| If you're wondering why you're still getting fat and | | | | quickly, and is stored away as fat if not burned off |
| sick even when you're following all the conventional | | | | promptly. Worse, carbohydrates actually raise blood |
| "health wisdom" you can find, then maybe all that | | | | sugar levels more than sugar itself, making the risk of |
| "wisdom" is the problem. Case in point -- the Food | | | | diabetes ever-clear and ever-present. |
| Guide Pyramid. Did you know that overweight and | | | | This is why it's better to reduce your grains intake |
| obesity rates in the US rose from 14% to 66% since | | | | drastically, and offset it with more organic fruit, |
| the pyramid's inception? | | | | organic vegetables, nuts, and free-range (naturally |
| The government will never admit it -- after all, the big | | | | grown on fields, not cramped farms) meat. |
| food companies paid big money to encourage the | | | | Wild-caught fish is also great. |
| establishment of a grain-based Food Guide Pyramid. | | | | The bottom line? Go back to how our ancestors ate. |
| But the facts speak for themselves. Consuming 6-11 | | | | And give yourself a jump-start with a good natural |
| servings of grains a day results in higher blood sugar | | | | food supplement, such as Acai berry. Acai has all the |
| levels, more stored fat, and a score of health | | | | fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to |
| problems. | | | | make the switch to a plant-based diet easier. Do |
| Carbohydrates are the same as sugar when it enters | | | | yourself a favor and go back to the basics! |
| the body -- it gets converted into glucose much too | | | | |