| There are tow different kinds of diets on the | | | | at all. This means that in a low carb diet |
| market these days. There are Low fat diets, | | | | your will initially not eat fruits, |
| where you try to lower the amount of fatty | | | | vegetables, crackers, breads or any other |
| foods that you eat and there are low carb | | | | foods that contain any carbohydrates and in |
| diets where you eat more meat and reduce the | | | | doing so this will lead your body into a |
| potatoes and before I continue I would like | | | | state called ketosis where you have no carbs |
| to say that both work for some people and | | | | to burn and your body will only have fat to |
| usually one will work better than the other | | | | burn. |
| for each individual. | | | | |
| | | | A healthy alternative |
| Low fat diets | | | | |
| | | | There is one other diet type that is not as |
| Low fat is the kind of diet that we almost | | | | extreme as the above two diets and that is a |
| always see. Make sure you eat lean meat, do | | | | diet that is higher in protein and lower in |
| not eat desserts, lower the amount of butter | | | | carbohydrates that the above diets. The idea |
| and oils in your diet. These are the classics | | | | is that you look at all the breads, rice and |
| that most people have used successfully in | | | | potatoes in your diet and cut them down |
| the past and this type of diet works for most | | | | radically and at the same time you will take |
| people although some studies seem to show | | | | in more protein until you have reached a |
| that another diet seems to work better. | | | | point where your body will burn more fat but |
| | | | at the same time you are getting a lot more |
| Low carb diets | | | | nutrients than you will have in an Atkins |
| | | | style diet. You have fruits, vegetables and |
| Atkins is the classic example of a low carb | | | | all of the minerals, vitamins and |
| diet. Under the Atkins diet you go through an | | | | antioxidants that go with them. |
| initial phase where you do not eat any carbs | | | | |