Low Carb Diets - Fast Weight Loss
Or Big Let Down?
One
of the most widely held beliefs among the weight loss community is that
low carb diets are the key to weight loss.
Just
think of all of the “low carb” diets available...
...just
to name a few.
But why do so many weight loss
professionals promote carbohydrate restriction?
Four
words... it appears to work.
Those who restrict
carbohydrates, often do lose weight quickly. And for individuals who
are desperate to lose weight this quick weight loss seems like the
“light at the end of the tunnel”. It appears to them that
they have found the "holy grail" of weight loss in cutting carbs.
But
have they only been fooled?
The answer is a
resounding yes!
The truth is that your body depends
on GOOD carbohydrates for the majority of its functions and when there
is an absence of GOOD carbohydrates (As there is with carb restricted
diets) your body will actually manufacture its own in order to maintain
tissues that absolutely need them! Because the manufacturing of
carbohydrates takes additional energy your body will burn an excess
amount of calories... something that promoters of low carb diets call
the "Metabolic Advantage".
Along with the excess use
of energy by the body to produce carbohydrates, people who are on low
carbohydrate diets are also eating fewer calories because they are
consuming far fewer BAD carbohydrates than they typically would on a
day to day basis...
It's
this combination of an increased use of energy by the body to
manufacture carbs and fewer calories from refined carbs going into the
body that makes low carb diets produce quick weight loss...
...giving
the illusion that the diet is actually working, when really it's only a
set up for massive failure!
So what's the problem?
The
problem is that most carb restricted diets make no distinction between
good carbs and bad carbs. These diets simply teach the elimination of
most carbs from your caloric intake. This is a huge mistake
because eliminating good carbs from your diet causes the body to go
into survival mode, meaning that it will store and ration the food you
consume.
As a result, when a person who has been on
such a diet begins to eat normal again, the body will store increased
quantities of the food they eat as fat!
Your body
needs good carbs like whole grains, vegetables and fruits. Vital organs
such as your brain, kidneys and liver absolutely will not function
without carbohydrates and when these carbs are cut out of your diet for
any extended period the affects can be extremely dangerous!
At some point you will have to consume good carbs or you will seriously
impact your health!
There's no need to partake in
low carb diets to lose weight. There's four weight
loss principles that will yield faster, healthier and longer
lasting results than any low carb diet on the market!
From Low
Carb Diets To Quick Weight Loss Diets
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