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Are Low Carb Diets Good or Bad for Weight Loss Success?
Everybody
has heard of “low carb" diets -- since they are emerging as the newest trend in dieting.
But do they really work?
...And if so, are they the solution to weight loss that everybody is looking for?
We don’t think so, because
most low carb diets have several problems which make losing weight very difficult for the “average” dieter.
For
example, if you follow the Atkins diet (a popular low carb program) then the restriction on carbs for the first couple weeks
is very severe (by almost any standards).
The Atkins program allows just 20 grams of "net carbs" per day during the
first phase of the diet (which usually lasts for 2 weeks).
Just to give you an idea of how few carbs that really is
– even a large apple has more than 20 grams of "net carbs".
This low level of carbs is often too severe for the
“average” dieter to tolerate for 2 weeks straight, and in fact eating such a low level of carbs can make a person
feel “weak” and “miserable” all day long (because your body needs more carbs than that for energy).
Other low carb diets (such as the South Beach Diet) are not quite as severe as the Atkins Plan, but in our opinion
even the South Beach Diet is not as easy to follow as it could be.
We believe that a successful diet needs to be easy
to follow – because that’s the only way that people will stick to the diet and lose weight.
We believe
that diets should not make average people feel “miserable” and “weak” all day long, because if a diet
makes people feel miserable and weak then it’s going to be very difficult for average dieters to adhere to such programs.
We’re not saying that all low carb diets are as restrictive as the Atkins Diet is, but we're saying that most
low carb diets are so hard to follow that “average dieters” will probably wind up feeling hungry and weak all
day long (which is not a good thing for dieting success in our opinion).
We believe that “low carbs” is
not the answer to losing weight, since your body needs a reasonable amount of all 3 types of calories to lose weight consistently
(protein, carbs, and fat).
The truth is that your body needs a reasonable amount of protein, carbs and fat calories
too.
To lose weight quickly you must eat all 3 types of calories in the right proportions, and that’s why most
dieters fail. They fail because nobody knows what the right proportions of calories should be.
To begin losing weight
fast we recommend using the new Idiot Proof Diet shown below -- since there are no specific "portion limits" at any
meal (and dieters can eat as much as they need to at each meal). Also, unlimited amounts of certain condiments can
be eaten with every meal.
This is a brand new type of diet never seen before.
You can begin this new diet right here. |
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