No Flour No Sugar Diet Author Takes Shots at Low-Carb diets

The diet sounds simple enough, avoid all forms of refined flour and refined sugar and you will lose weight and keep it off. Believe it or not, such a diet, created by Dr. Peter H Gott, has developed a loyal following of millions worldwide. What more could you want? Everything else is fair game except for that Hersey's chocolate bar and that Wonder Bread.

It was interesting to see Dr. Gott talk about the risks of low-carb diets in his "Ask Dr. Gott" syndicated column. Basically Dr. Gott has been echoing what many in the health field have been saying for years about low-carb diets. While they can help shed those pounds extremely fast (15 pounds in 14 days), they can lead to mega problems down the road.

Take for instance the high protein and fat consumption that most low carb dieters consume because of the lack of carbohydrates. The uric acid in the meat leaks out synovial fluid out of the bones thus causing arthritis down the road. The cholesterol in the meat can lead to high blood pressure, hypoglycemia and diabetes. The thousands of cancer cells in the meat can lead to cancer and not to mention the possibility of BIV and other highly contagious strains of viruses found in livestock.

However, Dr. Gott is missing one main point. Removing all flour and sugar from the diet is like a blind man driving a bulldozer. It's not the sugar or flour that is the problem, but rather the type. So Dr. Gott is onto something but he is missing one main point, refined is the key to why most people gain weight on high carbohydrate diets. Eliminate the junk carbs such as refined sugar and refined flours and rice and you're on the right track.

No Sugar Diet Plan and Weight Loss

Weight loss diet plans based on reducing or avoiding some foods and/or elements in daily intake. No sugar diet plan is also often a part of a weight loss diet.

Doctors claim that cutting sugar from your diet will lead to healthier teeth, a better blood sugar profile and substantial weight loss. In many cases you don't even have to apply for a professional consultation when you make up your mind to follow a no sugar diet. Well, actually you should go to doctor anyway especially if you have overweight of high blood sugar problems. But what you can surely do on your own is to find those foods and beverages that do not contain sugar or at least contain a minimum amount of it.

Weight loss diets are always low in fat, calories, and sugar. It's a rule for successful weight loss process. No sugar diets in their turn are often combined with no flour diets. Such combination could be more effective, but is possibly too difficult for most of people. Yes, it's really not easy to refuse from so many things/foods at a time.

No Sugar and Flour Diet

No sugar, no flour? That is the name of a diet and yes it does have some merit. But is it good? We weigh the pros and cons.

Description:

The diet is exactly how it sounds. Basically it states that no flour or sugar should be consumed. The idea behind this is there are many junk calories in flour and sugar and by removing these from the diet, less calories are consumed which equals to lower weight. Just because "sugar" is not written on the label doesn't mean the product is free from the refined 'evil.' Sugar appears under many different names such as high fructose, glucose, maltodextrin, corn syrup and many others. Most of the flour in products these days has been refined and thus contain "junk carbs."
Advantages

The major advantage is that the diet does not exclude all flour or sugar. Rather it excludes refined flour. So products with whole wheat or other unrefined flours are OK. Sugar in all its processed forms is bad however. An unrefined sugar is OK.

Both refined sugar and refined flour leads to simple carbohydrates which are digested too quickly by the stomach and due to all these excess the body stores it as fat, so removing refined sugar and flour from the diet helps to curb the gain of weight.

Disadvantages

The only shortcoming of the diet is that while it addresses two of the main causes of weight gain, it fails to address the others which are equally important and it also fails to offer a substitute.

A diet without refined sugar and flour is OK but unless a proper nutritional plan is in place, the effects will be stunted. So the diet can help and is beneficial but for maximum benefits it needs to be improved.