Fit & Healthy For her role in the movie ‘Hustlers’, in which she is a stripper, plays, episode, Jennifer Lopez on the 10 day challenge in which she was 10 days long all the sugars and almost all carbs from her menu deleted. But is that really so healthy? We asked nutritionist Sarah Mouha.
“In a low carbohydrate and sugar free diet, you eat nothing sugar, so no sweets, chocolate or cakes, but not other carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, legumes, or even fruit,” says the dietician. And that has a big effect on your body. “By carbohydrates, is your body a lot of energy to miss because there are a lot of calories loss. In addition, strip you lots of options as in the morning, a quick breakfast with oatmeal and a piece of fruit. Those things do not fit into low-carbohydrate diet. Jennifer Lopez bans, so not only the unhealthy ‘empty’ sugars, but also a lot of healthy foods out of her diet.”
All, according to Mouha no harm to the diet for a short time to follow. “10 days to fully carb eating, what Jennifer Lopez did, can’t really hurt. Provided that you have enough other nutrients from vegetables, fish, eggs, meat, dairy, soy, nuts, and grains provides. Perhaps it is even a fun challenge to watch: can I do that? Because I must confess: I tested the diet also. That was pretty intense, but I knew to myself that I sweet dishes afterwards is appreciated. Though it is not for everyone. Sometimes a strict diet have just the opposite effect, making you just a lot more fancy sweet.”
However, according to the dietician not a good idea to change the diet for longer periods of time. “If you look at your health, the diet has no use. Using your body in the first instance, carbohydrates for energy. If we carbohydrate food is completely broken down to glucose and that glucose offers our bodies need. We get that not through sugar, our body partly protein (i.e. muscles) and partly fats break down. In the long term, a low carbohydrate diet is definitely not recommended. Your body needs those carbohydrates for energy. For a short period of time can’t hurt, but you need to ensure that your body is not uithongert and that you will still have enough calories and nutrients intake. Fruit or whole grains remove from your menu is just too crazy for words. Love to you three meals always about a quarter free for carbohydrates, ideally in wholegrain form, and eat two pieces of fruit per day.”
The ‘bad’ sugars omit according Mouha be a good idea, but she finds it also not a must. “Of course, you eat it as little as possible processed sugars if you look at your health. But unfortunately, that is also in the best things. You all chocolates or chocolates to deny it is so difficult in the long term. I’m more of a proponent of moderation. You eat no more than 25 grams per day, and that is not much. Try suikerinname so as to reduce and use mainly your common sense.”
Tight abs
Jennifer Lopez starred with her abdominal muscles after the challenge, but that is according to Mouha nonsense. “It is impossible to grow muscles by just carbohydrates from your menu to delete. That is what you get only if you actually sport and watch what you eat. You will also not magically healthy, so your body has absolutely no added value.”
