Low carbohydrate diets can help a person lose weight and can help a person maintain good health.

Carbohydrates and Cholesterol

One of the most common debates among dieticians is the role that carbs play in eating a healthy diet. Some dieticians believe that carbs aren’t essential for adequate nutrition and that it increases your risk of neurological disorders, cancer, and diabetes.

Others believe that we need to eat carbohydrates in order to have good health and that carbs should be a part of everyone’s diet, making up the majority of the calories we take in.

The scientific research shows some significant evidence that low carb is actually better than low fat in reducing markers and risk factors for heart disease, including in regards to the lipid profile. Continue reading →

A low carb diet is essentially, what it sounds like; a diet that limits carbohydrates and their sources. A low carb diet is often a better option, and many people choose to follow this diet for several reasons.

Firstly, it helps with weight loss, many experts agree that carbohydrates are a major culprit in the obesity epidemic in the United States, so lowering the amount you eat can help to prevent weight gain and also help you to lose weight.

Secondly, some people choose the low carb diet for medical reasons. This may be doctor suggested, for those with diabetes or prediabetes or it may simply be because you have found that you react to carbohydrates in a negative way, such as suffering with bloating. Either way, a low carb diet can be beneficial, but can also be hard to follow at the same time. Continue reading →