Lady Diet Tips

Low carb dieting has been very popular the last ten years and for good reasons,  this type of diet allows individuals to lose weight rather quickly while eating foods that we are typically told are bad for us. One is able to eat all of the steak, eggs, cheese and butter that they want. So for meat eaters, this plan sounds like a dream come true!

There have been many popular types of low carb diets, the Atkins diet, Sugar Busters, and South Beach are some of the most popular. But how exactly do low carb diets work? If you are interested in understanding the science behind low carbing, we will discuss it below.

Carbohydrates, no matter what form, turn into sugar once they enter the blood stream.  It doesn’t matter if you’re eating chocolate cake or French fries, both turn into sugar. If you eat too many carbohydrates, your blood sugar increases and your pancreas releases insulin. Insulin controls where the blood sugar is stored. Some of it is burned as energy, while some goes to the muscles and is stored as glycogen. Any excess gets stored as fat. When you consume too many carbs, the body stores them as fat. When you begin to limit the amount of carbs you intake, your body uses the excess fat as fuel. Low carb diets work by forcing the body to burn stored fat.

A low carb diet is advantageous mainly because it is both simple and tasty. You simply cut out, or drastically reduce the number of carbs you eat. And while low carb diets have helped many people lose weight, they are a bit controversial because they require individuals to cut out an entire food group. Health professionals also warn against the high fat, protein that diets like the Atkins diet plan promotes. They believe it leads to or worsens high cholesterol in people who are prone to it, as well as other types of heart disease.  As a result, newer low carb diet plans, call for leaner proteins, and a few more carbs, but the gist of the diet remains the same.