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8. Somersizing
Suzanne Somers first introduced “Somersizing” in Suzanne Somers Eat
Great, Lose Weight in 1992. Somersizing is a way of eating in
which you cut sugar and “funky foods” and eat plenty of fats, proteins
and good carbs like vegetables and fruit. Foods must be combined
in certain ways so that the body easily digests them. Dieters
Somersize in two steps, the first (Level One) to lose weight and induce
“the melt” of fat and the second (Level Two) for ongoing maintenance of
their ideal weight.
Somers separates foods into four Somersizing food groups:
Proteins/Fat, Veggies, Carbos, and Fruit. She suggests that fruit
be eaten on an empty stomach. Proteins/Fat includes meat, dish,
eggs, natural oils, butter, cream and cheese. Veggies include low
starch fresh vegetables. Carbos covers whole-grain breads, pastas
and cereals and non-fat dairy products.
She lists “Seven Easy Steps to Somersizing”:
1. Eliminate all Funky Food.
2. East fruit alone, on an empty stomach: 20 minutes before a Carbos
meal, 1 hour before a Pro/Fats meal and at least 2 hours before the
last meal of the day.
3. Eat Pro/Fats with Veggies.
4. Eat Carbos with Veggies.
5. Keep Pro/Fats and Carbos separate.
6. Wait 3 hours between meals if switching from Pro/Fats to Carbos or
vice versa.
7. Eat at least 3 meals a day and do not skip meals.
Funky Foods include:
White Sugar
Brown Sugar
Raw Sugar
Corn Syrup
Sucrose
Molasses
Honey
Maple Syrup
Beets
Carrots
Acorn Squash
Bananas
Butternut Squash
Corn
Potatoes
Parsnips
Pumpkin
Sweet Potatoes
White Flour
White Rice
Yams
Hubbard Squash
Avocados
Coconuts
Liver
Low-Fat Milk
Whole Milk
Nuts
Olives
Soy
Beer
Caffeine Tea
Caffeine Soda
Cocoa
Coffee
Hard Alcohol
Wine
All of the foods on the Funky Foods list must be avoided during the
first phase of the diet (Level One) but some can be reintroduced in
moderation during the maintenance phase (Level Two). Somers sells
her own brand of artificial sweetener called “SomerSweet”. All of
her books include recipes for meals, snacks and desserts.
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Here is today's feature Lowcarb article.
Staying Healthy on a Low Carbohydrate Diet
by: Marjorie Geiser
It is estimated that about 32 million Americans are following some type of low carbohydrate diet. This is the result of fad diet authors claiming that carbohydrates are the cause for America’s rising obesity problems. The backlash against carbohydrates is a result of the low fat craze that started in the 80’s.When consumers started cutting down their fat intake, manufacturers figured out that they could create low fat processed food products that the public would buy. Because these products claimed to be ‘fat free’, Americans didn’t pay attention to the fact that they were not also ‘calorie free’, and as a result, the total amount of daily calories has slowly been increasing.
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Note that the contents
here are not presented from a medical practitioner, and that any and
all dietary planning should be made under the guidance of your own
medical practitioners. This content only presents overviews of low-carb
research for educational purposes and does not replace medical advice
from a professional physician. .
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