Cook Yourself Thin Recipes - Low Carbs

Low carbohydrates (low carbs) coupled with high protein is another diet this has become widely popular due to results that have been achieved, but before you consider jumping into this diet, you should read the following first to prepare yourself; 

1. These so  called low carbohydrate (low carbs) diets, otherwise known as ketogenic diets induce a decrease of glycogen within your muscles. Glycogen is simply the storage form of glucose and therefore energy. When you cause a reduction in glycogen stores, you induce dehydration which results in huge weight loss within the first couple of weeks of dieting. People think this is great weight loss with low carbs whenever it is really water and muscle mass your losing.

Glycogenesis processes lower as well due to this diet. This basically means that glycogen formation within the liver is inhibited resulting in a lower energy level.

2. This general reduction in glycogen  results in lower energy volumes leading to a knock on effect in your normal, daily and natural exercise. This will occur without you even realising. Studies have indicated that loss of muscle glycogen is in proportion of muscle fatigue.

3. This will also result in lower muscle contractions leading to a lower tone definition within your body.

Note that in the absences of carbohydrates within your body, the body will have to use protein (muscle) and fat. The initial phase of muscle depletion is fast due to the accessibility of the muscle protein available. You should also realise that eating extra protein will not solve this matter as there will be a caloric deficit.

Whenever this all eventually takes toll, your insulin levels will drop significantly causing pure breakdown of the muscle protein and inhibition of protein synthesis.

4. Loss of all this muscle within your body will result in a lowered metabolic rate within your muscles. This is because this process occurs in your muscles and basically, the lower the muscle, the lower the metabolism, meaning less fat breakdown due to fewer calories being burnt every day.

5. Your muscles will generally look saggy, unstructured and with no definition.

On the other hand, if you have a balance between fruits and vegetables along with whole grains, pasta's and brown rice; will be on a sufficient & healthy weight loss program. Just like proteins, too much of these carbohydrates will have a negative result on you and display no signs of any weight loss.

6. A lot of regular exercise is also key to a proper healthy diet. This is because people who have an active lifestyle immediately use consumed carbohydrates to replenish they glycogen stores to the liver and muscle whilst simultaneously burning fat through the metabolism procedure.

7. To again stress this point, the majority of weight loss from a high protein, low carb diet as actually due to muscle loss and dehydration.

8.The amount of people who regain the weight they have lost is high and in many cases, a lot actually gain more. This muscle loss means a lowered metabolic rate meaning a lower calorie burning process.  

9. Don't be thinking that manufactured and processed low fat goods are the answer because they are certainly not. It has actually been theorized that they may in fact lead to possible health problems and contain too much sugar as well.

10. People think it works because people happen to be dropping weight fast. This is true, but it will obviously work because people are eating few calories. There's no secret formula to this diet but there is a healthy and an unhealthy way to do it. 

11. Low carbohydrate diets don't have very much fibre which is important in a diet. Every 'plant produce' has some fibre but 'animal produce' have no fibre. By not having a lot of fibre within your diet can increase the risk of cancers and cardiovascular diseases as well as inducing possible bowel disorders and constipation.

12. Low carbohydrate diets lack the correct amount of nutrients and antioxidant's that are found within fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains. Lack of this could also increase the chances of heart disease as well as cancer.

13. Most people already have too much protein in their diet and in some cases many have double the amount. This combined with an excessive protein diet will obviously be too much for a healthy body. Most individuals don't realise that fruits, vegetables and whole grains contain sufficient protein with animal products containing even more.

14. Extra protein puts a high hazard on your body with many effects including painful joints, kidney problems and some instances osteoporosis.

Reduced carbohydrate, excessive protein diets induce an unwholesome physiological realm known as ketosis. Ketosis is a metabolic acidosis process. Fat burns in flames of Carbohydrates.

Why low carbohydrate, excessive protein Diets? There are many plausible reasons for this.