Sugar Busters Diet
"By eliminating both refined foods and sugar from your diet—which is the entire
premise of Sugar Busters!—dieters will definitely lose weight, plus trigger less
insulin surges, which is what the body releases in response to higher amounts of
sugar."
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If there’s one point this diet tries to get across, it’s this: Sugar is toxic!
Instead of believing that eating too many calories or too much fat or
carbohydrates is the reason for weight gain, Sugar Busters! believes it’s eating
too much sugar that triggers weight gain. The more sugar you eat, the more
insulin your body has to release in order to process it. It’s that insulin surge
that prevents dieters from losing weight, according to the book. By eliminating
all foods made from refined sugar—as well as foods with a high-sugar
content—dieters not only lose weight, but improve their overall health, reduce
their cholesterol and lower their risk of developing diabetes as well. There are
no phases or levels to follow. Dieters eat three meals a day, with a snack in
between each meal, by are asked to stop eating after 8 PM. By following the
recommended suggestions for meals and snacks, dieters end up eating about 1,200
calories per day, getting roughly 40% of their daily calories from high-fiber,
low-glycemic carbohydrates, 30% from protein and 30% from fat. Dieters follow
the diet plan for a total of 14 days.
Checklist
Cost: Average. The low-glycemic foods the diet recommends to eat—vegetables,
whole-grains, lean meat, etc.—aren’t any more expensive than the foods you’re
probably purchasing right now. However, if you decide to order any of the
specialty, low-glycemic meals or products they sell at their site, you might see
an increase in its’ overall cost.
Meals Provided: Yes and no. You basically follow the menu suggestions in their
books, but they do sell their own line of foods—baguettes, rolls and other types
of breads, cereal, breakfast bars; pasta, cookies and a few frozen meals—that
they sell on their site.
Diet Duration: Dieters are told to stick with the plan for 14 days in order to
see results.
Fitness Requirements: Exercise is encouraged, although the program claims that
regular fitness isn’t as effective unless you cut refined sugars from your diet.
Time Commitment: Short. With practically no calorie-counting—although it is
stressed that dieters make sure their meals are properly balanced—the diet
doesn’t take much leg work. And, since it’s only a 14-day commitment, it doesn’t
seem as daunting time-wise to dieters.
Eating Out: Moderate to difficult. Eat off the menu and it’s easier to combine
certain foods to match what the diet recommends, but since many of the foods
Sugar Busters! eliminates are typical side-dish fare—such as potatoes, white
rice, corn, carrots, white breads, white-flour pasta, etc.—it usually means
having to leave a few things on your plate.
Alcohol: One glass, if served with a meal, is OK. Red wine is fine, but beer is
restricted.
Vegetarian-Friendly: It’s tricky. Dieters end up eating plenty of veggies, but
the diet is also high in protein, relying on plenty of lean meats and fish to
fill that quota. However, it also recommends eating nuts, low-fat dairy products
and eggs—depending on what type of vegetarian you are—as acceptable protein
sources as well.
Strict/Flexible Eating Plan: Fairly strict. Dieters are told to separate foods
into three categories—forbidden, recommended and food to be eaten in moderation.
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