Today’s new video uncovers a brand new fat loss food pyramid.
In this 3 part series I uncover how you can literally maintain a fat burning environment round the clock 24/7.
Just follow this quick tip and you’ll maintain high energy – fat burning environment from sun up to sun down.
Speaking of 24/7, what if you could burn fat twenty four hours a day…every day?
Do you realize how much faster you’d progress? How much more quickly the fat would melt away? How much more rapidly you’d have the body you want?
That’s right, A LOT faster.
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You’ll see Craig (or should I say “Crabby Craig” haha) in his “protective crabby mode”. He’s really a great guy who knows hit shizat…he’s just a little shy on camera.
How You Can Regularly Consume These
3 Unique Breads and STILL Burn Fat…
In the last blog post, we taught you how to burn more fat and start cleaning out your kitchen by swapping out quinoa for rice.
Again, this isn’t going to magically melt fat off your body. But if you make a bunch of “little” changes like this in your kitchen, it can add up to make a big difference in your results.
Today, we’re going to continue helping you clean-up your kitchen so you can burn more fat and stay on track with your post summer fat loss plan. One of the main staples so many people turn to for convenience is bread. Let’s face it. Bread tastes good and it’s filling. It’s also a quick and easy fix when you’re in a hurry.
It’s pretty simple to pile up a bunch of lean healthy (non-processed) lunch meat and veggies between two pieces of bread and head out the door.
The problem. White bread is made from refined white flour so it spikes insulin (which leads to fat storage) and is loaded with hidden fillers. Plus, all the fiber (the good stuff) has been removed.
It doesn’t stop there. Did you know that one bagel usually contains about 4 servings of bread? One bagel. Yikes!
A quick review: White bread contains a large proportion of high GI (glycemic index) carbohydrates. These carbohydrates cause sugars to be released quickly into the bloodstream. This causes a rapid rise in blood sugar levels which triggers a similarly rapid release of the body’s own sugar regulating hormone, insulin.
Translation: You’ll store more fat and kill your energy after you consume these types of bread.
It reminds us of the saying: “The whiter your bread, the quicker your dead.”
BUT…not so fast.
It’s not just the white stuff that is bad for you. Even most wheat breads contain High Fructose Corn Syrup and other nasty ingredients just like the white stuff.
What if you could swap out white breads, wheat breads and all bread products for healthier alternatives and STILL burn fat?
Well you can. Here are three alternative ingredients to normal bread choices that you can enjoy.
1. Sprouted grain
Organic, sprouted, 100% whole grain, flourless bread is loaded with fiber and even contains complete protein. This means it’s WAY better than other bread choices.
Sprouted grains have increased vitamin and nutrient content because the seed is first sprouted, making it alive and active in its growth process. Some of these sprouted grain breads take on a very sweet taste because sprouting changes some starches in grains to sugars. Plus, the bread is moist and is made without yeast.
They even have tortillas, cereals, and even healthy English muffins made from sprouted grain.
Gotta love that.
2. Millet
Millet is tasty, with a mildly sweet, nut-like flavor and contains a variety of beneficial nutrients. It is nearly 15% protein, contains high amounts of fiber, B-complex vitamins including niacin, thiamin, and riboflavin, the essential amino acid methionine, lecithin, and some vitamin E.
It is particularly high in the minerals iron, magnesium, phosphorous, and potassium too.
The seeds are also known to be rich in phytochemicals, including Phytic acid, which is believed to lower cholesterol, and Phytate, which is associated with reduced cancer risk.
Millet is one of the oldest foods known to humans. It has been used in Africa and India as a staple food for thousands of years. It was actually grown as early as 2700 BC in China where it was the prevalent grain before rice became the dominant staple.
3. Spelt
Spelt has been grown – under the radar – in Europe for over 300 years, but it has recently regained popularity as a dietary grain due to its nutty flavor, high protein and dense nutrition content.
Spelt contains more protein than wheat, and the protein in spelt is easier to digest. This means that some people who are allergic to wheat may be able to tolerate spelt.
Important: Spelt does contain gluten, just like wheat, so spelt is not suitable for a gluten-free diet.
Spelt flour can replace whole-wheat flour or whole grain flour in recipes for breads. Spelt is becoming better known as a healthy grain, so spelt products like breads are easy to find in most health food stores.
There you have it. Three cool bread alternatives you can use right now to enjoy convenience and still stay on the fat burning track.
No more worrying about the hidden negative health effects of over-the-counter breads. This also cuts through the misleading marketing that makes you think whole wheat bread is healthy. It’s not.
Would you like to apply this cool food swapping technique in every area of your kitchen and your nutrition plan? Watch this video from our friend Isabel where she shares several more of these unique fat burning food tricks.
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Cinnamon is one spice almost everyone has in their kitchen cupboard. Whether it’s used to create hot, delicious, apple cider on a cold winter day, or is added to toast with butter and brown sugar, it actually has several health properties we can all benefit from, while making our food taste (and smell) extraordinary.
Cultural uses for cinnamon
This warming spice has been in use by different populations around the world for thousands of years; it’s been mentioned in ancient Chinese writings and is spoken of several times within the Bible. Moses wrote of cinnamon as a major ingredient in the “holy anointing oil” used to bless his people.
Different species of the cinnamon plant are native to areas in South East Asia, mainly Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Ceylon and Burma, although it’s also grown in Brazil and the Caribbean too. It’s popular smell has made it a favorite among many cultures and populations.
