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The True Cause Of Weight Gain and What To Do About It

12 Slaggate Van Gewigsverlies

The cause of weight gain can be a tricky thing, but weight loss can be just as tricky

Many times it is due to staring at ways to treat the symptoms instead of tackling the root cause of the problem.

But before we can start taking on the root of the problem, we first need to know what is the cause of weight gain.

What really causes weight gain?

Forget about unhealthy eating or not exercising. These are simply physical triggers. But why do these triggers cause us to put on weight?

It can all be traced back down to a hormonal level. The culprit here is a hormone called insulin.

What is insulin?

Insulin is the hormone that controls how your cells absorb nutrients from the blood. One of the main nutrients, in this case, is sugar. Insulin is responsible for making sure that sugar is used as energy, or stored as fat for later usage.

How does insulin cause weight gain?

After the pancreas has produced enough energy to be used and stored, the cells in your body stop responding to insulin. However, if your blood sugar level is still high, the pancreas keeps producing insulin. Eventually, the body tells your pancreas to stop producing insulin, or the insulin becomes ineffective. This can then lead to issues like weight gain and type-2 diabetes.

Here are 5 steps to help manage insulin levels and keep the weight off…

Step 1: Learn the Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) of the food.

The Glycemic Index is how fast your blood sugar rises after eating a specific food. The glycemic load is a measure of the total amount of carbs your body absorbs from a food, regardless of timing.

But just knowing the GI and GL of food will not help if these foods are not avoided…

Step 2: Avoid high GI and GL food.

Stay away from food with high GI and GI figures as these cause big fluctuations in your blood sugar and insulin levels. These are usually foods that are high in refined carbohydrates such as white bread, cake, cookies, processed foods, and sugary soft drink.

Most fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds have a low Glycemic Index. Consult a Glycemic Index chart if you are unsure about a particular food.

However, if you DO eat something on the high end of the GI scale, make sure to take one or two Manna Blood Sugar Support tablets with it so that your blood sugar doesn’t go through such a big spike.

But it is not just about WHAT we eat, but also HOW we eat…

Step 3: Eat regular meals and snacks.

It is important to have some sort of eating schedule so that you can plan what to eat in advance and not get caught off guard and give in to a sugar-filled snack or meal. The best way to get from one meal to the next is to eat a healthy, balanced snack between meals. Make sure to consider your meals and snacks when calculating your daily calorie intake.

However, a good diet is nothing without a good exercise routine…

Step 4: Exercise regularly.

Getting enough physical exercise is critical no matter who you are, but it is even more relevant if you are trying to lose weight. Exercise can help your cells become more responsive to insulin, and then help you manage your weight.

But let’s be honest: who doesn’t need a bit of a boost when trying to lose weight…

Step 5: Manna Blood Sugar Support

The way Manna Blood Sugar Support helps to tackle the root cause of sugar cravings is by stabilizing your blood sugar levels. The Manna Blood Sugar Support slow-releases the sugar from the food you eat into your bloodstream. This means that all the sugar is not dumped into your system at once, but gradually released so that you have constant boosted energy levels over a longer period of time.

The Manna Blood Sugar Support helps lower the GI of any food you eat along with it by as much as 43%.

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