Bread for Life
Do you like to overload in the carb department? Wait 'til you get a load of this...
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BACKGROUND
Remember how those low- and no-carb diets left you pining for a generous helping of bread, pasta and other starchy favorites? The Bread For Life plan says that women should be eating a dozen servings of bread each day (16 for men) to nix those pesky cravings that cause us to overeat, according to author Olga Raz. Just make sure you're eating whole-grains.
The Bread for Life diet is centered around the theory that when you raise serotonin (accomplished by all that bread) you are able to decrease hunger pangs and avoid cravings. It doesn't hurt that serotonin is the hormone responsible for good moods and high energy. Raz even suggests that Bread for Life will help you shed up to 20 pounds in just eight weeks.
FOOD & RECIPES
Bread for Life really is good news for carb lovers. They can even enjoy all of that bread with often-restricted cream cheese and butter. The diet also encourages you to have a piece of fruit daily, 3-4 eggs in a week, up to three tablespoons each day of olive oil and drink plenty of water. You can enjoy fish or lean meat three times a week - just skip a couple pieces of bread for those meals.
EXERCISE
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EXPENSE
Cost of the book, Bread for Life.
PRO
- Carb lovers can rejoice.
CON
- Many will probably forget that they need to stick to whole grains.
- Servings of bread is extreme
CONCLUSION
It's not altogether unexpected. When something trends hard in one direction, there’s sure to be someone to pull it back. This diet appears to play on people’s frustration with low-carb dieting. And the pro-argument seems to center around the idea that eating carb foods increase serotonin levels, when in fact there are other foods you can ingest that do the same. Any diet that recommends up to 16 servings of bread a day seems a little crazy.
Common misspellings: Bread 4 life, bread life diet, bread for life deit
Sharon: Eat 10 servings of bread? That is a diet I can get behind! Goodbye atkins... Well maybe not. Has any tried this diet?
LizaM: I think it sounds to good to be true about eating bread for life, everything I read is about going low carb, less breat, less pasta. I'm gonna try it and let you know how it goes.
Anonymous: I did this for a week, and lost 3 lbs....going to continue, will let you know how it goes.
Reader: There is a little misconception about all that bread.... When the author says 12 slices of bread a day, she explains in the book, that it's light bread- about 30/35 calories per slice, as opposed to regular bread 80-120 calories per slice... So if you're sckeptical, read the book first- That's what I'm doing (borrowed from local library)
judith: what a brilliant diet. i've lost 4 kilos in 3 weeks and i'm eating more than i've ever eaten before.i'm going to continue until i reach my ideal weight and then hopefully maintain it.i've recommended it to friends and they are trying it and they are also having success.
chana: where can I get the book in English for Israeli way of life
