Genetic Food Pyramid and Glycemic Diet

Two other diet pyramids have been used for many years. The original USDA Low Fat Pyramid is very different from the above food pyramid and is completely wrong for many people. The USDA then came up with a new USDA Low Fat Pyramid. It was better but still is incorrect for most body types.

Why is this food pyramid suitable for all genetic types?
Over the centuries all diets were determined by a person's actual body weight. However, this is not a true index of what the person should weigh or how much weight they should lose. All the old diet pyramids concentrated on getting rid of body fat, hence the low fat diets. However, this is a very big mistake. Our bodies need some fat to survive. Our muscles lose all their strength when too many fats are removed! So what is the answer?

Some people need far more fats in their bodies then others, depending on their genetic/metabolic type. What does matter is "body mass", which is quite different then body fat! To diet correctly what the body needs to lose is INCHES, not pounds. A person could weigh 250 and be normal IF their body mass (or frame) was large enough to support it. A person with a small frame might be at a perfect weight at 125 or could be overweight, depending on body mass/metabollic type. This method does not work for everyone but comes much closer to dealing with weight problems of all types then the old Low Fat Diets!

To sum it up how much you weigh is not a true index of whether or not you are too heavy! What matters is the inches in relation to your genetic body type: eg. A muscular body-builder would weigh heavy but would not be fat! Least in importance is the number of pounds that a person weighs! The inches matter, especially if a person is not a body-builder!

When you follow the Genetic Food Pyramid and the Glycemic Chart method of eating, you will lose inches. However, some people actually gain weight; it is a healthy weight gain because that person is actually building muscle tone which is good. Muscles weigh more than fat!

When you start using this system, be sure to measure yourself all over so that you can watch inches decrease instead of worrying about how much weight has been lost. At the bottom of this page I have included a sample of foods for each of three categories, Low Glycemic, Medium Glycemic and High Glycemic. Keep away from the High Glycemic items as much as possible.

I have simplified this system for basic understanding. If you want to learn more about it, I would recommend that you get the book, "The Genetic Key Diet" by Dr. Steve Nugent. He goes into great technical detail about this entire subject and includes suggested recipes to get you started.

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