ADVANTAGES OF CHANGING YOUR DIET

Hello Nairalanders,

As you all know, changing your diet is a very good decision here in Nigeria, which if done well will improve a person's health tremendously. It's has been proven to lower high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar.

It's also used in treating pediatric epileptic seizures, Polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS), type 2 diabetes, infertility problems, and hormonal imbalance.

Changing your diet starves cancer cells of their food which is glucose and has been used in combination with other treatments to treat metastatic bone cancer. Many people have also reported that the diet has helped reduce the size of their fibroid tumor.

Changing your diet is great in improving the condition of alzheimer patients and much more.
It is highly recommended to change your Diet correctly because eating high fat and high carbohydrate meals causes rise in insulin and fat storage.

It can also bring about the health problems this diet tries to solve. These are problems associated with a high carbohydrate diet.

Change your diet to a low carb, moderate protein and healthy high fat diet.

Below are additional benefits and things a person will observe when they start to change their diet.
It's also recommended that anyone starting the diet, visits their doctor and check their lipid profile so that they can compare the before and after results and ensure that they use the right oils (will be included in the meal plan) in order to avoid the risk of heart disease.

1) Reduced appetite and sugar gravings:
The fat we eat causes us to feel full and our taste buds no longer desire sweets. Many people on the diet have reported going almost an entire day without feeling hungry after having this meal plan.

2) Lower blood pressure:

It's important to check periodically with your doctor once you start the diet. The diet has been proven to lower blood pressure and if you suffer from high blood pressure and on medication, check with your doctor and talk about reduction of blood pressure medication or discontinue from it once you start observing changes.

3) Reduced cholesterol:

Cholesterol is made from excess glucose in the diet. As you eat less sugar creating foods, you do less damage to your arterial system and inflammation drops. Your cholesterol will drop as your body has less glucose from which to make it, and less need for repairing the damages of inflammatory chemicals.
Increase in HDL Cholesterol (the more saturated fat you eat, the higher it will go.) This is actually a good thing, because it improves the ratio of HDL/LDL. Higher HDL levels (above 39 mg/dL) indicate a healthier heart.

4) A drop in triglycerides:

Carbohydrate consumption is closely tied to triglyceride levels, and one of most well known diet benefits. The less carbohydrate you eat, the lower your triglycerides readings will go. The ratio of triglycerides to HDL (expressed Triglyceride/HDL) is the best predictor of heart attack risk and is one of blood test results to which you should really pay attention. The closer this ratio is to 1:1, the healthier you are.

5) Drop in fasting blood sugar and fasting insulin levels:

Less sugar coming in, less sugar driving up blood sugar and insulin levels. Your levels of C Reactive Protein (CRP) and HbA1c proteins will decrease. These are both markers of inflammation and heart disease risk.

6) Increased Energy:

Changing your diet is excellent at increasing energy. You will notice a burst of energy once you switch fuel sources from glucose to ketones.

7) Decrease in stiffness and joint pain:

This is one of the best side effects of following the a changed diet plan. The diet eliminates grain based foods from your diet. Grain foods have been reported to cause stiffness and joint pain.
Clearer thinking. The "fogginess" that accompanies a high carb diet will disappear. The brain is made up of mostly fat and has been reported to run better on ketones than glucose.

9) Weight loss:

Changing your diet has been proven to help a person lose weight and sticking to the diet plan can be very effective for normalizing your weight. However, if you have very high fasting insulin (and high insulin resistance) you may need to add a high intensity exercise program.

10) Heartburn relief:

If you suffer from GERD or other heartburn issues, the symptoms should lessen with the diet.

11) Gum disease and tooth decay:

Sugar changes the pH of your mouth and contributes to tooth decay. Three months into changing your diet, any gum disease you might have will decrease or disappear.

12) Digestion and gut health get better:

You will see a decrease in stomach pain, bloating, gas etc. These are all associated with grain and sugar consumption.

13) Mood stabilization:

Ketone bodies have been shown to be beneficial in stabilizing neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine which result in better mood control.

Source:

Various sources where used in combination with my knowledge.

Seun

Lalasticlala have you changed your diet since the beginning of this year?

We should all have a change of diet come next year.