brain doesn't get the signals to raise your set point. Roberts also claims that his fructose diet stops you from thinking about junk food or react very strongly when you see your favorite foods. Food basically stops being attractive to you and ultimately you'll eat less. According to him, the fructose diet has helped him lose 40 lbs. and kept it off.
His book, The Shangri-La Diet is full of testimonials from people who swear by his diet. But there are also a few detractors who believe the fructose diet is not safe. The controversy centers around fructose itself. There have been many scientific studies that link fructose to insulin resistance as well as raising triglyceride levels.
One study done by the University of Lausanne's Department of Physiology in Switzerland on seven normal men, showed that fructose actually caused insulin resistance in them.
The Shangri-La or fructose diet may not be so sweet after all. Even if it works, it is hard to ignore the negative effects of fructose. Before trying the fructose diet, it may be prudent to do some research on fructose to get all the facts. - 17273
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If you want to give the fructose diet a try, you may also be interested in a new substance that author Deen Dragonovich has researched which prevents some of the negative affects of fructose by blocking it's ability to convert to fat.
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