Fed Up with Feeling Hunger: Harness the

Power of Fiber!

By Joanne Eglash
You can have the world’s greatest intentions to lose weight – but when you’re hungry, it’s not so easy to stick to your goals. “I’ll just have half a doughnut,” you tell yourself. Alas, that single taste of white flour, grease, and sugar can result in an increase in your hunger level. The result: ten doughnuts later, you’ve decided to wait and start that diet tomorrow. How do you stop that cycle of hunger-binge-try-to-diet-again? Ah, that’s the answer provided in a new book, the F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss, by dietician and nutrition expert Tanya Zuckerbrot.

Fiber-Rich Foods Are the Key to Diet Success

Zuckerbrot focuses on helping those who long for permanent weight loss by first explaining just why those popular eat-all-the-steaks-you-want diets ultimately fail. Not only are they lacking the necessary nutrients but few, if any, of us can tolerate a diet based on only high protein foods.

What’s important in successful weight management are

meeting the following goals:

• avoiding constant hunger and that gnawing need for more food by eating well-balanced meals that are satisfy your hunger without causing you to consume too many calories, carbohydrates, or fat

• enjoying your meals (anyone who has ever tried to follow the infamous stinky cabbage soup diet knows what I mean!)

• staying energized.

The fiber factor diet described in Zuckerbrot’s book focuses on using high dietary fiber foods, such as GG Bran Crispbread, to help you meet the three goals listed above. The F-Factor Diet lets you succeed because you fill up, not out, on a variety of low-calorie, highly nutritious foods. From tasty fresh fruits and vegetables to crunchy, munchy GG Bran Crispbread to lean meat or meat substitutes to avocado, almonds, and sugar-free hot chocolate, you’ll satisfy your taste buds and tummy. The result: you lose weight!

The F-Factor Diet offers you three steps to weight loss. Even on step 1, which will help you jump-start your diet by losing weight quickly, you can partake of such popular vegetables as asparagus, carrots, and mushrooms; delicious meats such as lamb and sirloin steak, tasty fish such as salmon and tuna fish, wonderful cheeses such as part-skin mozzarella, luscious nuts such as almonds, fabulous fats such as avocadoes, and even desserts such as sugar-free Popsicles and diet hot cocoa. PLUS, on Step 1, you can enjoy 3 specific carbohydrates: ½ cup of bran cereal, 1 serving of a specified type of fruit, AND (drumroll, please!), up to EIGHT (yes, that’s right, it’s not a typo) GG Fiber Crackers!

GG Fiber Crackers: the Winning Food!

Why are GG Fiber Crackers such a key to success? To quote Zuckerbrot: “No other crackers on the market contain the same nutritional breakdown.” She points to GG bran crispbread’s nutritional analysis: 3 grams of carbohydrate minus 3 grams of fiber result in low grams of net carbohydrates. The result: “these crackers offer you the opportunity to eat something crunchy and filling without digesting any carbohydrate.”

In her book, the nutritionist also offers details on sample menu plans, with recipes and details on steps 2 and 3 carefully spelled out for you. “F” may be a failing grade in school – but in this book, think “f” for fiber, making you fit, fabulous, and feeling fine!

As a journalist who has written about diet and nutrition for more than 25 years and a health expert completing her M.S. in nutrition, I agree with Zuckerbrot’s emphasis on the importance of high dietary fiber intake. By enjoying fiber-rich foods at every meal and focusing on high fiber carbohydrates, you’ll stay satisfied AND lose weight successfully.

Let GG Bran Crispbread Make Your Meals Magical

It may sound boring when you say that your diet focuses on emphasizing foods that are high in dietary fiber. But mealtime doesn’t have to be dull! In fact, GG bran crispbread can make your meals magical. For example, try crumbling them up and then sprinkling them on a salad or steamed cauliflower, like breadcrumbs. Sprinkle on a teaspoon of grated Parmesean cheese (measure it out and if you’re following the F-Factor Diet, be sure to include it in your allotment). Tastier than cheesy croutons – and much better for you!

Ready for dessert? Yes, you can have dessert on your high dietary fiber diet. Try taking a GG bran crispbread, sprinkling it with a dash of cinnamon, and dunking in your diet hot cocoa. Just as good for your taste buds as a sugar cookie – and a million times better for your waistline!

Bio: Joanne Eglash is an experienced diet and nutrition journalist currently completing her M.S. in nutrition. Learn more by visiting her Web site: http://geocities.com/trendclues/