Low Carb Diet

The diets reduced carbohydrate are more effective than conventional diets to ensure long-term weight loss.

Low Carb Diet 

During the first 6 months, a diet low in carbohydrates can help loss weight a little faster than a diet low in fat and high in carbohydrates. However, for those who can keep up all this time, the difference in weight loss between the two diets seems to disappear after 12 months.

In other words, after 6 months, subjects subjected to a low carb diet tend to regain more weight than those following a conventional diet.

Diets low in carbohydrates have popularity ratings because they cause rapid weight loss. But you must know that this weight loss experienced during the first 2 weeks is mostly caused by a loss of water.

The studies are unanimous on one point: For weight loss, the diet composition is not important. Regardless of the food consumed, it is the difference between calories you eat and those you spend that causes weight loss.

The low carb diets do nothing miraculous: they are thin because they reduce the intake of calories. Minimizing your consumption of foods rich in carbohydrates (bread, pasta, cereals, potatoes, certain fruits and vegetables and most dairy products), the contents of your plate may well suffer as a cure him of slimming ...

A study published in 2009 in The New England Journal of Medicine repeated it. The plan to be low or high in fat, poor or rich in protein and limited or no carbohydrates, it's not what most influences weight loss and reduction of participants waistline. Researchers from Harvard University in the United States noticed that people who had participated in more meetings and that followed as closely the prescribed diet had lost more weight, 10 kg (22 lb), compared to average of 4 kg (9 lb). The authors concluded that the attitude and motivation of the person influences more from the plan that the protein, carbohydrate and fat.

Earnings, inconvenience ...

Like the low-fat diet rich in fiber, low-carb diet can help you lose weight. However, it has several disadvantages:

• By eliminating certain fruits and vegetables from your diet, you're missing sources of antioxidants that may protect against heart disease and some cancers.
• Whole grains are an excellent source of fiber that are valuable allies against constipation, heart disease and weight gain.
• Persons under such a diet are at greater risk of vitamin B group deficiency, vitamin C and calcium.
• By its monotony and prohibitions, it can be difficult to follow. Supporting evidence: a study published in 2005 showed that the dropout rate of such diets is about 50% at 12 months.
• At the time of physical activity, the body may well not be able to get the energy it needs from its reserves of carbohydrates. Result: You feel tired quickly and your performance are greatly diminished.
• This diet can have many other adverse effects on your health like headaches, drowsiness, confusion, nausea, fatigue, mood swings, sleep problems, etc.
• The long-term health effects (kidney and heart in particular) are unknown.

To lose weight, go for principles that have been proven:

• Reduce your consumption of processed foods and ready to eat.
• Increase your intake of fiber, fruits and vegetables.
• And do not forget to move!

Drastic diets followed for short periods of time can create a weight fluctuation (the effect "yo-yo") which is harmful to the body.

Prevention is the best approach against obesity. This is why it is important to encourage the acquisition of healthy eating habits and the practice of physical activity early in life.

Video: The Low Carb Diet Explained

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