Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Why So Many Diets Do Not Work. | The Writers' Cafe

Why So Many Diets Do Not Work. The Writers' Cafe: "to do some research on the entire topic of what is commonly known as the high protein diet. I suppose now might be a geat time to state that I am not an MD, and am not making any official dietary reccomendations here. My hope is simply to educate the reader using relatively easy (non-technical) terminology.
Llow-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption usually for weight control. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates (e.g. breads, pasta) are limited or replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of proteins and fats (e.g. meats, soy products) and often other foods low in carbohydrates (e.g. green leafy vegetables).
From wikipedia (link below)
Low-carbohydrate diets
The precise definition of low-carbohydrate diets varies greatly. The term is most commonly used to refer to ketogenic diets, i.e. diets that restrict carbohydrate intake sufficiently to cause ketosis like the Atkins diet,[1][2][3] but some sources consider less restrictive variants to be low-carbohydrate as well…"

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