Healthy Living – Callgo Sweet

Watching your Weight and Exercise

Many of us lead inactive lifestyles- using the car, seated at a desk all day and in front of the TV- all of which mean we are using less energy – and may be a contributing factor in the rise of obesity.

Why Worry About Being Overweight?

Obesity and being overweight are on the increase in the UK and the rest of the world. In Britain almost two thirds of adults and one third of children are overweight or obese. If current trends continue, this is set to rise to 9 in 10 adults and two thirds of children being overweight or obese by 2050 (Department of Health) Obesity can be defined as a condition of abnormal or excessive fat accumulation to the extent that health may be impaired. If you are overweight or obese, you also have an increased risk of a number of illnesses- some of these include:

Depression
Osteoarthritis
High blood pressure
Heart disease

Heart disease
Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Back pain

Sleep problems including sleep apnoea
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Infertility and irregular periods
Some types of cancer

Changing your lifestyle by being more active (increasing your energy use) and by choosing a balance of the right foods (decreasing in your energy consumption) can all help you to become your healthy weight and enjoy your life to the full.

Callgo can help you achive this balance by largely reducing the carbohydrates that sugar would normally add to your food.

How to lose weight?

It is important to lose weight gradually, no more than 0.5kg-1 kg a week, through reducing the energy you get from food (calories) and increasing the amount of energy you use. Reducing your energy intake to around 1500 calories a day should help you to lose weight sensibly (or 2000 calories for a man) but this depends on many factors such as starting weight, height and age. It´s important to monitor and control your calorie intake because the simple fact is that if you eat too many calories, from any food, you won´t lose weight.

Callgo can play a major role in helping you to reduce your calorie intake from sweets. Substituting sugar with Callgo will help to greatly reduce the calories that sugar would normally add thus enabling you to enjoy the food you love with no compromise in taste plus reduced calories.

Exercise Benefits

Exercise can help the body maintain energy balance by increasing the amount of energy that you use. This can also help weight loss and improve body shape.

As well as weight management, exercise helps to build strong muscles and bones and has been linked with improvements in overall health. Exercise can help to control blood pressure and can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer.

Living with Diabetes

Carbohydrates are the body’s main energy source. All carbohydrates break down into sugar in our blood, which is then stored and used for energy. When you have diabetes, you are not able to transport the sugar in the blood to its storage area. So consuming too much carbohydrate results in high blood sugar levels, while too little can result in low blood sugar levels.

Carbohydrates , including foods such as breads, fruits, pasta, and corn, can and should be part of your daily balanced meal plans. For all carbohydrates, including sweets, it’s really how much carbohydrate you eat at one time that matters most for blood sugar control.

Many foods contain carbohydrates, from bread to milk to cakes. Some sources of carbohydrate are healthier than others. The healthy sources provide energy (calories), vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. The less healthy carbohydrates include added sugars which provide calories but little, if any, other nutritional value.

You need to eat healthy carbohydrates for energy and good nutrition. To control your blood glucose levels, daily the best is to eat similar amounts of healthy carbohydrates at similar times. These include Fruits, Grains, Whole grain breads , crackers, low fat milk and yogurt, non starchy vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli .Also you should reduce your intake of less healthy carbohydrates such as sugar sweetened drinks such as full calorie sodas, colas, high calorie high fat dairy foods and desserts, cakes, cookies, pies.

One of the keys to living well with diabetes is keeping blood glucose levels in the range recommended for you throughout the day. It helps those living with diabetes feel better and minimizes complications. Counting carbohydrates (carb counting) helps to archive this.

It is very easy.
Read the nutritional labels on food packaging, adding up the carb grams listed per serving.
Track your carbohydrate choices. Each “carb choice” contains approximately 15 grams of carbohydrate per serving Your doctor, registered dietitian or diabetes educator can help you determine your recommended daily carb intake and how to carb count.

You can use Callgo in place of sugar to reduce the carbohydrates and calories that sugar would normally add and treat your self to delicious foods . You must consult your doctor or dietitian and get advice on how to use Callgo with your meals and your diet plan.

You can also make many delicious foods and treats-with less sugar-by using Recipes made with Callgo Low Calorie Sweetener. If you enjoy sweets, you can plan for the occasional sweet treat, and make your meals more interesting and varied and enjoyable .