samedi 15 septembre 2012

Getting the Best Results From Low Carb Diets

By Garrett Tuchy


Low carb diets are everywhere today, from diet books to magazines to websites. While some people lose weight successfully on these diets, others struggle and have various problems. There are several reasons for this, such as choosing the wrong diet or not exercising enough. Anyone who is on a low carb diet, or plans to go on one can benefit from the advice we'll be offering in this article.

It's important to eat a balanced diet at all times, which means eating plenty of vegetables, fruits and fiber. If you try to cut out all carbohydrates from your diet, you will end up eating mainly protein rich foods. If you try to remove all carbs from your diet, you'll be depriving your body from important nutrients and energy. If you want to eat a heart healthy diet, you have to include a certain amount of fiber in it. You also find many nutritious antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, so you should eat some of these each day. These type of carbs will actually make it easier for you to lose weight. It's the less nutritious carbs, such as bread and pasta made from white flour that you have to cut back on.

Even though you may love to eat foods with a lot of starch like potatoes and bread; you would be well advised to only eat them during one meal a day. When you trim your diet in a severe way your body may react feeling sluggish and weary. When you have this type of fatigue, you won't have the energy or push to stay with your healthy weight loss plan. You will be less likely to have this feeling if you don't push the carb reduction in too rigorous a manner.

When going on a diet, makes sure you consume enough water and other healthy beverages. Stop drinking soft drinks because they will destroy your efforts with their high sugar content. When you want to drink something other than water, a good choice would be your favourite type of tea, whether caffeinated or herbal. Changing your diet can have unexpected effects on your body, including a certain amount of dehydration in some cases -another reason to drink additional fluids. You may also find that you're not as hungry when you drink more water. It will also boost your metabolism to burn more calories.

Wake up your taste buds for your midday meal with a wholesome salad instead of the usual sandwich. When you eat salads you are giving your body nourishing foods that are naturally low in carb ingredients. Then for your meal later in the day you need to stick to foods with a higher protein content and lay low with the carbs.

If you are on a low-carb diet, eating out actually presents a challenge or two. Almost everything in a fast food restaurant is going to have too many carbs and also unhealthy amounts of fat in their products. Reducing the intake of carbs is something that many restaurants will cater to if the customer tells them what they are doing. In most cases, vegetables and potatoes come with meat dishes that are served. You can order burgers or steak without a bun. Be careful with salad bars when you choose this option. If you really want to stick to your diet, then you need to avoid things like potato salad and bread sticks which are readily available. If you're serious about losing weight, a low carb diet might be your answer. The more you know about health and nutrition, the more likely it is that you'll succeed with a low carb diet. Many carbs are good for you, and actually help you to lose weight. It's best to eliminate or at least reduce certain types of carbs from your diet, but certainly not all of them. If you keep the above suggestions in mind, you'll find it easier to stick to your low carb diet and get long lasting results from it.




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