My BMI Says I'm Too Short

Sometimes Getting Taller is Not An Option

Is BMI a reliable measure of healthy weight? The inconvenient answer is... yes, for most people.

Many BMI haters think, because it is based on total body weight and not a measurement of body fat, it's a meaningless number. I think they miss the point.

BMI is not a body fat analysis. It is a quatitative measure used to identify health risk. BMI is calculated by taking your weight in kilograms and dividing it by your height in centimeters squared.  The target range is a BMI between 18.5-24.5.

Why? People with a BMI between 18.5-24.5 experience fewer health related problems.

Can you be unhealthy and have a healthy BMI? Of course.

And the reverse is true, particularly in elite athletes who are in a muscle building sport. They will have low body fat and a high BMI. But the smart money is on BMI to predict health risk.

White Kidney Bean Extract

Mexican Food is Packed With Yummy and Nutritious Complex Carbs
 photo from aliceandthemockturtle.blogspot.com

Do you want to eat complex carbohydrates and have a slimmer waistline, too? White Kidney Bean Extract could make that happen. There are good studies that show taking White Kidney Bean Extract with meals results in some weight loss, and a significant decrease in waist circumference. 

White Kidney Bean Extract works by making the starch in complex carbohydrate foods (grains- including corn, beans, and root vegetables) function as resistant starch, instead of converting to glucose. As resistant starch doesn't spike blood sugar, it creates an environment where an insulin sensitive person's response to complex carbohydrates is more like someone whose body processes carbohydrates well.

It doesn't block calories. It doesn't block sugar. The weight loss results from better glucose control after eating complex carbohydrates. That translates into less cravings, more energy, and less fat storage.

Try taking 1000 mgs daily with the meal that contains the most complex carbohydrates. Or, if your diet includes complex carbohydrates in more than one meal, choose the 2 meals with the greatest amount of complex carbohydrates and take 1000 mgs with each of those meals. Or, just go for it and take it with all three meals. 

If you have GI symptoms, you can take 500mgs to start, as resistant starch fuels your beneficial weight loss gut bacteria, they may be a bit overfed at first. 

Is Vodka A Diet Drink?

Read about alcohol and weight gain at Calorie Secrets

Can you drink alcohol and still lose weight?

The short answer is that it depends on how well your body metabolizes alcohol. Your body can use alcohol as fuel, but alcohol can't be stored as fat for future use. As a result, alcohol is metabolized first before the calories from carbs, proteins, and fat.

Metabolically, alcohol is like a super carb. Alcohol shuts down fat burning and encourages fat storage... more in some than others.