We all react differently to different foods. These reactions to food are categorized as food allergies or sensitivity to food. Sometimes these reactions are pronounced other times they are subtle, this is especially with foods that make us gain weight or make it difficult for us to lose weight. Until you identify these foods, losing weight may not be easy and keeping the weight off to gain a permanent weight loss will be almost impossible.

This is also the reason why we overeat. When we are unable to stick to a diet, the same diet that others have succeeded with, we blame ourselves, not recognizing that it is not our fault, it is our physiology. When we have an understanding of how our bodies react to carbohydrate, we will be able to avoid the food items that are the culprit to our struggled. If it is difficult to understand, just avoid these food items like you will avoid them if you are allergic to them.

To eat carbs or not to eat carbs is not really a question of good carbs or bad carbs. It is good or bad to your body depending on how your body reacts to it. There are normal chemical reactions to all foods in the body like it is supposed to be. Tolerance to carb is also manifested in people at different degrees from normal, moderate to severe.

Take the test below and find out where you stand. 

DNM Carbs Sensitivity Test

1.      When I eat a breakfast with carbs like potatoes, breads, pastries, I’ll find it hard to control my eating the rest of the day.

2.      I can go most of the day without eating, and then when I eat something with a carbs, I’ll be eating like I have a bottomless pit in my stomach.

3.      Once I eat a meal with carbs like pasta, potatoes or deserts with sugar, I’ll be craving for more sweets.

4.      I crave for carbohydrate snacks; cookies, candy bars, potato chips, pastries, I actually would rather have these snacks than have a good meal.

5.      When I start eating a carb snack like cookies or chips, I’ll not rests till the snacks are gone, I do not have a regular eating habit, I might even go for more snacks sometimes.

6.      I must eat till I am over full before I can stop eating

7.      Food helps me go to sleep, sometimes I wake up to find something to eat in order to go back to sleep.

8.      My comfort foods are high carbohydrate content snacks, like cookies, candy bars, pastries, varieties of baked goods.

9.      After I eat a meal containing carbs, (like pasta, rice, potatoes) especially at lunch, I’ll be feeling drowsy.

10.  I always want to snack, and most have a snack before going to bed, even if I just ate at a restaurant , a friend’s or at a party.

11.  I have to eat something before going to a party or to a restaurant otherwise I can get really hungry while I am waiting for food to be served.

12.   I’ll stuff myself with bread at the restaurant before my order is served.

13.  I have to eat in between meals; I seem to be eating all the time.

14.  I have difficulty losing my belly fat.

15.  I have more energy when I eat meals that do not contain carbs.

Answer:

1.      If you answered ‘no’ to all the questions, you have no problem with carbs but can still benefit from low glycemic index (GI) meals.

2.      If you answered  ‘yes’ to 1 or 2 questions, you have a mild problem

3.      If you answered ‘yes’ to 3 or more questions, you have a moderate to severe sensitivity to carbs and would benefit from a low to no carbs meals.

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