Low Carb

There have been many different low carb diets on the market the last few years. The most famous is probably the Atkins diet. All of these low carb diet programs have a single common denominator and that is that they all restrict carbohydrates to a tiny 10% and even  low as 5% of your total diet. This means you will replace the more common carbs in your diet with protein and fats and vegetables. Most of your calories will come from fats like dairy, nuts and meat instead of breads, cereals and pastas.

We now know that dietary fat that is found in food in it’s natural state is not necessarily turned into fat in our bodies, and in some cases is actually good fat and important for us to consume.  However when you eat high carbohydrate foods you stimulate insulin production and this can lead to a set of serious health problems in many people including diabetes. Insulin will convert carbs into fat. Eating these high carbohydrate foods like pasta and bread increases the blood sugar and stimulates your pancreas to produce insulin. This can cause fat to deposit in your body and will also stimulate areas of your brain to tell you that you are now hungry so … you snack usually on cookies, or other high carb foods.

When you restrict carbs by going on a low carb diet you can effectively stop this cycle. Restricting your carbohydrate consumption will cause your insulin level to drop and your glycogen which is a hormone that causes fat to be burned and cholesterol to drop to increase in your body.

The low carb diet trend peaked around 2004-2005. Americans started waking up to the fact that it wasn’t natural fats that was causing health risks, but processed fats, and carbohydrates that had diabetes rates peaking as well.

So is a low carb diet a healthy way to lose weight? Not only have studies from the Atkins diet have shown that low carb diets have helped people lose more weight faster, but the three studies have all come to the same conclusion that the low carb weight loss program has also helped to lower cholesterol instead of making it higher with increase in fat intake.

People recently have been drawn to the food delivery diets. These diets promote the glycemic index, which shows the speed which the body converts your food into sugar. As we just learned carbs are turned into sugar faster than proteins. Thus high protein low carb diets will have a better glycemic index. One tool that you can use to make sure you are getting enough low carb high fiber foods into your diet is a carb counter. This is a handy tool.

Low carb foods are specifically meats, dairy, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. As people are changing their diets to the low carb way of eating another concern has risen and given way to a multi billion dollar industry.  Vitamin makers are exploiting people by selling low carb vitamins. You may not be getting some of the vitamins that are in higher carb vegetables like beta carotene, or B vitamins that are in grains, however when you take away all of the preservatives that are in most breads, cereals, and pastas most health experts agree that most of the vitamins and minerals you will get will be more beneficial to your health.

There are many many low carb success stories both online and in print. There are several low carb forums online where you can read others stories and successes and trials with their low carb diet. There are also many low carb recipes online both on this site and others.

Recent surveys have shown that 1 out of 5 people in the United States have tried or are currently on a low carb diet.Many health experts are predicting as people are becoming more

aware of the dangers of eating hydrogenated and preservative filled foods, the trend will again rise to go toward low carb diets which are made up of mostly whole natural low carb foods .

It has been proven time and time again that low carb diets have helped people lose weight. Every low carb diet starts with a healthy low carb breakfast. My personal favorite is smoked salmon, cream cheese, and tomato slices. There are low carb breakfast drinks as well that taste pretty good. |It has been proven time and time again that low carb diets have helped people lose weight. Every low carb diet starts with a healthy low carb breakfast. My personal favorite is smoked salmon, cream cheese, and tomato slices. There are low carb breakfast drinks as well that taste pretty good. It doesn’t matter what you choose, just get started today. Whether you choose the Atkins , Southbeach or another program how well you do is measured one day at a time …starting today!

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