What is a low-carbohydrate (carb) diet?
A diet which limits the intake of carbohydrates is known as a low-carb diet. It includes intake of high amount of proteins which may include rich protein sources like fruits and vegetables. Also, fish, meat, eggs, legumes and other foods are also included in this diet. Food such as bread, potatoes, beans, pasta, pizza should be avoided which are high in carb content.
Low carb diet is known as “reduced carbohydrate” or “low sugar diet” that means less or no consumption of foods that are high in carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is the major source of energy. When you eat food body burns carbohydrate and stores fat in the body whereas when you don’t eat much carbohydrate, your body looks for an alternative source of energy i.e. “Fat” to fulfill the requirement of body. Over a time, a low carb diet reprograms your body to burn fat for its energy first, then carbohydrates second. Which foods are high in Carbohydrates? Foods high in carbohydrates include breads, pasta, pizza, beans, potatoes, bran, rice and cereals (unless they are special “low carb” types). Some meats contain carbs too – liver and other organ meats, clams, oysters, and especially processed lunch and deli meats, sausages, etc. What is left for me to eat then? Low carb dieters have choice to eat foods rich in protein such as meats, poultry, fish, eggs, isolated protein powders (soy, whey, egg),
