Zero Sugar Diet Quotes

“Without carbohydrates, the body will use protein and fat as fuel—this is called ketosis. When your body is in the metabolic state of ketosis, it turns fat into ketones in the liver, which will supply energy instead of glucose, as if you were fasting. You may have heard of the ketogenic diet, in fact, which focuses on protein and fat intake, while maintaining a very low carbohydrate intake. This diet, newly trendy, may have benefits such as weight loss and improved blood sugar levels. However, it is very restrictive; eliminating healthy fruits, vegetables, legumes, and other nutritious complex carbohydrates seems unnecessary and no fun. Also, we don’t know the long-term effects of ketosis (though if you do go too long without any carbs, it can lead to heart or kidney disease). What I do know, after years of studying nutrition, is that any diet that is very restrictive or eliminates entire food groups can be unrealistic and difficult to sustain. That’s why Zero Sugar Diet eliminates added sugars—but allows natural ones. Pretty sweet deal.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“Sucralose (Splenda): 600X sweeter Soft drinks, iced teas and coffees, juice drinks, flavored syrups, chewing gum, protein drinks, energy bars, baked goods, ice cream, gummy bears, microwave popcorn Neotame: 7,000–13,000X sweeter Approved in 2002, it’s found in: carbonated soft drinks, powdered soft drinks, baked goods, dairy, chewing gum Advantame: 20,000X sweeter Newly approved in 2014, it’s found in: dairy drinks, frozen desserts, beverages, chewing gum”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“Added sugar makes you skip going to the gym. There are a lot of ways that added sugar can make you gain weight, but the most bizarre may be the way it reduces actual physical activity. In one study at the University of Illinois, two groups of mice were followed for two and a half months; both groups were fed the same amount of sugar and calories, but one group was fed a diet that mimicked the standard American adolescent’s diet—i.e., one that was about 18 percent added fructose. The other set received its sugar in the form of glucose. The added fructose group gained more body fat over the course of the study, even though they weren’t fed more calories—or even more sugar. One of the reasons was that the fructose-addled mice traveled about 20 percent less in their little cages than the other set of mice. They just naturally…slowed…down.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“5. Your Muscles Will Get Stronger In one of the most stunning studies of recent years, scientists have linked refined sugar to a condition called sarcopenia—basically, age-related loss of muscle mass. It happens because added sugar actually blocks the body’s ability to synthesize protein into muscle. (Spending big bucks on protein supplements? If they have added sugar, they’re probably hurting, not enhancing, your ability to build lean muscle.) By reducing the impact of sugar, this plan will keep your muscles younger and stronger—protecting you from injury and helping you to burn fat faster and more efficiently.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“Manufacturers would prefer to add five different types of sugar, and list them individually, than to use just a single source of sweetness and have it be ingredient number one on their label. So you’ll often see things like molasses, coconut nectar, corn syrup, barley malt, and more listed, when they all add up to the same thing: a sugar rush.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“make sure your foods have less sugar than fiber.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“other words, as soon as we find the right energy balance and start losing weight, our bodies try to knock us off balance again. “The vast majority of individuals who attempt to lose weight are not able to achieve and maintain [even] a 10% reduction over a year,” according to a 2015 study in the journal Obesity Reviews. The researchers found that even when we do succeed in losing weight, more than a third of that weight returns within a year, and almost all of it is gained back within three to five years. That’s because losing weight, and keeping it off, isn’t just about controlling our food intake. It’s about controlling the hormones that fall out of balance, telling us to overeat and preventing us from dropping pounds.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life

“Added sugar raises your blood pressure. In fact, sugar may be worse for your blood pressure than salt, according to a paper published in the journal Open Heart. Just a few weeks on a high-sucrose diet can increase both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Another study found that for every sugar-sweetened beverage, risk of developing hypertension increased 8 percent.”
― David Zinczenko, Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan to Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life