Why Breakfast Helps Your Metabolism

I talk to so many people about breakfast and why it's important for your body.  

I know we all lead busy lives, I get that. Society is so demanding. 

But....  Here's the thing.. Your body NEEDS food first thing! 

After all, the last time you ate was more than eight hours ago, so you have effectively been fasting.  When we sleep our body takes time to repair itself with the nutrients from the foods we eat. at sleep time your body  It's like a computer in standby mode, everything is conserved  so the body can do its thing! 

So when you wake up it's like you've come back 'online' and in order to fire up we need food or fuel.  

BREAKing a FAST is what your body does when we eat breakfast in the morning or after a long period of rest. 

So here's why you need to eat after a long period of rest: 

Diabetes: Skipping breakfast may increase a woman's diabetes risk, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Women who ate breakfast an average of zero to six times per week were at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than women who ate breakfast every day.

Heart Disease: Eating breakfast was associated with a lower incidence of heart disease in men between ages 45 and 82, according to a July study in the journal Circulation. The study also found that skipping breakfast was associated with hypertension, insulin resistance and elevated blood sugar levels. 

Memory: A 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association review of 47 breakfast-related studies found that eating breakfast is likely to improve cognitive function related to memory and test grades. Translation: Eating breakfast is a smart move!

Weight Loss: In one recent study, people who ate breakfast as their largest meal lost an average of 17.8 pounds over three months. The other participants consumed the same number of total calories per day, but ate most of their calories at dinner, according to the study published in July in the journal Obesity. The large-dinner group only lost an average of 7.3 pounds each over the same time period.

So What should you eat? 

 You know that eating breakfast jump-starts your metabolism. But did you realize that certain food choices can crank up your fat-burning even more?

The key: eating a breakfast that’s high in Resistant Starch (RS). Found in foods like bananas and oats, Resistant Starch actually signals your body to use fat for energy.

High protein breakfasts such as scrambled eggs on spinach or green smoothies with added protein powder to oats and granola are great. 

But I don't like eating first thing? 

No problem, try eating a yoghurt instead or a piece of fruit. Then later on when you feel to eat, choose a healthy option. 

If you liked what you read and it brought some value to you feel free to share and leave a comment below on your thoughts about breakfast. 

If you have a question about specific diets ie diabetes, high blood pressure then leave your comment below. 

Diabetes and Diet Is There A Connection?

Once again the government raise the fact that ever increasing waist lines are the cause for type 2 Diabetes increasing in the UK.  This has been a known fact for the last 15 years, and yet the fact that diet is a major contributor to this avoidable illness has been a slow one to tackle. 

It is shocking to find out that most Doctors have minimal nutritional training, and therefore are unable to give suitable advice to a patient with diabetes type 2 or who are borderline.  However, if they began working with their health colleagues who are trained in nutrition, such as Nutritionists and dieticians this can be overcome.  

A Nutritional Therapist may be working with a healthy individual in order to prevent disease, or they be working with a sick individual to ease and minimise symptoms of a developed disease. 

One way of distinguishing dieticians and nutritionist from nutritional therapists is to under that that the nutritional therapist often help minimise health system as opposed to focussing on the cause and treatment of the disease itself (like that of registered dieticians and medical doctors). 

One thing I would observe having been on the end of the health service  with my mother who was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic in her early 70's many years ago, was the diet she was given to follow by the dietician did not reflect her west indian cultural foods. 

This caused me to look at her diet, and indeed my own also, makes sense right, if my mum was diagnosed, then there is a high possibility I might be too in the future! Through Nutritional training and online research  I changed how and what she ate, and when, as well as swapping bad things out and good things in, knowing what food combinations to put together and including more exercise in her regime.  Over a period of time my Mother was removed from off her diabetic medication by her GP as she no longer appeared to have the illness, it was and is still being controlled through her diet.  

Other clients who were borderline type 2 have come to me for advice, and support and through looking at their habits, foods they eat, and when and how often we have managed to change their health outcome, lose weight and lose the threat of diabetes. 

I help clients from different cultural backgrounds who have diabetes and work with their own cultural foods and ways to help them improve their symptoms, along with them working with their GP. 

If you suffer from Type 2 Diabetes or are borderline, or it runs in your family,  contact me to see how I can help you. 

Early Symptoms: 

• Increased thirst
• Urinating more often, especially at night
• Extreme tiredness
• Blurred vision
• Genital itching or regular episodes of thrush
• Wounds and cuts that take a long time to heal
• Losing weight without trying
• Many people have Type 2 Diabetes for years without realising it because the early symptoms can be mild. If you think you have Diabetes, see your GP as soon as possible. Early diagnosis and treatment may reduce your risk of developing complications later on.

Sourced from NHS website.
Here is the article from the BBC news around Diabetes, what are you thoughts or your views on this? 
BBC NEWS ARTCLE

Colette Morris
Nutritional Therapist, IICT,  SacDipl, (Diet & Nutrition)
Health Coach
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• So, What is Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high because the body cannot use it properly. 

Diabetes occurs when the pancreas doesn't produce any insulin or not enough insulin to help glucose enter your body's cells, or where the insulin that is produced does not work properly. Insulin is also produced in the liver. 

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates blood sugar and allows glucose to enter the body's cells. The body uses glucose for energy, we need this energy to move around, play, work and live life in general.  It is vital for life. 

