Learn how to create a balanced meal

Just because you choose to eat organic foods doesn’t mean you are on your way to better health and weight loss. Ok, maybe better health because your body will begin to detoxify itself and start pushing out all the additives absorbed in your body. However, in reality, over eating organic red meat can also be detrimental to your health, so keep reading, I’ll work on telling a joke or two, I promise. So lets get into some of what will lead to better health. The ingredients we chose to eat are so important because of how our bodies are designed to function. Food is designed to be fuel and nutrients for our body. Its ground up by our teeth, pushed into our stomach by the muscles in our throat, we’ve been given the gift of taste to enjoy that first step. Next our stomach begins to break down the food mash and later begins to be absorbed into our body through our intestines. This part is critical to our moods and health because when we absorb foods too fast, like sugar, it hits our blood stream so quick that our bodies glucose levels shoot through the roof and later crash just as hard. At this point with high spikes, the withdrawals cause cravings of more sugar. The way to avoid this up and down sugar swing is to eat low-glycemic foods. These foods are absorbed much slower into the blood stream keeping a much more stable sugar level and prevents up and down mood swings giving your body a sense of fullness for a longer period of time. Essential fats also slow down food absorption into the body also decreasing your cravings for food. Your body is now able to process, digest, foods much more efficiently preventing excess body fat, decreasing the risk of diabetes and other organ failures. Ok no joke yet, but I’m working on it. Knock Knock, ok not yet still more to talk about.
So intestines mean more to a Chef than just sausage casings, it’s the organ where the rubber meets the road on food quality. We’ve all had those great tasting meals that later ran right through us or were brought right back up for another vote. That’s because our body decided the food wasn’t worth keeping. Empty Calories. Useless food. Useless food often means we need to eat more of it because our body is trying to get the level of nutrients it needs and its not finding them in the bottom of the potato chip bag. If Frosted Flakes came with a hidden bag of nutrients instead of a pack of stickers that we find all over our walls in the house and usually on the back of our pant legs halfway through a day of work, life wouldn’t be so bad. However, that’s not the case. Consuming highly nutritious low glycemic foods means we can reduce our calorie intake and eat small portions. That means one less chin over time and instead of “sucking it in” we can actually breathe and smile for a picture.
The glycemic index has been published for public reference. This is a road map of what’s good for us and what we should stay far away from. Even vegetables, organic vegetables no less, aren’t always the best choice for health and weight loss. Carrots for example are often used in savory recipes to add sweetness and reduce acid and bitterness because they are so high in sugar. Natural sugars yes, but sugar none the less. A little will go a long way. Knowing what we eat before we eat it makes a big difference in weight management. So leave the carrots to the rabbits.