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Low Carbohydrate Diets

Question: What do you think of the low carbohydrate diet?

Answer: Wherever you look these days, you can find evidence of the low carbohydrate, or “low carb” craze. More and more food product labels and food establishments are advertising ”low carb” products. The idea behind low carbohydrate diets is that over-consumption of carbohydrates leads to weight gain. People who recommend this type of diet say that counting carbohydrates rather than fats is the best way to lose weight. This diet works well for people who tend to eat a lot of cookies and baked goods because those foods are high in empty carbohydrate calories. Another benefit of a low carbohydrate diet is that diets high in refined sugars (the least healthy kind of carbohydrates) cause swings in blood sugar that may be linked to diabetes.

Low carb diets may be difficult to keep up. And if you cut carbs completely you miss the health benefits of complex carbohydrates, which has lots of fiber. Fruits and vegetables are carbohydrates, and they are loaded with important antioxidants and other vitamins. They also tend to be more filling for many people than other foods.

The Atkins Diet, one of the most popular diets in the country, is a low carb diet. On this diet, protein and fat are not limited, but carbohydrates are severely restricted. The idea is that weight loss is promoted through a “metabolic shift” called ketosis. In the absence of carbohydrates for fuel, the body begins to burn fat for fuel. There is a lot of debate about whether ketosis is dangerous to your health.

If you are planning to be on a low carb diet for an extended period of time, you should work closely with a knowledgeable professional to be sure you put together a diet plan that is not dangerous to your health.

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