Low Carb Diet

Carb is a short form of carbohydrate which is a major source of energy and is seen mainly in grains, dairy products, vegetables, fruits etc. Low carb diet is now very popular among those people who want to reduce their weight. . Excess carbs in your diet get stored in the body as fat. If you avoid carbohydrate completely from your diet then you may be devoid of energy. Hence you need to take a low carb in your diet to keep your self healthy while controlling your weight.

What is a Low Carb Diet

Food is made of three basic macro nutrients like carbohydrate, fat and protein. For a low carb diet the percentage of carbohydrate  in the food must be low. Foods having 50 to 70 percentage carbohydrate are called as high carb foods and those with 40 to 50 percentage carb is called moderate carb foods. While foods having 25 to 39 percentage carb are called low carb foods. Certain foods having 0 to 25 percentage carbohydrate in them are called very low carb foods. .  In low carb diet only a low percent of the energy comes from carbohydrate while the rest must be met from protein and fat. Hence a low carb diet can also be called a high protein diet.

Low carb diet a is a 28 days diet plan that helps to reduce weight quickly. During low carb diet you can take three low carb meals along with three low carb snacks. Low carb diet includes two phases each of 14 days period. First phase allows 30 gram of carbohydrate per day and the second phase allows 55 gram carbohydrate each day.

Low carb Diet  Menu

Have your breakfast with ¼ cup of cereals with blueberries.

Snack with one ounce roast turkey wrapped with carrot sticks or celery.

Lunch can be with a salad made out of four cups of dark green vegetables, 4 ounce cooked chicken meat, half avocado along with vinaigrette dressing.

Snack with ¼ cup of whole almonds.

For dinner use 5 ounce of grilled steak, one cup cooked green beans and one cup mushroom cooked with pepper, herbs and wine.

Benefits of Low Carb Diet

Those who are very sensitive to carbohydrate are prone to get better results than others. Most of the people lost their weight, improve their triglycerides, increase good cholesterol and decrease the high blood pressure after having the low carb diet. Sometimes low carb diet is found to lower the blood glucose of diabetic patients. Certain people are found to improve their energy levels with better concentration levels.