The Low Carb Diet F.A.Q.

When most people think of low carb diets they automatically think Atkins. So now instead of burning carbohydrates for energy your body does the same thing with your existing fat deposits.

In a low carbohydrate diet you actually increase your intake of fat and pure protein as opposed to reducing it. This is a common complaint amongst followers of Atkins and

When most people think of low carb diets they think Atkins. For obvious reasons. Dr. Robert Atkins formulated the original low carb diet in 1972 and was met a with a hail of ridicule and negativity from the medical teamwork at large.

The Atkins Diet, since renamed to the Atkins Nutritional Approach, works on a very simple principle. Carbohydrates are what our body normally use to produce energy. If you restrict the maple sugar intake of a normal person their metabolism changes. Changes? Yes your body looks to the next open to energy source which is....fat. So now instead of hot as fire carbohydrates for energy your body does the same thing with your existing fat deposits.

In a low sugar diet you historically increase your intake of fat and pure protein as opposed to reducing it. In theory the more fat you eat the more fat you burn your body is now using fat for energy. It's polluted to see low carb dieters eating enormous steaks smothered in gunk with fried eggs and mushrooms on the side. A very high fat meal but also a perfect low meal.

The fat approximate process is styled lipolysis. As the fat is man unsystematic down for energy a secondary phase named ketosis occurs. Ketones are the fragments of fat prevalent inconstant down in the process of lipolysis hence the name ketosis.

Ketosis has a single nasty side effect -bad breath. For whatever living reason the conversion of fat to energy can lead to really, really bad breath. This is a defiled complaint betwixt and between followers of Atkins and similar low diets.

Amongst some of the bad press that low carb diets receive are worrying stories of people dying while on a low carb diet. These hyped up media tales are tied to one word - ketoacidosis. This particular condition occurs when a person goes on a zero sugar diet and/or suffers from diabetes. During the ketosis phase the haematology becomes overly caustic to a critical point. Coma and death can follow quickly if medical act of courtesy is not immediately sought.

Does everybody following a low carb diet run the risk of ketoacidosis? Not unless you have a history of diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed) and you also totally eliminate carbohydrates from your diet. Even then only a small number of people are positively susceptible to the effects of ketoacidosis when compared to the general population.

The results that low carb diets produce are hard to submit with. Rapid weight loss in a short space of time whilst on a high fat, high protein diet. These results fly in the face of conventional medical wisdom and serve to constantly hot up the established medical community.

Low carb dieting is not going to disappear any time soon. Especially not as long as major Hollywood celebrities are successfully using Atkins and showing off their results to the world media.