No Flour, No Sugar Diet
Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet is a weight-loss program developed by medical practitioner and health columnist Dr Peter Gott.
His best-selling book of the same name shows how to reduce calories in your diet by eliminating flour-based and added-sugar foods.
He believes that these highly processed foods are the primary reason Americans are so overweight and so unhealthy. By eliminating foods filled with flour and sugar, dramatic weight loss results can be realized.
No Flour No Sugar Diet Basics
Foods containing added sugar and refined flour are nutrient-poor, unlike foods containing whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes which are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber.
The No Flour, No Sugar Diet reduces the so-called ‘empty’ calories of refined carbohydrate-based foods, also frequently high in fat (such as pizza and donuts).
The No Flour, No Sugar lifestyle encourages selection of foods without significant sugar and refined flour content, based on interpretation of food labels.
Exercise 30 Minutes a Day
Exercise is also mentioned (half an hour a day). No counting of calories is suggested, however the book does list foods to major on and foods to avoid.
Sample Meal Plans
The No Flour, No Sugar Diet book includes meal plans for 14 days, and no less than 75 pages of recipes (in a 186-page book!). Here are a few examples from the Meal Plans section:
Meal Plan 1
- Breakfast: Omelet muffin, sliced fresh strawberries
- Morning Snack: Diced cantaloupe
- Lunch: Greek salad
- Afternoon: No-sugar-added yogurt
- Dinner: Chicken breasts in Rosemary-Dijon sauce, spinach salad with tomato vinaigrette, steamed brown rice
Meal Plan 2
- Breakfast: Whole-grain cereal (with no flour or added sugar), nonfat milk, fresh peach
- Morning Snack: Diced pineapple
- Lunch: Green salad with water-packed tuna, sliced tomato, shredded carrot, and no-sugar-added vinaigrette
- Afternoon: Spiced Edamame (Soy beans in the pod)
- Dinner: Meatballs in tomoto sauce and baked polenta with fresh corn
Meal Plan 3
- Breakfast: Basic Crepe filled with sliced lean ham and reduced-fat cheese; sliced apple
- Morning Snack: 1 stalk celery fille with reduced-fat, no-sugar-added peanut butter
- Lunch: Taco salad with spiced prawns
- Afternoon: Spiced Edamame
- Dinner: Curry yogurt chicken, steamed or sauteed zucchini, steamed brown rice
Diet Costs?
The No Flour, No Sugar diet retails for $14.99.
Eliminating Refined Carbs Causes Weight Loss
Most people who eliminate from their diet foods containing refined flour and sugar will lose weight. A No Flour, No Sugar Diet works, especially if part of a healthy lifestyle.
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one sunny day I decided that i cannot live any more as a morbidly obese person.
I have been on a diet I made myself with the same concept. not from the book. just 2 simple rules no sugar no flour, or anything that contains sugar – sucrose/flour.
I do eat honey with whatever I need sweetened. In general my consumption was cut down in half naturaly just through those 2 simple rules. Mostly I am ok but sometimes I am hungry. to satisfy my hunger I eat tons of Great California pistacios and several dates.
I have lost in 4 months 38 pounds. At first [1 month] it is hard – like junkies battle their drug addiction. Every time you pass ‘the open window” another triumph for you and the lesser the chance you will fail. As I said to myself. love yourself a little and so I did – I gave this diet 2 years to lose 130-140 pounds.
One thing – the rules are strict. YOU CANNOT BEND THEM. No sugar no flour
Good luck for who ever tries it. the award and the triumph is worthwhile
You might want to consider no honey, either. It tends to have the same kind of effect in your body…that is, causes you to crave other sweet things and generally eat more. It’s less painful if you just cut out all sweeteners (even artificial ones). You can sweeten with fruit, for example, blueberries in your oatmeal. Congratulations on your weight loss! Also, there is OA and a program called Food Addicts Anonymous that use this same program (no sugar, no flour, no wheat) and they provide a lot of moral support. Thanks for your story.
Hey I tried
this diet and in lest than a month went from 190 lbs to 175 lbs it really works, but i am also working out five days a week so it helped .
the health reason for searching this out is i have a serious sugar habit and my sister has triglycerides in the thousands i was floored and im scared for her life
So, do strawberry cream cheese bagels count?
If so, I’m not doing it.
Hey guys I have been on this for one year 3 months to the day, now it’s hard at first really hard if you like AZ green tea as much as i do. When i first started i was 311 Lbs after 5 months of just removing the buns from my burgers and bread from sandwiches, I am now 241 Lbs, so I lost 71 lbs with out working out on will power alone. If no starch is hard, you can have starch in the morning only if you drink water as soon as you wake to boast your Metabolism for the rest of the day. ps never waste money on diet pills there just praying on your weakness.
I just started August 2 with no flour and no sugar. Today I am very tired . I really want to do this.I hope I don’t quit.
From tomorrow I’m beginning this diet, which will be quite a challenge for me because I’m a carb and sugar addict. No, really. But I’m going to try my hardest. I need this. This had worked in the past for me before I got hooked on sugar and carbs.
Can you eat corn tortillas?
want to lose belly fat most
Ive been on a very similar diet for 6 days well actually its a d-tox called the wild rose detox. Its no flour no sugar no dairy and no fermented foods. I just bought a kit at the GNC store. Ive lost 4 pounds so far. as soon as the d-tox is over I will try and continue with the no flour no sugar part. for most of human history humans did not eat flour as it was only invented about 9000BC. So our bodys weren’t really designed for it. Sugar is an even more recent invention available cheaply to the masses only within the last 100 years. Since flour has already been broken down by industrial processes it converts to simple carbohydrates (the bad type) extremely easily in the stomach causing insulin spikes which makes you feel hungry which makes you crave more carbs, a vicious cycle. A diet of no sugar no flour will actually make you less hungry over time.
I ate something with flour the other day and I could just taste it in my mouth as being junk..(it was pizza dough)..it was nasty..you will get used to it quick.. removing these from your diet..I have only been on the diet one week.
I am over weight and just got told by my doctor that I need to be watching my sugar since it is up since the last check which was 6 mos ago. My sugar is 112. I have such a hard time dieting. I know I could do this for anyone but it seems for myself I can not. I am unemployed and really can not justify spending money on the book but is there any of this online that I can look at. I will take any suggestions any one can offer to get me started. I weigh 230 lbs and know that 80 pounds less would be great.
Thanks
Lost 5lbs in the first week. Im not having a hard time sticking to the diet but did notice 6 days in that I was craving,missing the sweets. Then I realized I could eat no sugar jello only 10 calories too. Now Im motivated to try it for a least a month. Have also noticed I have a little more energy.
Looks like it’s a watered down version of the SCD Specific Carbohydrate Diet) and The Maker’s diet. Just marketed for losing weight instead of for disease.
The General population ie ‘YOU’ does have some innate differences over people with Celiac or crohns disease though. You can handle and digest carbohydrates more readily so You don’t have to make up those calories with fat which is for people with Crohns better tolerated.
I have no doubt this works for losing weight. No sugar/flour means no Ice cream/pasta/fast food/cake/brownies/bread. And the foods it does include are easier to digest with less total calories(fruit, vegatables and yogurt) or last in your system longer which helps kill hunger(corn,rice,fat).
Also he seems to include plenty of meat which is a good source of b12 and iron among other things and critical for maintaining health although legumes can be a good alternative source of vegetarians.
Men want about 20% of their calories to be from protein. Women a little less. Interestingly in a 80% lean cut of meat the 20% that is fat has 80% of the calories. But don’t get scared of fat calories they’re far better for you than calories from sugar or flour.
There are definite problems I can see with the fruits mentioned. Fresh strawberries, cantaloupe, and peaches aren’t available at least at my groceries as often as not. They may sell them year round but they aren’t any good all year round.
Oranges and peeled/cooked apples are a good substitute that’s more often available.
