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Low Carb Diet

How Low Carb Diets Work

Executive summary about Low Carb Diets By Karen Ciancio

Many people are confused about how low carb diets work. A low carb diet plan greatly restricts the amount of carbohydrates you consume, as compared with a traditional North American diet, or even compared with a low fat diet. While our bodies would usually burn stored carbohydrates for energy, low carb eating forces the body to burn more stored fat instead. Getting your body to reach this point is one of the goals of a low carbohydrate diet.

Dr. Robert Atkins first introduced the concept of eating a low carbohydrate diet in the 1970s. In the 1990s the diet seemed to be rediscovered and became known as the Atkins New Diet Revolution. Since the reemergence of the Atkins diet, other low carb diets have been developed that are variations of it. The Zone Diet, the Stillman Diet, the Hollywood Diet, the Ketogenic Diet and the South Beach Diet are all based on the idea of eating fewer carbohydrates. Low carb diet plans differ somewhat in the Read more »