Losing weight without dieting
“Carrying extra weight around the abdomen has been shown to be particularly harmful to the brain.” Dr. Gupta’s book “Keep Sharp” p60 and “The correlation between risk of dementia and thicker midsections twenty-seven years earlier was remarkable: Those with the highest level of abdominal fat had an increased risk of dementia of almost three-fold in comparison to those with the lowest abdominal weight.” p61 “Keep Sharp”
I cannot reverse my mom’s past of building her abdominal fat or thicker midsection but I can help her reduce it by helping her lose weight. Even after losing 90 pounds her midsection is still protruding, but with more exercising and staying the course it should get better. Now prevention is the best way to battle dementia or all other diseases that are crowding the hospitals today. Abundance, processing and anxiety eating with sedentary lifestyles are silently causing our sicknesses.
The trick is,“… eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a peasant.” P 207 Dr. Gupta’s book “Keep Sharp”. That is so true. When I was raising my sons sometimes I barely had time for breakfast, had a light lunch and then when I got home I ate as much as possible and it still didn’t feel like enough. When I finished my omnivore meal I would crave something sweet, then something salty, then sweet, then salty until it was time to sleep; yet I had no time or energy to work it off. So I went to sleep and all those calories were having a blast and building into sugar and fat, while I slept. No matter how much I would work it off the next day it was almost impossible to do so. Until I met my seventy year old friend who was the boys nanny. I learnt from her that she never had a full meal at night but maybe just a light snack and she was as fit as a fiddle and lived to 97 years old. Now we eat like kings for breakfast, a great lunch like princesses and snack in the evening and we are keeping the extra weight off.
When I say exercise for my mom it requires a walk and some mild chair exercises, For someone that was inactive for sometime the results are much more outstanding than someone like me. I have been trying to stay in shape by jogging and exercising for years but my mom’s results were quicker than mine. So great news for beginners, your results will be speedier with a lot less effort and a proper diet from CantineKat.
Also, “it should come as no surprise that the typical Western diet-high in salt, sugar, excess calories, and saturated fats-is not brain friendly. As research concludes, a plant-based diet that is rich in a variety of fresh whole fruits and vegetables, particularity berries and green leafy vegetables, is associated with better brain health.” Dr. Gupta’s “Keep Sharp p167
So let’s eat from Cantine Kat’s menu, have a great breakfast and big lunch and snack with some yogurt or other high protein- low carb snacks. Your lunch can be a meal and soup or salad from Cantine Kat. Try it, it works!
