LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIETS

Low carbohydrate diet 

Low Carbohydrate diet is weight loss plans to reduce or eliminate carbohydrates such as fruits, starchy vegetables, white flour and sugar in the diet and increasing intake of foods such as chicken, beef, pork, seafood, dairy products and green vegetables. Although the Atkins diet was mainly responsible for the popularity of diets low in carbohydrates in the 1990s, the written history of eating low carbohydrate began in the 1860s. While there is still much controversy on the safeness of long-term diet low in carbohydrates, the supporters of this declaration diet lifestyle that is the modern version of the diet of the caveman properly balanced and very nutritious. 

  

The "father" of low-carbohydrate diets

William Banting was a British undertaker obese, the first attempt to document the low-carbohydrate diet under the supervision of Dr. William Harvey. Banting lost 50 pounds. In 1863, Banting wrote an open letter, the Charter of corpulence, addressed to the public, as outlined in the plan, which followed low-carbohydrate diet, which includes four meals a day with fruit, dry wine, protein and vegetables. He also documented all his previous failed attempts to lose weight and invited the public to eradicate their use of dairy products, beer and foods rich in starch. 

  

The famous low carbohydrate diet Most

Dr. Robert C. developed the popular Atkins low-carbohydrate diet in the 1960s and published his theory in his book, The Diet Revolution in 1972. There was immediate disagreement about the Atkins diet because it went against the generally accepted standard American diet that contains carbohydrates, which are served alongside the protein in most meals. The popularity of the doctrine of the revolution achieved limited success Diet and Dr. Atkins did not gain international fame after the publication of Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution in the 1990s.

More low-carbohydrate diets Emerge

In 1978, two the Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet weeks up as the rapid weight loss diet. The Scarsdale diet was a huge success at first, but not be popular for long. Diet low in carbohydrates remained in the background and did not regain popularity until the late 1990s, when other low-carbohydrate diet began to show. The two most popular is the South Beach Diet, there is a lot as the Atkins diet, but suggests only eat lean protein, and the field suggests that carbohydrates should constitute 40 percent of the diet, while proteins and fats represent 60 percent.

Considerations

While many people have claimed to have had rapid weight loss in the initial phases of the diet low in carbohydrates in recent years, there is no conclusive evidence that diets low in carbohydrates keep off excess weight for long periods. Moreover, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and National Cholesterol Education Program low-protein all share, not low-carb diets such as diets for the benefit of long-term health. 

  

Pregnancy and low carbohydrate diets

Dr. Steven Johnson, an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Cincinnati, Ohio warns mothers hope that diets low in carbohydrates, which makes the body breaks down fat in incomplete form may lead to fetal brain damage.