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Nutrition For Weight Loss: A Low-Carb Diet is right for me?
The source of their calories from protein foods, fats and carbohydrates. Most of the calories you eat come from carbohydrates and fats. Carbohydrates are starches and sugars found in foods such as bread, pasta and sweets. Diets low in carbohydrates (or known simply as low-carb diets) decrease the calories you get from sugars and starches.
The people who make low-carb diets eat less bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and cereals. They usually eat more vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, eggs and nuts.
Do these diets help people to lose weight?People always lose weight eat less calories than the body uses. The people who make low-carb diet usually consume fewer calories, in spite of eating more protein and fat than normal. It has been shown that low-carb diets help people who are overweight lose weight. These diets may be more effective than diets low in fat, when people first start dieting.
However, after the first six months, the low-carb diets work better than other diets. Read the rest of this entry »