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Be Still, Be Slim will
take you to the root cause of weight
gain, which is unconscious living. Yes
my friend, you are about to discover
that “the secret to being slim is
within. By following the simple
techniques revealed in this book, excess
weight will be dropped like a bad habit
thus allowing you to be slim, fit, and
healthy for a lifetime.
Are You a Carbohydrate Addict?
Excessive weight gain (the accumulation
of excess body fat) is the direct result
of being addicted to food. If you are
not at the weight that you wish to be,
then there is a strong chance that you
are a carbohydrate addict and are eating
unconsciously. You may also be addicted
to stress, which is another factor that
can cause unnatural weight gain. An
addiction can be created when you desire
to repeat a past experience that was
pleasurable. In the case of food
addiction, you are not actually addicted
to the food but to the pleasurable
experience that you get from eating
certain foods. And this happens because
you are eating and living unconsciously.
In 25+ years of professionally
counseling individuals on diet and
exercise, I have never had one client
confess that they are addicted to tuna
or salmon. Nor has anyone admitted to
the out-of-control eating of steaks or
chicken breasts. And to date, not a
single person has confessed to binging
on sticks of butter or cups of olive
oil. Instead, what nearly every client
has confessed to me is the fact that
they cannot control their habit of
eating carbohydrates, especially the
consumption of sweets, chocolate, ice
cream, cookies, and candy. Why?
As stated earlier, addictions are merely
the mind desiring to repeat a past
experience that was pleasurable. Eating
a steak may taste delicious but it is
not capable of delivering a powerful
enough pleasure response to become
addictive. Nor does any low-carbohydrate
complete protein such as chicken, fish,
turkey, unsweetened protein powders, or
eggs. Even if you did try to overeat
low-carbohydrate protein-rich foods you
could never become addicted to them
because you have a built in mechanism
that makes you nauseous if you consume
too much protein. This is why at the end
of a meal at a restaurant they don’t
wheel out the “protein cart”. Instead
they wheel out the dessert cart because
only carbohydrate is addictive. But not
all carbohydrate foods are addictive.
Let me explain.
I have divided carbohydrate foods into
three categories. The first category is
for addictive carbs (short for
carbohydrates), the second category is
for semi-addictive carbs, and the third
category is for non-addictive carbs...
Jay Robb is an exercise and diet
expert, having served professionally
for the past 27 years as a fitness
club owner, clinical nutritionist,
author, magazine columnist,
educator, seminar host, and CEO of
Jay Robb Enterprises Inc., a
California-based nutrition company
famous for its protein powders,
books, and nutritional products.
He is also the author of the
bestselling book the FRUIT FLUSH™
3-Day Detox, The Fat Burning Diet,
and the host of the new TV show, "The
Fat Burning Chef".
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