PALEO Diet

Excellent way to eat without worrying about calories. Yes without counting calories :)
Only catch is that there is no pasta, sugar, bread, cookies, chocolate, grains  :) but if you want to feel full of energy get a six pack or lose some fat, gain muscle, improve health, beat diabetes this is for you.

Base of this theory is that our metabolism didn't change much from days of when humans were hunters and gatherers (only way to get some food in days of dinosaurs :)) but what is interesting that these cave men weren't plagued by modern day diseases, in fact they were much healthier then we are today. They didn't live long but they didn't die from stroke, cancer, heart failure, they died from animal attacks from cold, but they were quite healthy, and since of agricultural revolution or start of grain cultivation there is more and more of cancer, heart problems, obesity,...

One thing that could attract is that cave men were muscular with low body fat, who doesn't want that kind of body !

I am a big fan of Zone Diet by Barry Sears and Paleo Diet would be just as good, Zone diet is good but you need to count blocks of foods (weight), Paleo allows you to eat without that kind of worries, just remember not to over stuff yourself with food.

Here is a great web page where you can get lots of info for free http://www.robbwolf.com/

Have a nice Paleo day.

Fructose bad or good?

Fructose is most heavily industry used sweetener in world, but is it good for you? Answer is simple NO.
Stay away from fructose it is simple as that.

There are many drinks marketed as low glycemic index (it does not elevate levels of blood sugar, which in return does not raise levels of powerful hormone insuline, and it does not make you fat, or at least that is way it is marketed) drinks, loaded with fructose, truth is quite opposite.
Fructose can actually lead to insulin disfunction and to type 2 diabetes.
It can also (and it does) lead to higher LDL, VLDL (toxic fat) levels in blood, which could lead to heart attack.

Fructose gets its name from natural source of it, fruits. While fruits have fructose it is not the same that you will get in soft drinks. Why?, because fruit is loaded with enzymes that will help your body to use fructose properly and digest it in right way, while industry made corn starch fructose is deprived of any kind of enzymes and vitamines that are needed for body to use fructose properly.

Fructose in self makes you high level of bad cholesterol, without much needed enzymes you will end up with clogged veins and arteries.

So in conclusion what should you be aware:
  avoid industry made corn starch fructose that is present in most soft drinks, and many other products, just start to read labels on products and if you see fructose, avoid it or consume in moderation, you are better off without fructose if you care about health in particular about diabates and heart health.
Even if you don't care about health if you care about your looks fructose can make you and will make you fat.