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What is a Low Carb (Low Carbohydrate) Diet?
The Low Carb Diet is a ketogenic diet whose best known
proponent is
Dr. Robert C. Atkins. On a ketogenic diet one eats
foods that allow
the body to achieve a state known as ketosis-
lipolysis (the
process of dissolving fat). When fat is used up
metabolically, it
breaks down into glycerol and free fatty acids,
which in turn break
down into pairings of two-carbon compounds
called "ketone bodies",
leaving a newer fatty acid, shorter in
chain length by the loss of
the carbon fragment that has
entered the metabolic pool to be
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How do I
Know This
Diet Is For
Me?
Are you
overweight
despite the
fact that
you don't
eat that
much?
Do you have
an
inexplicable
obsession
with food?
Do you have
a single
food or
beverage you
feel you
could not do
without? Do
you feel a
sense of
unfulfillment
when you eat
a normal
meal? Do you
have a
craving for
such foods
as sweets,
pastas and
breads? YES?
Then you may
have a
metabolic
problem,
manifested
either by a
relative
inability to
lose weight
or maintain
weight loss
or by a
hunger or
inability to
achieve and
maintain
satiety. Or,
you may have
glucose
intolerance,
commonly
known as
hypoglycemia.
Or, you may
be one of
those
identified
as a
carbohydrate
'addict'.
What can
I eat on The
Low Carb
Diet?
Whatever you
want, (avoid
sugar, white
flour and
processed
foods).
On this
diet, your
rate of
weight loss
is generally
proportional
to your
exclusion of
carbohydrates.
The level of
carbohydrates
you consume
can be
measured
and
controlled.
Thus, you
can attach
numerical
quantities
to the
carbohydrate
food you eat
and decide
(based on
your CCL)
just how
much of any
macronutrient
you wish to
consume.
All diet,
weight loss,
and medical
information
provided on
this site is
for
educational
purposes
only and you
should
always
consult a
medical
doctor
before
beginning
any diet or
weight loss
program.
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