Finally after much research and advise, I decide to do a change of diet again after my 1 year with meal replacement.
I have chosen to start a Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet, probably there will be a mixture of comments, good and bad, saying about how not true is it that Carb is the culprit to all health issues, saying the fear of high fat intake. However, to my research I found that going really low in Carbs and high in fats will put the body into ketosis, which turn the body into a fat burning machine.
In lay-man terms, basically, our body is so used to getting carbo as our main source of energy fuel, when our carbo intake is low, our body sense about the low energy source, it will adjust to take fuel from other source, which is our stored fats. By switching to stored fat as energy resource, the body will feel less tired, more energy and reduce the body fats.
When we are on a normal (higher) carbs diet, we tend to get hungry because once the carbo energy source is low, it will send hungry message to our brain, which end up we eat more and the remaining excess carbo which are not utilize, will be convert into fats and stored in the body. The next morning when u wake up, the whole "hungry" cycle come again because the body will never turn to stored fats as energy source, they will look for their preferred choice - Carbo.
A simple analogy, imagine you are going to 20th level, you will definitely choose to take the elevator (which in terms is your carbo intake), unless the elevator break down, you may no choice but to take the stairs (which is your fat intake - 2nd choice to achieve your goal).
Of course, everything don't start easy and smooth, the transition period is the most horrifying time, which u have to experience thru' and over it.
Currently am on my 6th day of LCHF, initially I don't feel much impact, probably due to the carbs remains in my body and I do have higher intake of carbs in the beginning. Gradually, as I went really low in carbs and high in fat, I begin to feel the "low carb cold turkey". I feel extremely fatigue even with enough of 7 to 9 hours of sleep, I feel dizzy at times, not really hungry but crave for sugar, low in energy. Its terrible but in a way, I feel happy as I had made it, my body is transiting. Just pray hard that it will take only a week and my body will switch completely and start to take effect.
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