5 Banting Principles That Critics Will Agree On

When it comes to Banting, you want to try and introduce some balance. There are 5 things which every eater can employ. Even the biggest critics of Banting cannot argue with these 5 principles and I think they go a long way to finding the Banting Balance.

1. Cut sugar!

If there is only ONE thing you ever do in your life from now on, let it be this one: cut out as much sugar from your diet as you possibly can. I understand that
 Christmas, Easter and birthdays come around, but let sugar be a HUGE exception to the  rule as to when you eat it. You will not believe how quickly your taste buds adjust to less sugar and you will soon be finding even the smallest amount sickly sweet. No medical critic will argue with this one.

2. Eat less!

Generally, most people reading this, will agree that we all have eaten too much or do eat too much. If this is not the case, obesity would not be a problem in the world…

We don’t need the amount of calories that we are used to consuming. Don’t fill your plate so full. Don’t snack. Eat when you are hungry. STOP when you are full. No medical critic will argue with this one.

3. Eat healthy fats/protein.

There are numbers of healthy foods that fit all categories eg.avocado pear, raw nuts, olives, olive oil,  fish, macadamia oil, free range chicken, ostrich meat.  No medical critic will argue with these. Because you are eating less, you are not eating large quantities of them!

4. Cut out refined carbohydrates and anything with additives in them.

Read the labels of the food you eat and chuck those that have anything added.  It is a known fact that preservatives, corn syrup, chemically derived sugar additives, saturated and transfats, artificial flavouring, colourants and MSG are bad for you and in the long term can cause chronic illness. Every medical practitioner and clinical dietitian will agree with this. Sadly, even the commercially generated bread we eat is refined with sugar added. Cakes, donuts, chocolate bars, sweets, all ‘choc’ full of artificial stuff, that we were not designed to eat.

Read this article for more: –Ten Worst Food Additives and Where They Lurk

5. Know what you eat.

Become informed. Read labels, investigate. The less refined the food, the better it is for you. Pluck it off a tree, pick it off a plant, watch a chicken lay it, catch it in a lake. When you know where it comes from, it is going to be far better for you than if you pour it out a box. No one will argue with this.

Proverbs 15:1

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Keep the smile going.

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx