The body converts carbohydrates into glucose, which is either used immediately for energy, or stored in fat cells. Carbohydrates make up an excessive proportion of the diet -- add together a lack of exercise and excess sugar, and the inevitable result is excess weight.

By reducing your overall carbohydrate intake and reducing the size of your meals, you reduce your body's exposure to free radical activity. When you reduce the amount of excess food at meals, you reduce your body's exposure to free radical activity and the amount of excess food that gets stored as unwanted fat. A double bonus!

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Big meals are too much stress
Food is in abundance -- look around the supermarket shelves at the food mountain! Fill your cart, take it home and fill your kitchen cupboards. Fill your plate and your stomach till you can barely move. How many times a week do you overeat? How many free radicals are attacking your body and accelerating the aging process? You could choose to eat less.