The first foundational principle, BURN, might be the hardest of all — to distinguish physical hunger. The principle of BALANCE is designed to help you regulate and stabilize your physical hunger and fullness. We do this by balancing the carbohydrate and protein entering your stomach (incinerator) and then your bloodstream. THE PROTEIN ANCHOR When you eat a carbohydrate by itself, without any protein and/or fat, it enters your body in a particular way. Those carbs hit your bloodstream, spike your blood sugar and exit just as quickly.59-60 Let’s say you followed the first principle of BURN and ate those carbs when you were hungry. Your hunger might temporarily vanish, but you’ll be hungry again soon, even though you might have “theoretically” had enough calories to keep you full. That’s because the carbs swam into the bloodstream without an anchor slowing them down. Being slowed down in this sense is a good thing so you feel full longer.  For example, imagine you are hungry and you decide to have a concession-size box of Red Vine™ Licorice, which doesn’t have any fat or protein. Those carbs would enter your bloodstream, spike your blood sugar and leave the bloodstream about as quickly, leaving … Continue reading Balance