When we eat carbohydrates, the body breaks this down into glucose.  However if the body cannot use the glucose properly as fuel, it will build up in the blood.  

Having a sensible diet and exercise routine can help to control diabetes and where you have type 2, can improve your sugar levels altogether.  It is advisable to contact your GP or dietician when starting on a weightloss programme to seek advice on what levels of insulin is required and what times of the day. 

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system attacks insulin producing cells and is unable to produce any natural insulin.  People with this type of diabetes need to have insulin injections to control their blood sugar levels. 

There is no known way of preventing Type1.  The most effective way of treating this type of diabetes requires the use of insulin. 

Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce insulin properly or not enough.  People with this type of diabetes can control it with diet and exercise, but may have to also take medication in the short term if they are unable to control their diet and exercise regime. 

• Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90%-95% of diabetes cases and is usually associated with older age, obesity and physical inactivity, family history of type 2 diabetes, or a personal history of gestational diabetes.

Most people with this type of diabetes are overweight, or have a bad diet or both.  It is treatable through diet and exercise and watching your blood sugar levels until they return to normal, you will need to seed the advise of a Doctor or dietician.  

Other Factors on Diabetes

Sugar levels can also be affected by exercise, stress, climate, time of day and many other factors, making it difficult to judge the amount of insulin needed, which can sometimes lead to blood sugar levels rising too high (going hyper) or dropping too low (going hypo). 

What is a Hypo?

Going hypo (or where you blood sugar levels are too low) might happen because the person has either taken too much insulin, not had enough to eat, taken part in unplanned 

exercise or drunk alcohol. However, sometimes there is no apparent cause.

Some example signs of a hypo include an (abnormally) pale face, confusion, glazed eyes, lack of concentration, slurring of words, unusual behaviour e.g. anger, sweating, becoming 

quiet or withdrawn. 

What to do if someone has a Hypo

If this happens the person needs to eat something sweet immediately, either a fizzy drink, fruit juice or chocolate, or a glucose tablet. 

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• Diabetes Facts and Numbers
• 3.2 million people are diagnosed with diabetes in the UK
• 630,00 people in the UK have the condition and don't know it. 

• 25.8 million children and adults in the United States - 8.3% of the population - have diabetes.²
• 1.9 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010.²
• 13.0 million, or 11.8% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes.²
• 12.6 million, or 10.8% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes.²
• Diabetes contributed to 231,404 deaths in the US in 2007.²
• $245 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2012.²
• Only 5% of people with diabetes have type 1. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that may be caused by genetic, environmental, or other factors.²
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Diabetic Meal Plans

There are some really good guidelines for diabetics out there on the internet, and according to how many calories you are asked to follow. 

Diabetic Meal Plan

Free Recipes

BodybyVi Meal Plan

When using the Bodybyvi meal replacement shakes for weight loss, as a diabetic you need to ensure your blood glucose levels are even throughout the day.  

Breakfast:

You can have a 300ml shake for breakfast, add the vi-trim product as this will help to balance your blood sugar levels. 

Mid Morning:

Nutra Cookie

Lunch:

fish, chicken, turkey with salad or vegetables, small jacket potatoe

Mid Afternoon: shake

Dinner: Regular meal, just portion size this. 

Ensure you drink lots of water, the recommended amount is 2 litre or 8-10 glasses per day.  If you do a workout in between, make sure you increase your water intake and also your carb intake. 

If you have found this article useful, please feel free to share, and leave me a comment below with your diet solutions and suggestions for diabetics and exercise plans. 

PS Great resource for exercise plans can be found here: Diabetic weightloss exercise plan

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Diabetes cases in Britain hit three million

Diabetes cases in Britain hit three million

Diabetes is on the increase especially amongst children.  With todays fast food outlets, processed foods, high in fat, salt and sugars are mainly to blame. 

The sad thing is that through simply eating fresh fruits and vegetables and by watching what you are eating, reducing the fat content and amount of salt, and increasing the amount of exercise can help to control diabetes.

Diabetes is something that does concern me, as my mother was diagnosed with this in her early 70's.  Coming from a West Indian background, the foods that we eat are rich in starches which turn to sugar if you do not use the energy or calories up.   Learning how to combine foods and not eat the wrong food types together has helped in controlling diabetes in my mother's case. 

My mother was a diabetic diagnosed in her 70's, today at 86, her GP is considering taking her off her medication as her diabetes has been controlled through diet and education of what to eat, what not to eat and swapping bad foods for good food equivalents.   

 If you are overweight and have Diabetes, then the Vi Shake is great to use to help you to lose weight and stabilise your blood sugar as it is diabetic friendly.  Eating regularly, but healthily will help to reduce weight along with gentle exercise such as walking or riding. 

Visalus UK is intent on fighting obesity across the globe, and their product is diabetic friendly, lactose free and gluten free.  

This is an article I found interesting in the METRO last week.  Diabetes is also known as the silent killer, as many people do not even know they have it.

The number of Britons suffering from diabetes has soared by a third in six years to 3million, costing the NHS £764million in prescriptions.

It is estimated another 850,000 remain undiagnosed – with 90 per cent suffering from Type 2 diabetes, linked to unhealthy lifestyles.

Doctors authorised 42.5million items costing £764.1million in the last financial year in England, compared with £513.9million in 2005-06.

Read more from this article here: 

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/13/diabetes-cases-in-britain-hit-three-million-3922628/Shared via Google Currents

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