Does this really work?
Yes! I can’t think of anyone for whom it wouldn’t.
I started the nfns diet on june 1st 2011 – its a week gone now and I’m begining to notice changes not only in my body but also feel more clear headed and not so tired during the day….
I have been doing this diet for 2 weeks now. I haven’t weighd my self but I can tell I am losing weight.And my husband can tell,thats the best part!! I want to lose just a couple of sizes . I love this new way of eating and I feel great! I am never going back to eating all that unnessary stuff in my body..I am looking forward losing weight and keeping it off!
I started this diet about a week ago. I’m a bit skeptical about the results because it was only a few days after my period ended and around the time I started, so the weighloss could be due in part water retention loss. However, I weighed around 135 then and this week I’m 133 slowly hitting 132. If I’m 132 by next week. I think this diet might actually be working, but you have to be strict. No flour means no flour and no sugar, means no sugar. Otherwise, I don’t think you’ll see much results. On the other hand, everyone’s bodies are different.
I went on this diet for a week, and lost some of my belly fat!
I have started this diet 4 days ago and I already see a 2-3 lb weight loss. I am not finding it hard to do at all and love bread and CHOCOLATE. But not missing them as much as I thought I would.
I have been on this diet just short of 2 weeks. I don’t see a weight loss. My clothes are slightly looser. How long does it take to work? I am also doing WW points for portion control. Any thoughts?
I have been running 5 miles everyday and cant seem to lose any weight, I do eat sugar everyday and today is my first day on this diet lets see if it works for me : )
I’ve been on this diet for a month now- not to lose weight but because I was diagnosed with a sugar intolerance which was affecting my ability to get pregnant. I have lost weight on it and after the first week I found I had so much more energy without all the processed rubbish. I now live on meat, veg and porridge. I also found it has helped my acne beyond belief!
I tried a no flour no sugar diet recently. I lost about 5-6 lbs. in the first 4 days. I got some withdrawal sypmtoms, but then after 10 days I felt FANTASTIC. I don’t know why I stopped it, but I really want to try to do it again. It’s hard to start day 1, but I need to. I have a fmaily to cook for, so it’s a bit of a challenge. Not that bad though, as you can still have brown rice and corn, and w/ me, low fat dairy was stilll allowed.
I’ve been on this for almost weeks only with a few modifications. I eat whole wheat or whole grain flour products (pasta, bread, tortillas), not too much, but enough. I usually had my coffee with 2tsp of sugar and half/half so I switched to green tea for my caffeine. I’ve lost 5 pounds already! You hear this all the time, BUT it is KEY: Drink lots and lots of water whenever you think about it during the day. Green tea can dehydrate very quickly(as can coffee).
I did a diet like this in 2006, never have I felt better in my life, I lost 130lbs. It is a commitment for sure but worth it! I started adding sugar and flour back in 07 and have struggled with it ever since. I have put weight back on, but I am realizing that eating sugar and flour free is really the only way to live. So I am going to start over, simply because of how amazing I felt!!
hmmm… plausible diet option for me?
my sister in law was on this diet, she lost 10lbs a week!!!! but she was really, really big, her waight loss has slowed down but thats because she doesnt have as much fat to loose. because of her i am now starting this diet for myself.
I started june 6 2009 and by sept 6 I had lost 18 pounds..EXCELLENT PROGRAM……SUPER EASY TO DO TOO!
My daughter has headaches for six years, everyday. We found a doctor that retested her for food allergies.Most of the tests came out positive and one thing she is allergic to is suger. Does anyone know where I can find ham without sugar in it? Most of them are curred in sugar and i looked at the butcher shops around my area and couldn’t find any without.She is picky and she can’t eat beef either.She eats chicken just about everyday and sooner or later she is gonna get tired of that.She does like turkey and she eats that to. It’s just the ham I can’t find.Thank you for your time, Holly
My sister did this diet starting July 2008.. and to date has lost 47 lbs. She is 49 and tried all diets until this. It really worked for her. Go Mary!