Cheez-It Cheese Baked Snack Crackers Ingredients = Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1)Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)Folic Acid]Vegetable Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil)Skim Milk Cheese (Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Extract Color)Salt, Paprika, Yeast, Paprika Oleoresin Color.
It is more about WHAT you are putting in your body (click HERE to discover how Partially Hydrogenated Oils cause weight GAIN)! Dipping this low in calories is so detrimental to our metabolism. You will lose weight, but when you go back to eating your metabolism will be slower than when you started. Our muscles need amino acids. When we cut calories (and it is usually protein and fat that is first to go), our muscles become cannibals! Our bodies need amino acids continually throughout the day. If you stop eating protein, your body starts to eat your muscles! One pound of muscle burns about 50 calories/day and one pound of fat burns only 2...even when you are sleeping!
LOW FAT DIETS, Why you lose weight:
1 lb. of muscle provides only 600 calories,
while, 1 lb. of fat provides 3,500 calories.
If you go on a daily calorie deficit of 500 calories;
that comes to 3,500 calories per week (500 x 7 = 3,500).
If all of those calories came from fat, you'd lose just 1 pound.
IF the calories came from muscle, you'd lose 6 pounds.
So, 100% fat loss is the equivalent of 1 pound of weight lost,
while 100% muscle loss is the equivalent of 6 pounds.
The Low Fat diets will help you lose weight on the scale
BUT, losing muscle = slower metabolism!!!
1 lb of muscle burns 50 calories/day vs 2 calories/day for fat
SO after a fast or low calorie diet, you no longer will be able to eat like you once could; you have to eat less and less to maintain your weight! NO THANK YOU...
There are lots of different types of amino acids. Consuming the right ones at certain times of the day can REALLY enhance fat loss! Some amino acids shuttle fat to the mitochondria where you burn fat, so taking that before a workout doubles your loss. Some amino acids aid in muscle recovery, while others increase the Human Growth Hormone while you sleep (fat burning hormone). If you decide to do a fast or a low calorie diet such as HCG, I can help make sure you keep your muscles filled with the proper amino acids at the right time so you don't lose any valuable muscle...only fat! For more info on what and when to take please contact me for a consult. I also write a lot about amino acids in my book Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism.
"Healthified" Cheez Its!
1 1/4 cup almond flour
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/2 cup freshly grated sharp cheese (I used aged Gouda!)
1 egg white
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grate 1/2 cup cheese.
In a food processor (or medium bowl) whip the egg white until the egg has loosened and become frothy. Add in the almond flour, salt, and cheese until a stiff dough forms. Cut two pieces of parchment paper the size of baking sheet. Put dough on top of one piece of parchment. Place the second piece of parchment on top of the dough and roll out with rolling pin until dough covers the parchment sheet (see photo).
Roll the dough so it is the same thickness or it will bake unevenly.Remove top parchment. Using a pizza cutter, score the dough into squares or other shapes. Place the parchment with the cut dough onto baking sheet and bake 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Makes 8 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Keebler Cheez It = 160 calories, 8 g fat, 18 carbs, 1 fiber (17 effective carbs), 4 g protein
"Healthified" Cheez It = 120 calories, 9.5 g fat, 2.4 carbs, 1.1 g fiber (1.3 effective carbs), 6.1 g protein
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