Benefits of low-carb diet

This is definitely a healthy way to lose weight and many other diets are not. In general, while on a low-carb diet, you do not necessarilly need to count the calories. You could eat all you want, as often as you want, in order to prevent hunger. Do not stuff yourself, just eat until you are no longer hungry, but remember, there is a difference between being hungry and having an appetite. Hunger means your body needs more food, so you need to eat, while having an appetite means you have the feeling that you want to eat, whether your body needs more food or not. In some cases, for those who are metabolically resistant, reducing total food intake may help stimulate or maintain weight loss but it is the carbs, not the total calories that must be kept low. Because you are consuming fats and oils, your appetite stays under control. That happens because fatty foods are very satisfying. Eating a high level of fat actually causes you to lose weight faster than if you were fasting, which is because, during a fast, your body thinks it is starving, so it kicks into a very high efficiency state of metabolism. This slows down weight loss. However, with a high fat diet, combined with very low amounts of carbohydrates, your body knows it is not starving, and metabolism is maintained at a normal level. Although consuming fats is necessary for a healthy diet, try to limit consumption of trans-fats such as margarine and shortening. Good fats include olive oil, flax seed oil, canola oil, oils found in nuts, and real butter. Most fats should be the monounsaturated and saturated fats, but avoid the polyunsaturated fats when possible, except for those containing the essential omega-3 fatty acids contained in fish. You should also know that a low-carb diet is not necessarily a high protein diet, but it is an adequate protein diet, and it is primarily a high fat diet. In addition, there is no evidence that eating lots of protein will damage healthy kidneys.

Advantages of low-carbing 

    * sustained weight loss

    * stabilized blood sugar, which is especially important for diabetics

    * lower insulin levels

    * better blood lipid profile with lower cholesterol

    * lowered blood pressure

    * more energy