#1 Reason Why Your Kid is Overweight

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so let’s talk about the number one reason why your child may be overweight now you get all these interesting answers from people they’ll say well it’s not exercising enough you’ll say well they watch too much TV they’re lazy they’re consuming too many carbohydrates which is true but there’s a number one reason carbohydrates would be number two but number one is snacking between 1977 in 2014 there’s been a significant increase in the amount of snacking that not only involved children but adults as well now here’s the problem with snacking you have various hormones that are secreted in your stomach and especially the smaller intestine right turn here that will activate and stimulate insulin after you eat so it’s not just about the carbohydrates it’s the fact that your child is snacking in between the meals that keeps the insulin high anything of any significant calories will trigger insulin and insulin prevents the loss of fat as well as causes the storage of fat so you got the number one reason is the frequency of eating and number two definitely is the carbohydrates now if you combine that carbohydrate with a snack not very good here are the most common snacks that kids are fed yogurt and I’m not talking about eating plain yogurt talking about flavored yogurt vanilla yogurt just 3. 5 ounces gives you 13 grams of sugar then you have popcorn which is low fat and fiber it’s very very high on the glycemic index turns into sugar and will spike the blood glucose very very fast and then we have apple sauce which is basically concentrated sugar because it’s taking an apple with the fiber and then cooking it pasteurizing it so it’s very very high on the glycemic index as well before energy bars I mean the granola bar for example has 19 grams of net carbs way too much now juice is a snack as well you’re drinking a very concentrated amount of sugar from a fruit of course you don’t get the benefits of the vitamins from the fruit because it’s going to be pasteurized so if you’re consuming juice between the meal you want to look at it as a snack as well this is probably the worst snack right through here of all these and then we have number six crackers and peanut butter now the problem is that peanut butter usually has added sugar so if you’re ever gonna do peanut butter make sure you read the label of course crackers are very high in the glycemic index as well and then we have apples now you might say well wait a second apples are fruit fruit has been altered over the years to make it very very sweet apples on average contain 19 grams of sugar and that’s just way too much sugar in fact even before I started doing keto I had a little pizza crust around my waist and I wasn’t eating any of these but I sure was eating a lot of apples so this whole concept of eating an apple a day will keep the doctor away is not exactly true well maybe if you actually shot the apple at the doctor hard enough it will keep the doctor away but apples are definitely not on the list alright so if you have children and you want to make a transition the first thing you need to do is go through your cupboard and your refrigerator and get all the snacks that are higher in carbohydrate out of the house just make some agreements that you’re not gonna carry it in the house anymore you can do it like a little gradual thing where you replace it with celery and peanut butter without sugar cucumber and hummus might be a alternative snack and then avocado and salsa might be a good snack as a transition or even an egg but ideally you don’t want to give your kids any snacks have three meals okay make sure they’re nutrient-dense make sure they have enough calories and enough healthy fats but listen your kids don’t need snacks they’re not going to starve to death in fact if you cut down the carbs and the snacks you’re gonna find your kids are gonna be way more focused you’re gonna find that their mood is so much better their performance at school will be better because they’re gonna be running their brain on ketones not glucose not to mention the reduction of insulin so they won’t become a pre-diabetic and they will lose a lot of weight so you want to cut out the snacks and definitely cut out the carbs if you’re new to keto and you want to know more about it I put the video right here to watch