The
Essential Guide To Help You Understand
The Science Behind The Low-Carb Phenomenon
Table of Contents
1
Introduction To Low-Carb
2
Low-Carb, Slow-Carb
3
History and Background
of Low-Carb
4 Popular Low-Carb
Diet Plans
5
Dieting Success Tips
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INTRODUCTION
TO LOW-CARB
According
to a recent survey by the National Health
Institute, about a third of overweight Americans
who are trying to lose weight, are doing
so by eating less carbohydrates (carbs)
largely because of the increased popularity
of fad diets like Atkins Diet and the South
Beach Diet.
Although
there have certainly been other low-carb
or low-sugar diet plans before, and more
will most assuredly come out in the years
ahead, let's take a look at the basics behind
many of the major plans.
While it
might be great to lower the body's sugar
content, either a low-carb plan fit into
real-world lives, or it doesn't. To understand
if a low-carb diet is for you, you first
need to understand the science behind low-carb
plans.
LOW-CARB,
SLOW CARB
In a nutshell,
there are two kinds of carbohydrates, simple
and complex.
SIMPLE
CARBS
Foods with
simple or refined carbohydrates most often
have a low nutrient content and a high-glycemic
index. Examples of these simple carbs are
white bread, potatoes, bananas, and sugary
treats like cookies, candy, cupcakes and
cakes, and soda beverages like popular cola
products.
COMPLEX
CARBS
Foods with
complex carbohydrates contain many nutrients
and have a low- to moderate-glycemic index.
Examples of complex carbs are whole grains,
most legumes, beans, fruits and vegetables.
These foods are considered good choices
by health advisors.
WHICH
IS BEST?
While studies
like one from the University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences in January of 2004
show that low-carb diets can help with weight
loss; the carbs need to be of the complex,
low-glycemic type.
HISTORY AND
BACKGROUND OF LOW-CARB
The terminology
"low-carb" wasn't really coined
until around 1992 when the USDA announced
America's model food pyramid included six
to eleven servings daily of grains and starches.
However,
low-carb dieting dates back more than 100
years before the trendy Atkins diet to 1864
with a pamphlet titled Letter on
Corpulence written by William Banting,
as close to the first commercial low-carb
diet as you could get.
His how-to
dieting book became very popular and was
translated into multiple languages. However,
over time it was abandoned.
While Banting's
diet eventually fell out of favor, low-carb
diets did begin appearing again in the 20th
century. The most famous of these are the
Atkins and Scarsdale diets that came to
popularity in the 1970s.
While Scarsdale
has a set 14 day meal plan that must be
followed and greatly restricts calories,
the Atkins diet allowed for unlimited calorie
consumption as long as those calories were
from protein, fat and vegetables and carbs
intake was kept low.
Atkins and
Scarsdale fell out of favor in the 1980's
as the U. S. Department of Agriculture encouraged
the consumption of grains and grain products
with the USDA food pyramid.
It was only
in the 1990's that we began to see a return
to low-carb dieting that seems to be more
than a fad. It's a lifestyle!
In a nutshell,
most low-carb diets carry the same basic
premise: that too much of simple, refined
carbohydrates leads to over overproduction
of insulin, which leads to the storage of
too much fat in the body.
POPULAR LOW
CARB DIET PLANS
Here is
a list 14 of the most popular low-carb diet
plans and books
- Atkins
Diet
- Carbohydrate
Addict's Diet
- Hampton's
Diet
- The
Glycemic Index Diet
- NeanderThin
- Protein
Power
- Schwarzbein
Principle
- Somersizing
- South
Beach Diet
-
Sugar Busters!
-
The Zone
- Thin
for Good
- The
7-Day Low-Carb Rescue and Recovery Plan
- Living
Low-Carb
DIETING SUCCESS
TIPS
Dieting
is not easy. If it were, we would probably
all be thin. Since we are not, here are
some tips that successful people use to
lose weight so that others can benefit,
too.
Success
Tip No. 1: Drink 8-10 Glasses Of Water Each
Day
Success
Tip No. 2: Eat Breakfast
Success
Tip No. 3: Eat At Least 3 Meals And 2 Snacks
Each Day
Success
Tip No. 4: Avoid White Foods
Success
Tip No. 5: Eat Your Veggies
Success
Tip No. 6: Prepare Your Own Food As Much
As Possible
Success
Tip No. 7: Invest In A Good Set Of Food
Storage Containers
Success
Tip No. 8: Eat Some Protien At Each Meal
& As A Snack
Success
Tip No. 9: Drink A Glass Of Water After
Each Snack
Success
Tip No. 10: Eat Slowly & Enjoy Your
Food
Success
Tip No. 11: Eat Your Larger Meals Early
And Smaller Meals Later
Success
Tip No. 12: Consider Eating Salmon Or Mackrel
For Breakfast
Success
Tip No. 13: Use Lettuce Leaves Instead Of
Bread
Success
Tip No. 14: Eat A Fruit Dessert
Success
Tip No. 15: Get Your Fruit Fresh Not Squeezed
Success
Tip No. 16: Go Easy On The Meal Replacements
Success
Tip No. 17: If It Sounds Too Good To Be
True It Probably Is
Success
Tip No. 18: At The Grocery Store - Shop
The Outer Aisles
Success
Tip No. 19: Invest In Good Cookbooks
Success
Tip No. 20: Take A Good Multivitamin
Just remember
to adhere to the low-carb diet plan that is
right for you and add some variety to your
meals to help you stay faithful to your health
and weight loss goals.
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