What is Low Carb Diet?

What is a low carb diet?
Low Carb Diet was made popular by the late Dr. Robert C. Atkins. Low Carb Diet or Atkins Diet is really NOT a Diet because diet usually implies deprivation. Low Carb Diet in it's true form basically means changing ones eating habit and lifestyle by consuming food that are low in carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is convert to glucose after digestion to fuel our body (just like gasoline for cars). This becomes a problem when we consume too much carbohydrate and the body stores the excess as fats.

People go on low carb for two reasons, to lose weight, or to improve overall health - or both. For those who are overweight, have diabetes or border line diabetes, the low-carlorie and low-fat diets recommended by most dieticians simply don't work. Moreover, for diabetics, they can actually worsen their condition. The only diet that strikes at the real cause of obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, and type 2 diabetes is the low carbohydrate way of life.

When you move to a low carbohydrate way of life, you replace carbohydrates with fats and proteins. While diets vary in their recommendations, a low-carb diet is synonymous with a high-fat and moderate protein diet. Those on a low-carb diet should get at least 60 to 70 percent of their daily calorie intake from fat. Carbohydrates should make up less than 10 percent, and in some cases, less than 5 percent of your daily calorie intake.

On a low-carb diet, you can eat until you're full. You can eat meats, fish, poultry, eggs, and cheese, plus a limited amount of green vegetables (asparagus, spinach, broccoli). Plus, there are plenty of low carb alternatives that taste just like the foods you aren't allowed to eat on a low carb diet. So now you can!