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Low Carb

"Diet" is often a scary word, because diet usually means deprivation. But there is a healthier and easier alternative that doesn't deprive you of the foods you love to eat - the low carb diet.

People diet for two reasons: to lose weight, or to improve overall health - or both. If you're a healthy adult who's not overweight and who has no family members who are obese, then continue to eat sensibly with lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. However, even those who are healthy and who are not overweight can maintain their health and vitality by doing a low carb diet.

For people who are overweight, or who have diabetes, the low calorie and low fat diets recommended by most dieticians simply don't work. Moreover, for diabetics, they can actually worsen their condition. The only diet that strikes at the real cause of obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, and type 2 diabetes is the low carb diet.

When you start a low carb diet, you replace carbohydrates with fats and proteins. While diets vary in their recommendations, a low carb diet is synonymous with a high-fat and moderate protein diet. Those on a low carb diet should get at least 60 to 70 percent of their daily caloric intake from fat. Carbohydrates should make up less than 10 percent, and in some cases, less than 5 percent of your daily caloric intake.

On a low carb diet, you can eat until you're full. You can eat meats, fish, poultry, eggs, and cheese, plus a limited amount of green vegetables (asparagus, spinach, broccoli). Plus, there are plenty of low carb diet alternatives that taste just like the foods you aren't allowed to eat on a low carb diet. So now you can!

Although it is important to reduce weight if you are overweight, it is strongly recommended that you exercise regularly and that you always eat a fully balanced diet including a sufficient amount of fruit, vegetables and whole grains to meet your daily nutritional needs.

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