Low Carb Eating - Article List

Article List for the Low Carb Eating Subject

Atkins Diet - Is it As Effective As They Say?

Even though it has been several decades since the late Dr. Robert Atkins created his self-named low carbohydrate diet, it was only in the late 1990s and early 2000s that the Atkins diet took the weight loss world by storm. Millions of people rode on

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Cut The Fat, Cut The Carbs?

Cut the Fat! Cut the Carbs! You've heard the popular advice on weight loss diets. Cut the fat! Cut the carbs! Cut the calories! Eat a balanced diet! But how can you cut though all of the confusion, and eat a diet that's balanced and healthy?

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Low Carb Eating Is Not Always Good For You

One of the biggest dietary health concerns lately centers around low carb eating and whether it is truly worth the effort or not. This is a valid question, as more often than not, diets and their basic principles fly to the wayside for yet another fad diet

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Today's Low Carb Diet Headlines

Low Carb Diet Terms:

Diet - the usual food and drink of a person.
Biliopancreatic Diversion - duodenal switch weight loss surgery.
Glucomannan - advertised as the Weight Loss Secret That's Been in the Orient for Over 500 Years, has not been proven to be safe or effective by the FDA.
Cabbage soup diet - a fad weight loss diet that is built around heavy consumption of an extremely low-calorie cabbage soup, with the intent of losing 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of weight in a week.
Trans fatty acid (commonly trans fat) - an unsaturated fatty acid with molecules that contain trans double bonds between carbon atoms, making the molecules less kinked compared with those of cis fat. Research suggests a correlation between diets high in trans fats and diseases like atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.