You may or may not have heard of the sugar buster’s diet but it is becoming one of the most popular forms of diet today. The basics of this diet are quite simple. The diet itself lasts for only 14 days where your diet consists of strictly 30% protein, 40% fat and 30% carbohydrates. Eliminating all sugar from your diet during this duration is the main concept of the sugar buster diet.
The sugar buster diet is based on the theory that increased levels of insulin in the body leads to weight gain. Of course, nobody knows this for certain. What we do know is that insulin can lead to heart disease. However, the connection between weight and insulin has still not been confirmed.
Even without the insulin connection, sugary diets are bad for you. Sugary foods often contain huge amounts of calories. So, people who eat a lot of sugar will be heavier than those who don’t based solely on their caloric intake.
The downside of the diet is its short duration. Once the diet is over, many people revert to their old eating habits and the benefits gained from the diet are lost. If you continue with the diet, however, you may become bored and find it too difficult to keep up.
So, what types of sugars should you eliminate? There are several including corn syrup, honey, molasses, refined sugars and sugared colas. You need to avoid all foods that contain these ingredients as well. As you can imagine, the list can get quite long.
Some of the foods are you are able to continue eating include: whole grain breads and pastas as well as fresh fruits and vegetables. As you can see there is a reason this diet is restricted to 14days because it may not be incredibly healthy to continue excluding so many different food groups from your diet for the long term.
The sugar buster diet is a fad diet because it only lasts for a short time. Unfortunately, fad diets do not have a high success rate. In order to be truly successful, a diet needs to be a life changing event. It needs to be followed long term. In fact, anyone who wants to lose weight does not need a diet, they need a lifestyle change.
Losing weight is a battle that never ends for many people and once you lose weight you will want to keep it off for good. Take advantage of a new lifestyle change you can keep up for the rest of your life, remaining healthy and fit for life.
