Why Low Carb Diets?

A good low carb diet usually means replacing your natural energy source (carbs) with energy from natural fat obtained from butter, olive oil etc. Most types of carbohydrates occur naturally in foods, such tumors, grains and other starchy foods. In its natural form, carbohydrates are complex and fibrous such as the carbohydrates present in grains and legumes. Less complex forms of carbohydrates are found in foods such as milk and fruits. The human body’s two main sources of energy from foods are carbs and fats. Hence a diet that takes away most of the carbs will force the body to switch to burning fat for energy. Fat

which will be burned will come from fat stored in the body or the fat in food consumed.


People usually find it easier to maintain or reduce their body weight when they follow a low carb diet, that is by reducing and or avoid carb rich foods that they usually have an inclination to gorge in. However, if it is possible for you to control your intake, enjoy all the carbs you like. Making sure most of your carbs come from fruits and vegetables is the best way to prevent over indulgence on carbs.

Like many other types of diets being circulated, low carb diets can be healthy or not healthy, balanced or not balanced. The key is to stick with it until you see results and certainly not allow it to be boring. Science is indeed on the side of cutting carbs from diets, possibly not for everybody but for a lot of of us. 

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