No Grain, No Gain Diet

End Food Cravings with a Carb Addict's Weight Loss Plan

Mar 17, 2008 Tracy Rose

Do you have troubling following a strict diet? Are your food cravings out of control? Are you a food addict? Change your thinking and eliminate grains to lose weight.

The first step to overcoming food cravings and losing weight is to admit that you are a food addict. Overeating causes weight gain. Any foods you consume that aren't burned off and used as body fuel is stored as fat. This is especially true for grains and sugars. You have to eliminate these foods to overcome the addiction.

The No-Grain Diet, by Dr. Joseph Mercola (Dutton, 2003), states "Any grains and sugars you eat will prompt you to eat even more. Even healthy whole grains are metabolized nearly as rapidly as refined grains, thus contributing to increased insulin levels" (40).

Benefits of The No-Grain Diet

The No-Grain Diet protects against early death, osteoporosis, food cravings, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer cell growth and high cholesterol. Aside from improving your general health, The No-Grain Diet is a powerful weight loss program.

The No-Grain Diet promotes mind-body healing. Mercola introduces the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) which uses acupuncture points on the face and upper body to cut cravings due to emotional eating. This craving eraser is a key factor in succeeding at losing weight with The No-Grain Diet.

The No-Grain Diet Basics

The No-Grain Diet is a three phase weight loss plan designed to end craving and help you reach your optimal body weight.

Phase 1: Start-Up. This is the first three days of The No-Grain Diet when you will cut out grains and sugars to detox your system. You will plan to eat something small every 2-3 hours. "When you eat the right foods, in the right combination that feels satisfying to you, your hunger pangs will disappear," (63).

Phase 2: Stabilize: During this stage of the diet, the next 50 days, you will eat less frequently and continue to manage your emotional eating and carb craving with EFT.

Phase 3: Sustain: This is the maintenance phase of The No-Grain Diet.

Giving Up the Grains

As a carb addict, the task of giving up grains and removing them from your diet can be a scary thought. The No-Grain Diet suggests you go through a three day carb detox. You will experience withdrawal symptoms, but the EFT will help you get through it. Using acupressure releases blockages and restores energy to the body to maximize your energy.

The No-Grain Diet will help you "conquer cravings, learn to handle emotional eating triggers, test your beliefs and discover a new you" (55). As you follow this weight loss plan, you will eat foods to release fat, curb your cravings and change how you think about your body for lasting weight loss.

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Mar 22, 2008 8:02 AM

Tracy Rose :

Anyone have tips for following a No-Grain Diet? I always get extreme headaches the first week i try to go without crabs in order to end the cravings and lose weight.

May 13, 2008 11:12 AM

Guest :

I Think that's Bull****

Sep 8, 2008 12:41 PM

Guest :

I ran across the no grain diet on the net so for the month of August I start by not eating any sugar and cutting back on the grain, and not eating any potatoes. I lose 5 pounds in that month I would like to loss a total of 16 pound. I going to purchase the book to see what else I can do thanks

Sep 19, 2008 1:30 PM

Guest :

I ACTUALLY GET MIGRAINES, Cluster migraine is what it's called and known to be the worse migraine a person can get so I'm trying to cut out grain and carbs as much as possible to see the difference. I need ideas on what I can eat from breakfast to lunch. Thanx.

Feb 8, 2009 9:14 PM

Guest :

My friend had cluster headaches and since she's cut way back on grains they have disappeared.

I eat plain yogurt, honey and fruit for breakfast, or a protein shake. Salads for lunch, you can cut up meat, tuna or cheese into it to make it more filling. Apples and peanut butter are a good snack, or trail mix.

Mar 16, 2009 7:30 PM

Guest :

Grains can also cause idiopathic neuropathies

May 17, 2009 1:47 PM

Guest :

Non-grain diets are a good idea. One approach that I have been following for 20 years is to assign two days a month for a non grain diet. I also call it the grain fast. I start reducing the grains the night before the fast and make my re-entry to grains gradually by first taking juice, fruit and a light grain meal the day after the fast. I add early morning meditation to the grain fast day. I feel great with it.

Jun 8, 2009 5:34 PM

Guest :

I tried the diet in the past with good results, however this diet is not realistic and is too strict and limited.

Jun 8, 2009 5:35 PM

Guest :

The diet is TOO strict!

Jun 27, 2009 5:40 AM

Guest :

This diet is utter nonsense, no grains? whole grains are vital i'd agree with this diet if it encouraged elimating or minimising non-whole grains and processed grain products like flour and pasta etc. I am 17, male and follow a macrobiotic lifestyle and diet, i have 3 courses of whole-grains and vegatables everyday and well, no wanting to sound arrogant but I am in great shape. SO TAKE NO NOTICE oF THIS DIET it is no energy, low metabolism and a short-term solution to weight-loss, as soon as you come of it-and trust me, your body will make you, you will put on even MORE weight!

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