Low carb dieting is not a new trend, it has been around for many years, long before low fat diets. Thirty years ago if you wanted to lose weight you cut out the potatoes, pastry and biscuits and reduced the bread. Nowadays low fat diets are the norm, but if you take out the fats you lose the flavour, all processed low fat foods have added sugar so a low fat diet makes you gain weight. This is because the body requires energy and sugar is the first thing the body uses, give it sugar and it will store the fats for a rainy day, if you stop eating sugar the next easiest to transform is the carbohydrates. What is a Low Carb Diet? People diet for two primary reasons, to lose weight, or to improve health--or both. If you are a healthy adult who is not overweight and who has no family members who are obese, the food.... Low-Carb Diet Guidelines Much research has proven that dietary fat is not necessarily converted into body fat. Carbohydrates, on the other hand, are readily converted into fat by the action of insulin. According...... Top Ten Low Carb Mistakes When you are first on a new way of eating, you'll run into old habits that need to be changed to new healthier ones. No..... Five Steps for the Beginner There is no one low carb diet. The popular plans span a range of carb levels and food choices, though essentially all of them cut out most sugars and starches. Again, the best thing to do is to.......

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