What is a Low Carb (Low Carbohydrate) Diet?

The Low Carb Diet is a ketogenic diet whose best known proponent is Dr. Robert C. Atkins. On a ketogenic diet one eats foods that allow the body to achieve a state known as  ketosis- lipolysis (the process of dissolving fat). When fat is used up metabolically, it breaks down into glycerol and free fatty acids, which in turn break down into pairings of two-carbon compounds called "ketone bodies", leaving a newer fatty acid, shorter in chain length by the loss of the carbon fragment that has entered the metabolic pool  to be used as fuel.


How do I Know This Diet Is For Me?
 



Are you overweight despite the fact that you don't eat that much?
Do you have an inexplicable obsession with food? Do you have a single
food or beverage you feel you could not do without? Do you feel a sense of unfulfillment when you eat a normal meal? Do you have a craving for such foods as sweets, pastas and breads? YES? Then you may have a metabolic problem, manifested either by a relative inability to lose weight or maintain weight loss or by a hunger or inability to achieve and maintain satiety. Or, you may have glucose intolerance, commonly known as hypoglycemia. Or, you may be one of those identified as a carbohydrate 'addict'.

What can I eat on The Low Carb Diet?

Whatever you want, (avoid sugar, white flour and processed foods).
On this diet, your rate of weight loss is generally proportional to your exclusion of carbohydrates. The level of carbohydrates you consume can be measured  and controlled. Thus, you can attach numerical quantities to the carbohydrate food you eat and decide (based on your CCL) just how much of any macronutrient you wish to consume.



All diet, weight loss, and medical information provided on this site is for educational purposes only and you should always consult a medical doctor before beginning any diet or weight loss program.

 

 

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