As a flavoring agent, cinnamon is preferred for adding spice to sweet dishes and baked goods, like apple pie and sticky buns, but it is also used to spice meats and whole grain dishes (rice), and create fragrant curries.
Health properties
Over the thousands of years cinnamon has been around, it’s been used in many different applications, such as:
Reduces mold growth in bread products (is a fungicide)
Can increase resistance to and help fight the common cold by battling congestion and inducing perspiration
Reduces body temperature due to fever
Alleviates mental stress
Improves memory and attention
Relieves joint pain due to arthritis
Reduces headaches and migraines
Can treat diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and flatulence
And will freshen your breath when chewed (like cinnamon gum!)
Blood sugar regulation benefits
More recently, scientists have shown benefits of cinnamon for preventing and treating blood sugar abnormalities that lead to Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes. Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that highly predispose a person to more chronic diseases, and include insulin resistance, elevated glucose, dyslipidemia, inflammation, decreased antioxidant activity, obesity and increased glycation of body proteins.
In several different cell, animal and human whole body studies, cinnamon has been shown to improve these variables. It also has been shown to improve fasting blood glucose levels, lean body mass, blood pressure and gastric (stomach) emptying in people with and without type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome.
In a recent review of studies conducted between 2003 and 2008, two studies of patients with type 2 diabetes and one study of people without diabetes showed that cinnamon supplementation significantly reduced fasting blood glucose concentrations by 8-29% (the reduction was greater for those with higher fasting levels at baseline).
Doses of cinnamon used in these studies ranged from 1 gram to 6 grams. More significant results were found with higher doses rather than lower. In three studies that did not show any significant effects, they used lower doses but did show trends for reduced hemoglobin A1c levels (a marker of long term blood glucose balance) and morning fasting glucose measurements – a trend tells us that the results are moving in the right direction even though statistics do not say they were significant enough.
Overall, there’s not enough solid evidence to make definite conclusions about cinnamons ability to prevent or treat diabetes, but it does show much promise and there are several ways it can potentially modify one’s risk factors for this disease. Some of the mechanisms include:
Delayed stomach emptying which can reduce the rate of absorption of glucose from food and prevent increases in blood triglycerides (excess blood glucose is converted to fats within the liver)
Flavanoid-supressed glucose absorption – the compounds in cinnamon can reduce food sugar uptake intrinsically (to an extent; it won’t work if you take in excessive amounts of sugar)
Polyphenols in cinnamon can mimic the effects of insulin on cellular blood glucose uptake through a number of different pathways
Another factor to consider with any cinnamon dose is the molecular concentration of the active components: various polyphenols which give cinnamon its therapeutic benefits. Some studies that show little effect on blood glucose regulation could possibly be because of low active component content. Thus, higher doses are usually more effective than lower ones – likewise, higher-quality concentrated cinnamon products are also more useful.
Finally, taking cinnamon with meals has the ability to slow gastric emptying and reduce glucose absorption more than if it is taken separate from food. Therefore, with supplements, it’s best taken when you eat, rather than on an empty stomach. Supplements may also be preferable to cinnamon added to foods due to the fact that enzymes in saliva may inactive some of the polyphenols, making it less potent.
Weight loss advantages
Through effects of slowing food glucose absorption, and enhancing the body’s ability to use glucose in metabolically active cells via direction of insulin, rather than store it away as fat, cinnamon improves body composition. The body accumulates less fat as a result of ideally-regulated blood sugar concentrations.
A handful of animal and human research has shown these effects – more studies may have also seen these results, but they were not reported as weight and body composition was not the primary outcome of interest.
However, as noted above, cinnamon given therapeutically can improve glucose use and blood concentrations, which are known to favorably influence body fat levels (causing body fat levels to decrease – which is much of the premise of lower carbohydrate and lower glycemic index diets).
Summary
In conclusion, when cinnamon is used alongside other nutritious food options, like oatmeal with whey protein, instead of sugary treats, it can actually improve our health. However, not many of us use it on (or in) enough foods or in high enough quantity to make it functional.
Thus, when delivered in supplemental form, it can ensure higher doses and active components to slow food glucose transport and absorption, improved glucose uptake and enhance insulin’s actions on cells. In Prograde’s Metabolism, you’re given a concentrated dose of quality cinnamon bark equivalent to 1 gram of whole cinnamon, which when taken twice per day, will help you achieve the beneficial results seen in research settings.
If you choose to use food-sourced cinnamon, buy a high quality brand of cinnamon sticks (correctly called quills) or powder, and keep it in an air-tight container away from light.
Some other ideas for adding cinnamon to food include: added to unsweetened coffee or tea at breakfast, sprinkled on unsweetened applesauce, whole peaches or pears, used in whey protein smoothies, or even added to your scrambled eggs in the morning or at night!
Bottom line: use cinnamon wisely in conjunction with a balanced, unprocessed eating regimen, and a smaller waistline could be yours in less time than you think.
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As you can see, some spices like cinnamon (which most of us already have right in our kitchen), can make us healthier AND help us burn more fat over the long haul.
This was a super eye-opening article for us too!
Thanks for our friends at Prograde Nutrition for providing this unique article and doing all the research for us.
Since almost everybody already HAS cinnamon in their kitchen, make sure you share this with your friends and family so they reap the benefits as well. (Just hit the “like” button below)
We’ll be back next week to get everybody rockin on their post-summer fat loss plan.
Committed to help you burn more fat…naturally,
Shaun and Karen
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Couturier K et al. Cinnamon improves insulin sensitivity and alters the body composition in an animal model of the metabolic syndrome. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 May 31.
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