Lifestyle Choices

There are five core principles at the heart of the Holford Low-GL Diet. Each of them is a positive guideline in its own right, and each supports the others. All five are easy to follow, and essential if you are serious about achieving permanent weight loss and 100 per cent health:

1 Balance your blood sugar.

2 Eat good fats; avoid bad fats.

3 Eliminate allergies.

4 Supplement for success.

5 Exercise for at least 15 minutes a day.

The 21 days of menus listed later articles do all the initial meal planning for you. You can use the recipes as part of your weight-loss diet, or follow the recommendations to modify them for a maintenance diet that will keep you at your ideal weight. (more…)

Dietary Recommendations: Fat

Total fat in the diet should be limited to 30 percent or less of the total calories consumed.

Saturated fat in the diet should be limited to 10 percent or less of total calories consumed.

Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats should be substituted for saturated fat in the diet.

Dietary cholesterol should be limited to 250 to 300 milligrams per day. (more…)