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Low carb diets
What can I say about the high – profile, High protein diets where you fill yourself with saturated fats for extended periods of time, that hasn’t been said before ? We all know they work in the short term, if you can stand it, but the down side is pretty unpleasant and the long – term effects are unknown. The slow – moving transit of animal at through the gut, and lack of fibre, is uncomfortable at best and may increase the risk of bowel cancer and heart disease. The low levels of carbohydrate in these
Weight loss diets can reduce the levels of serotonin, one of the chemicals that regulates mood and encourages relaxed and positive feelings. The problem is magnified in women because they have naturally lower levels of serotonin, so this diet can lead to irritability and even depression, as well as possible physical complications.
But the most important aspect of these High protein diets and restrictive Weight loss diets is that they can suit some people and not others – there is no in between – and no knowing if your body will react violently against it until you do it Deviating from the Atkins diet in any way during the first two weeks can be dangerous and can seriously damage your body.
The vice – president of the Atkins Health Service, Collette, Heimo witz, has stated that ‘when you cheat with alcohol, or bread etc. you are switching back to a carbohydrate metabolism, which is a different metabolism, so high carb, high fat is the most dead liest of combinations’. It seems to me that this diet is best suited to the carbohydrate – sensitive people who’ve had a tendency to be overweight for most of their lives, and who get less hungry by eating large amounts of protein. On the other hand, a calorie – sensitive person who is over weight by less than 11.3 kg ( 211b/1 stone 111b) and doesn’t have the symptoms associated with poor carbohydrate metabolism – food cravings which disappear when they eat starchy or sugary foods – will not be successful with this diet, and may even gain a few pounds. The fried breakfast haven of one group is the retching nightmare of another, But the phenomenal success of High protein diets is surely based on the concept that they’re diets that don’t seem like diets, because you can have the forbidden fruit. Well, not actual fruit, abviously, but contains of meat covers in cream and butter. A major concern when cutting out fruit and many vegetables from your diet is getting enough vitamins and minerals, but these diets advise taking supplements instead. In fact the sale of the books is matched by the sale of the nutritional supplements manufacturers every where are getting in on the act. In America there are now 800 special foods available labeled ‘low carb’ – ketchup, cereal bars, milkshakes, chocolate bread, and so on. The problem is that there is no definition of what exactly can, and what can’t, be labeled low carbohydrate. The Foods Standards Agency has issued guidelines about what can be called low fat, reduced fat and virtually fat –free. However, no such guidelines exist for the carbohydrate content of foods. There’s also the chance that people who aren’t over weight will think that these kinds of foods are a healthier alternative to normal food. They’re not. They won’t reduce your waistline but they’ll always reduce your bank balance Still, if you’re the kind of person prepared to take a potentially dangerous risk to get slim, rather than choosing a less violent way of losing weight, and always have cauliflowers in your cupboard instead of potatoes, prefer tofu to bananas, enjoy fried eggs for breakfast, steak for lunch and cheesy snacks, then you too can be a contender. And I won’t make any unfair, ungracious and biased comments about your breath smelling like a sumo wrestler’s jock strap, because you may be one of the very few whose dosen’t.
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