Why Low Carb Diets Are Bad For Weight Loss

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Why Low Carb Diets Are Bad For Weight Loss

Copyright 2006

Many people looking to burn / lose a significant amount of

fat / weight can become very confused when they read and

hear all of the conflicting information that's spread on

TV, magazines, the internet, and diet books. ..

One of the most misunderstood techniques is the low carb

diets that have been very popular in the last several years.

The popular belief lately is that sugar (carbohydrates)

should be kept to moderate to low levels in your eating.

The reason for this is because of the recent popularity of

low-carb diets, such as The Atkins diet, The Southbeach

diet, The Zone diet, etc.

Even in bodybuilding magazines all of a sudden everyone and

their mother is recommending to keep carbs in your diets

almost to a minimum.

Well, the misconception that sugar is somehow " evil " and

will cause you to get fat, raise your bad cholesterol, and

even lose your " insulin sensitivity " is based on several

MYTHS that have been passed around by the media and " monkey

see, monkey do " nutrition and exercise " gurus " .

One of the main misconceptions is that eating carbs will

cause a sharp rise of insulin in your blood, which

supposedly causes your body to store fat.

A lot of this is based on the incorrect belief that you

should avoid eating " high GI (glycemic index) " foods, and

to mainly get most of your carbs from " low GI " foods.

Basically, the Glycemic Index is a chart that was developed

years ago that measures how much of a rise in insulin a

certain food causes in the blood once digested.

To put it simply, the higher the GI number is, the higher

and quicker it makes your insulin rise.

(For some odd reason that's NOT based on any real,

conclusive evidence. People seem to think that raising

your insulin levels is " bad " ).

Well, in 1981, researchers at the University of Toronto

were the first to accurately notice that " simple " carb

foods (having a high GI) actually produced a smaller

increase in blood sugar than most " complex " (or low GI)

foods (everyone today thinks the opposite is true, of

course based on what they read in the " burn fat / lose

weight " article)!

In fact, eating table sugar (sucrose) actually causes a

smaller increase in blood sugar than eating foods such as

baked potatoes and whole wheat bread.

Foods containing added sugars do NOT have a higher GI than

foods containing naturally occurring sugars.

In fact, you really can't count on the " GI " much at all!!!

Why?

Because the Glycemic Index does NOT take into account the

differences in variety, ripeness, processing, or cooking

foods, which have a huge impact on how that particular food

affects your insulin levels, even if you are trying to lose

weight.

Also, the fat content of food also has an affect on

insulin: foods that are high in fat have a lower GI, like

peanuts, which only have a GI of 14.

In addition, there some foods that have a high GI number,

but don't affect your insulin levels at all........like

carrots!

Carrots have a GI of 95 (which is pretty high), but don't

try to tell me that you'll get fat, get diabetes, etc.,

from eating carrots!!!

Bodybuilding magazines, supplement companies, and the

internet spread myths to all of us seeking to burn fat /

lose weight, only leading us to NO RESULTS!

If you are trying to eat your way to a leaner, more

defined, more sculpted you, there is NO NEED TO BREAK DOWN

YOUR EATING DOWN TO ALL KINDS OF RATIOS or PERCENTAGES.

Regardless of what type of foods you eat and in what

combinations, " IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE CALORIES " !

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