How Low-Carb Diet Plans Treat Carbohydrates by Rick Trojan

A number of popular diets are focused on carbohydrates. Some

demonize them. Then warn you against eating any carbohydrates.

Others in fact, emphasize a high carbohydrate intake. Here is

how low-carbohydrate diet plans treat carbohydrates.(Such as

The Zone, Atkins, South Beach and others)

For more than two decades. Dr. Robert Atkins preached and sold

the gospel of protein is good for you. And carbohydrates are

evil. Until recently, this line of thinking was beyond the pale.

Now there is some new evidence. That backs the idea that a high-

protein. Low-carbohydrate diet. May accurately help you lose

weight.

Whether such a diet that also includes bacon, steaks, butter,

cheese. And other foods with plenty of saturated fat is good

for your overall health is another matter.

In theory, a high-protein/low carbohydrate diet could help

increase your satiety. A feeling of fullness that comes with

eating. Fewer carbohydrates could also avoid fast and high

rises. And falls in your blood sugar. Which may also keep your

hunger at bay. Together, these could help you avoid overeating.

Making you satisfied with fewer calories.

That's the theory. Unfortunately, there are few good long-term

studies to test it. Short-term studies have shown low-

carbohydrate diets to be safe in the short term. But your

weight loss is due mostly to a reduced caloric intake. Not

necessarily to the low-carbohydrate nature of the diet. Such

reductions often happen when you drastically change what you

eat.

Two year-long studies published in the New England Journal of

Medicine. Suggested that the benefits of a low-carbohydrate

diet. May last for six months to a year. These studies compared

high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets. With low-fat,

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