A low carb diet has long been used to lose weight and stay healthy. This diet is simply titled; it involves eating very few carbohydrates. Although it must be said that we need carbohydrates, eating less of them can have some benefits to our health.

Starchy foods like rice, pasta, and potatoes have the most glycemic load, meaning they cause blood sugar spikes, obviously, cutting down on these foods would inevitably lead to a lower carb intake.

Vegetables are some of the best carbs, however when starting a low carb lifestyle, there are certain ones we need to avoid, and some of these may seem to go against our common sense.

However, there is a very good reason for avoiding these starchy vegetables when following a low carb diet. Continue reading →

Have you ever embarked on a grueling low carb diet? If you have, then you know too well the challenges a person faces while on it.

Irritability, lack of energy, depression are all very possible and real while following such a type of diet; but luckily you don’t have to experience any of them.

In fact, those responses are the body’s way of saying something is not right, and of getting your attention.

So, with that in mind, there are simple low carb diet “tricks” that you can follow to make your cravings for starch disappear while on the low carb diet-and it’s not rocket science.

Without further ado, these are the most effective tricks you can employ to stave off the carb-munchies. Continue reading →