There have actually been a few programmes on TELEVISION over the previous months focussing on healthy and balanced nutrition. It’s an excellent sign that people have an interest in their fitness levels, I’m sure.

At the end of the month, both individuals had actually lost weight, yet both had actually become considerably less healthy in doing so. Levels of triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and pancreatic and also liver function were reasons for worry, as was the news that one had blood glucose degrees that made him pre-diabetic (which was really the fat-eating one).

I had a few worries on the programme

Firstly, they didn’t attend to the protein content of the two diets in any way. Undoubtedly, the fat-eating man would certainly have eaten significantly a lot more protein compared to the sugar-eating lad. The result of this healthy protein distinction on their systems wasn’t considered – the sugar eater really did not just miss out on out on his fats, he additionally missed out on out on the healthy protein with his diet.

As protein is, of training course, one of the three macro-nutrients – together with fat and also carbohydrates (ie: sugar) – this was a significant factor to ignore.