what is a NO CARB DIET?!


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Low carb diet” (also called “reduced carbohydrate” or “controlled carbohydrate”) is a broad term, encompassing many popular diet books (examples: Atkins, South Beach, Zone, Protein Power, Sugar Busters, Carbohydrate Addicts Diet) as well as eating plans that don’t follow a rigid format, but advise limiting the consumption of foods with a lot of carbohydrate. Some diets limit the amount of overall carbohydrate, while others focus on certain types of foods, generally ones high in starch and sugars, such as the “No White Foods” approach. Still others focus on how glycemic the diet is.

It’s important not to equate “low carb” with the very low carb phase of some popular diets. These phases are usually meant to be quite short, with more carbohydrate phased in after that. Other diets begin at a higher level of carbohydrate, but still less than the USDA Food Pyramid suggests. Any diet whose primary focus is the reduction of carbohydrate in any way is what is meant by “low carb” on this site. In terms of percentages, since the usual “mainstream” recommendation is a diet with 50-65% calories from carbohydrate, I consider a diet with 40% or less energy from carbs a “low-carb diet”, though most of them don’t measure it in this way.

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uh...I don't think you can survive without carbs.
no sugar
Foolishness. Carbs are not necesarily bad for you unless you get the type that is. You must look up waht not eat or ask your doctor, or a nutritionist.
my Dr. told me no white stuff- sugar, anything with flour in it, potaoes, rice, breads, etc.
A diet without carbohydrates. A no carb diet is probably a bad idea, but low-carb diets have been very popular in recent years.

As with any diet, it works best if you eat sensible portions and exercise.
mmmm.water and lettuce!
The natives in Alaska, I think their called the Inuit, live off of only meat which has no carbs. Though this diet doesn't seem to fair well with most others accustomed to a eurasian diet. And you can get scurvy if you cook the meat, strangley enough. The meat tends to lose their vitamins when cooked.
Carbs are carbohydrates which is sugar or foods that turn into sugar in your system. Pasta, potatoes,may vegetables, cookeis, candy, ice cream, bread.. A popular no carb diet is the Atkins, it works great to lose the initial pounds but is near impossible to stick with.
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husband who lost weight on Atkins and gained it back when trying to eat normal again.. basically it turns your body into the fuel source and you feed on yourself.. I think it is called ketosis and is actually a toxic state to be in
Low carb diets are based on the premise that a diet very low in carbohydrate leads to a reduction in the body's insulin production, resulting in fat and protein (muscle) stores being used as its main energy source
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http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/logout/news_features/lowcarbdiet.htm
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The low (very low) carbohydrate diet is infamous for producing "brain fog" because your CNS (Central Nervous System) and brain function exclusively on glucoze(glucoze is a carbohydrate)
A NO CARB DIET makes you grumpy grumpy grumpy.

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