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 uses the Set Point theory as the basis for his fructose diet. The Set Point theory basically says that each person has a control system within themselves that regulates how much fat they should carry. If the weight you carry is lower than your set point, you'll probably feel hungry. If the weight you carry is equal to your set point, you'll probably feel satisfied. If the weight you carry is higher than your set point, you'll probably feel full.
Roberts believes he's found the solution to feeling satisfied, by drinking unflavored granulated fructose and unflavored canola or extra light olive oil between meals. Drinking this concoction essentially tricks the bodies set point into thinking it's full.
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.
You'll find testimonial after testimonial in his book, The Shangri-La Diet. However, there are many doctors and nutritionists who are highly skeptical of this fructose diet. Many claim it to be outright dangerous. There is much scientific evidence which show fructose may in fact be a contributor to the obesity epidemic.
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. - 17274
Roberts uses the Set Point theory as the basis for his fructose diet. The Set Point theory basically says that each person has a control system within themselves that regulates how much fat they should carry. If the weight you carry is lower than your set point, you'll probably feel hungry. If the weight you carry is equal to your set point, you'll probably feel satisfied. If the weight you carry is higher than your set point, you'll probably feel full.
Roberts believes he's found the solution to feeling satisfied, by drinking unflavored granulated fructose and unflavored canola or extra light olive oil between meals. Drinking this concoction essentially tricks the bodies set point into thinking it's full.
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.
You'll find testimonial after testimonial in his book, The Shangri-La Diet. However, there are many doctors and nutritionists who are highly skeptical of this fructose diet. Many claim it to be outright dangerous. There is much scientific evidence which show fructose may in fact be a contributor to the obesity epidemic.
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. - 17274
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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 mitigates some of the negative affects of fructose by blocking it's ability to convert to fat.
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