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and

how

and w

hat y

ou m

ay e

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up e

atin

g a

nd fe

elin

g d

urin

g th

e d

ay.

DID

YO

U K

NO

W th

at...

If you b

eg

in y

our d

ay w

ith ca

rbs, y

ou

get y

ou

rself in

to a

vicio

us circle

of w

antin

g to

have m

ore

carb

s du

ring

the d

ay w

ith “n

o e

asy

way o

ut”...

If you a

re in

the h

abit o

f skipp

ing

bre

akfa

st your e

atin

g re

gim

e d

urin

g th

e d

ay is

disru

pte

d a

nd y

ou g

et y

ourse

lf into

a v

icious cy

cle w

ith “n

o e

asy

way o

ut” a

s a

resu

lt, you

r blo

od

sug

ar le

vel d

rops a

nd y

ou fe

el h

un

gry

, which

make

s you se

ek

simple

carb

oh

yd

rate

s du

ring

the d

ay...

A stro

ng

connectio

n h

as re

cen

tly b

een d

iscovere

d b

etw

een

a b

ad b

reakfa

st and

many

health

-rela

ted

pro

ble

ms. A

s you m

ight kn

ow

, our b

od

y co

nsists o

f 10

0 trillio

n ce

lls which

need

114

vario

us n

utrie

nts d

urin

g th

e d

ay. W

hat y

ou

eat co

nsists o

f two m

ajo

r gro

up

s of

ele

ments. T

he fi

rst gro

up

sup

plie

s en

erg

y (p

rote

ins, fa

ts, carb

ohydra

tes). T

he se

cond

g

rou

p su

pp

lies b

uild

ing

mate

rials (a

min

o a

cids, v

itam

ins, m

inera

ls, micro

ele

ments, e

tc).

Yeste

rday y

ou sp

ent e

nerg

y w

hen

you w

ere

aw

ake

an

d y

our b

ody u

sed

the b

uild

ing

mate

rials a

t nig

ht to

reg

en

era

te itse

lf. Besid

es th

at, y

our b

od

y h

as sp

ent 1

litre o

f wate

r d

urin

g th

e n

ight th

roug

h b

reath

ing, sw

eatin

g a

nd m

orn

ing v

isit to th

e b

ath

room

. So

your b

ody w

ake

s up

“em

pty

” in th

e m

orn

ing

an

d, o

n b

ehalf o

f 10

0 trillio

n ce

lls, beg

s you “H

ey, g

ive m

e b

ack a

ll the n

utrie

nts, e

nerg

y a

nd w

ate

r I spent in

the la

st 24

hours”.

You m

ay n

ot fe

el h

ung

ry o

r thirsty

in th

e m

orn

ing

but it’s ju

st a m

atte

r of tim

e.

And n

ow

let’s se

e w

hat y

ou m

ay b

e g

ivin

g y

our b

od

y in

the m

orn

ing: T

oast w

ith ja

m a

nd

co

ffee w

ith su

gar. T

hese

are

simple

carb

oh

yd

rate

s which

when d

igeste

d im

med

iate

ly

turn

into

sugar. Y

ou

r body w

ake

s up

in th

e m

orn

ing

and a

sks for v

ital n

utrie

nts a

nd

w

ate

r and

you g

ive it su

gar in

stead

. By ra

ising

the b

lood su

gar le

vel, y

ou fo

rce y

our

pancre

as to

overp

rodu

ce in

sulin

. Insu

lin re

moves e

xtra

sug

ar fro

m th

e b

lood

an

d tu

rns it

into

fat. A

s a re

sult, b

lood su

gar le

vel d

rops, o

ften b

elo

w th

e le

vel y

ou w

oke

up

with

.

Now

you a

re fe

elin

g h

ung

ry a

nd

weak a

s your b

rain

lacks su

gar. It’s a

reaso

n b

eh

ind

cravin

gs. T

o o

verco

me h

ung

er, y

ou a

gain

seek sim

ple

carb

oh

yd

rate

s (choco

late

, sweet

coff

ee, sa

nd

wich

es, sw

eets, co

okie

s, dough

nuts, so

ft drin

ks and

juice

s, etc.) w

hich

again

ra

ise y

our b

lood

sug

ar le

vel a

nd

free

you o

f hun

ger a

nd w

eakn

ess. E

ach

sug

ar “in

jectio

n” is fo

llow

ed

by th

e in

sulin

surg

e.

This cy

cle re

peats itse

lf severa

l times a

day a

nd

you d

evelo

p d

epend

en

ce o

n ca

rbs. T

he

exce

ss of ca

rbs m

ake

s the p

ancre

as w

ork a

t consta

nt o

verlo

ad

. It’s one o

f the m

ost

frequ

ent re

aso

ns fo

r develo

pin

g d

iabete

s. Besid

es, e

xce

ss blo

od

sug

ar d

am

ages y

ou

r b

lood v

esse

ls. Exce

ssive su

gar w

ill be a

gain

an

d a

gain

turn

ed in

to e

xtra

fat.

If you a

re in

the h

abit o

f skipp

ing

bre

akfa

st, now

let’s se

e w

hat y

ou a

re fe

ed

ing it w

ith...

The a

nsw

er is: n

oth

ing

! As a

resu

lt, your b

lood su

gar le

vel d

rop

s and

you

feel h

ung

ry,

which

make

s you se

ek sim

ple

carb

ohydra

tes (ch

oco

late

, sweet co

ffee, sa

nd

wich

es,

sweets, co

okie

s, dough

nuts, so

ft drin

ks, juice

s, etc.) to

satisfy

your h

un

ger a

nd to

raise

your b

lood

sug

ar le

vel... B

y ra

ising

the b

lood su

gar le

vel, y

ou fo

rce y

our p

ancre

as to

overp

rod

uce

insu

lin. In

sulin

rem

oves e

xtra

sugar fro

m th

e b

lood

and

turn

s it into

fat, a

s a re

sult, y

ou

r blo

od su

gar le

vel d

rops a

nd y

ou fe

el h

ung

ry, w

hich

make

s you se

ek

simple

carb

oh

yd

rate

s (choco

late

, sweet co

ffee, sa

ndw

iches, sw

eets, co

okie

s, d

ou

gh

nuts, so

ft drin

ks, juice

s, etc.) to

satisfy

you

r hung

er ... T

he v

iciou

s cycle

carrie

s on!The a

bove a

re th

e m

ost co

mm

on ca

use

s of g

ain

ing e

xtra

weig

ht; p

ossib

ly le

adin

g

to h

igh b

lood p

ressu

re a

nd

dia

bete

s. An

d... it a

ll beg

ins w

ith a

bad

bre

akfa

st. MA

KE