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. |
