Low-Carb, No-Carb, “Good” Carb…which way are we to go?

I met with a certified nutritionist at my health club to get her thoughts.  By the way, I LOVE my health club–it’s somewhat expensive, but  it is very nice, clean, spacious, great TV screens, and has free towel service and hair blowdryers to use!  Makes me look forward to working out

Anyway, she said that a rising trend among nutrition experts is to recommend eating BOTH carbs (preferably unrefined) and protein at EVERY meal, and to eat 4 times a day–because 3 is not enough and your blood sugar will go too low, and 6 is just too crazy to manage.  3 meals and 1 snack that has both protein and carbs works as well.  Here’s more info that I found:

Combining a protein with a carb not only fills you up, but it lowers the overall glycemic index (the GI, a popular way to measure the speed that carbs enter the bloodstream in the form of glucose or blood sugar). According to David Ludwig, M.D. of Harvard Medical School, high GI meals are like newspaper in your fireplace, quick to flare up and burn out, while low GI meals are more like slow-burning logs. This one trick, if used consistently, can influence your weight loss plan more than any other eating tip.
Example: Pasta with a meaty tomato sauce

Makes good sense to me!  Apple with some peanut butter has always been a favorite snack of mine. 

Yours truly will be out on vacation for the rest of the week and weekend! 

Please check back on September 1st for daily updates on this site again!  Everyone have a safe & healthy time!