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LOW CARB-- WHAT IT MEANS!
A low Carb life style. I find when I talk about it people are confused!
A low Carb life style. I find when I talk about it people are confused!
They don’t understand what it means to say
you’re eating a low carb meals.
They are so use to counting calories and
looking for fat grams. It leaves them confused.
It goes against everything they think they
know.
So I found some interesting definitions
of LOW CARB and what it means.
This is from the Mayo
Clinic Staff: Low-carb diet: Can
it help you lose weight? Could a low-carb diet give you an edge in losing
weight? Help you keep weight off permanently? Here's
what you need to know about the low-carb diet. by Mayo clinic staff:
A low-carb diet limits carbohydrates — such as grains, starchy
vegetables and fruit — and emphasizes dietary protein and fat. Many types of
low-carb diets exist, each with varying restrictions on the types and amounts
of carbohydrates you can eat. Purpose: A
low-carb diet is generally used to lose weight. Some low-carb diets say that
they have health benefits beyond weight loss, such as reducing risk factors
associated with heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes and metabolic
syndrome.
Typical menu for a low-carb diet
In general, a low-carb diet focuses on proteins,
including meat, poultry, fish and eggs, and some non-starchy vegetables. A
low-carb diet generally excludes or limits most grains, beans, fruits, breads,
sweets, pastas and starchy vegetables, and sometimes nuts and seeds. Some
low-carb diet plans allow certain fruits, vegetables and whole grains. A daily
limit of 50 to 150 grams of carbohydrates is typical with a low-carb diet. Some
low-carb diets greatly restrict carbs during the initial phase of the diet and
then gradually increase the number of allowed carbs.
(I try to stay under 30 grams of Carbs per day)
Here is some other help information.
I found this on the Global Diabetes Website.
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