Lauren Wong HFA 4U0 Low Carbohydrate Diets Introduction A low carb diet is a meal plan that people follow, where all carbohydrates are cut out of every meal for the purpose rapidly losing weight. Many wonder whether low carb diets are healthy and beneficial, or detrimental to ones health. This report will explain many aspects of low carb diets, including a general overview, myths associated with low carb diets, short and long term effects, an overview of the most commonly practiced low carb diet, and the reason people start living this lifestyle. Overview Many women’s and men’s health magazines and products advertise the greatness and effectiveness of low carb diets, when in fact this diet can be dangerous to your health. It is required that the average women intakes 130 grams of carbohydrates each day, and the average male intakes 150 grams of carbs. This diet limits the intake to less than 30 grams per day. (Thrifty Living, 2014) When very little carbohydrates are consumed, the body responds by burning muscle tissue for the glycogen, or stored glucose it contains. The body also reduces the amount of blood sugar and insulin. When the glycogen stores start to run out, the body has nothing left to use as an energy source, thus resorting to burning fat. Though this is what people aim for, it is a very inefficient and unhealthy way to do so; and it complicates the production of blood sugar. The body has no source of glycogen, and therefore creates blood sugar via body fat. This process creates ketones, and puts the body in a state of ketosis. (Reader’s Digest, 2014) Essentially, ketosis is when fat is being used as the body’s main energy source, but has many side effects to it. Bad breath, fatigue, a metallic taste in the mouth, ... ... middle of paper ... ... these diets to rapidly lose weight to look good before a red carpet event, or to look like a role for a film. These diets are used for the sole purpose of their career, and not necessarily for their own personal benefit. Conclusion In all, low carb diets are not the best solution for weight loss. The health risks involved display a negative impact on the long term health and well being of individuals, and above all is not sustainable. They myths of low carb diets display that these diets are never beneficial for anyone, whether they diet for a short or long period of time. As well, people start living this lifestyle for the wrong reasons. Rapid weight loss is deemed as more important than any health risks involved. Based on all these facts, it can be concluded that living a low carb lifestyle will never promote a persons well being and overall health.
Kay’s compromise is setting her up for troubles. She is doing the acceptable thing by researching the issue however she has missed some finer points. While fats at 9 calories per gram do in fact yield more calories per gram than carbohydrates which are 4 calories per gram and as such do indeed have a greater potential for energy use she is misguided in her thinking and taking an approach where she drops her carbohydrates low and takes in high fat in her diet is perverting the facts. A diet of the energy-dense fats will not be better for her in this event. She needs to trust and listen to her coach and their recommendation for her to see a sports nutrition professional. It will take following a properly guided meal plan for her to be competitive in this event and remain healthy.
Not only do low-fat diets not work but they are dangerous towards our body. Our body needs certain fats to sustain energy and support cell growth. Low-fat diets may worsen HDL cholesteric and triglycerides. Because low-fat diets have not been successful towards many people, they turn around to face another lie. They begin to abandon the idea of taking low-fat diets and turn to high-fat diets. The super-high-fat Atkins diet or zone and sugar busters diet which are just as flawed as the low-fat diets. Many people find it hard to lose weight and even on these diets they tend to still gain weight. Many of the reasons why diets high and low in fat or carbohydrates don’t work are because they are not accurate. They are hard to keep up so they eventually stop the diet. They set goals that seem almost unrealistic and the processes of keeping the diet seem even harder than taking the weight off. Obesity has become a big epidemic in America. Americans tend to look for the easy way out. Getting on a diet that seems like a good idea without realizing how unrealistic it can become. How it promises to make you lose 5lbs a month if you stay committed. Lies. The narrow-minded focus on fats has been a failure that seems to have worsened the problem of obesity. The best way to keep the body safe is to avoid smoking, eating right and exercising. These healthy lifestyles will change the course of the death sentence that most Americans carry upon
One of the most important parts of any persuasive essay is the counterclaim. This is where the author states the opposing side’s opinion, and then states why their opinions are wrong. In the article “The Skinny on Low-Fat Diets”, the author talks about the why some people continue to follow the low-fat diet, and why they think it works. It is not only important that the author includes this in his article, but it is mandatory. The counterclaim is what really pushes the article that extra mile to persuade the reader.
The diet that usually begin with an “induction” phase that disregards almost every source of carbohydrate. Often, you’ll consume as few as 20 grams of carbohydrate a day. That is no more than 100 calories. On a 1,200-calorie eating routine, that is just around 8 percent of your day by day calories. Like I stated earlier,45 and 65 percent of our calories from carbs. In the same way as other eating routine arranges, the Atkins Diet keeps on developing. It now empowers eating all the more high-fiber vegetables, obliges veggie lover and vegetarian needs, and addresses wellbeing issues that might emerge when at first beginning a low-carb diet. At the point when sugar utilization falls beneath 100 grams, the body for the most part reacts by blazing muscle tissue for the glycogen it contains. When those glycogen stores start to run out, the body resorts to burning body fat. But that’s a very inefficient, complicated way to produce blood sugar. The body tries to do it only when it absolutely has to (such as when it’s starving)—and for good reason. Turning fat into blood sugar comes at a price in the form of by-products called ketones. They make your breath smell funny. They can also make you tired, lightheaded, headachy, and nauseated. Feeling lousy is certainly one way to dampen the appetite, but not one that most people would
The Ketogenic Diet, or Keto Diet, is an increasingly popular way of eating designed to help the body use its own fat stores for fuel. In contrast to the Standard American Diet, nicknamed SAD for a reason, the Keto Diet deliberately decreases the number of carbohydrates consumed to a mere five percent of daily caloric intake. An easy benchmark is to eat less than 30 grams of carbohydrates on a daily basis.
The girl once in high school struggling with her weight has now learned the value of a low carb diet and what it can do for her body and her health. “The low carb diet was most beneficial for lowering triglycerides, which are the main fat- carrying particle in the bloodstream” (The Nutrition Source). Therefore, targeting the fats in one’s body is one of the most important aspects of the low carb diet. If one can lower the triglycerides in their system this will guarantee that the diet has more of a chance of working correctly ensuring weight loss. When trying to accomplish this task The Nutrition Source suggests that it is good to try to include some fruits, vegetables, and whole grains essential vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Although some might be quick to analyze the access of ease to this diet, it is easily attainable if one has a plan set up to how they will go about starting a low carb
The body breaks down various carbohydrate foods (whether simple or complex) into glucose, which is used easily for energy or saved away in muscles and fat stores for later use. Carbs are the body’s preferred, No. 1 energy source. However, they aren’t the only macronutrient that supplies energy to cells. This is why it’s possible to follow a low-carb diet and still have enough energy, endurance and muscular strength. However, special care should be taken in relation to Refined and processed carbs which release glucose (sugar) into the bloodstream more quickly, leading to symptoms like low energy levels, cravings, overeating, weight gain and brain fog. Eating lots of processed/fast carbs can also increase risk for insulin resistance and diabetes. “Slow carbs” like veggies, whole pieces of fruit, ancient grains and legumes provide a slower release of glucose and better supply of energy for our cells that lasts for
The Atkins Diet: Low-Carb Mania Dr. Robert Atkins ignited the dieting world when he introduced the word “low carb mania,” which is now known as the Atkins diet. The diet claims that you can lose weight on a high fat, high protein diet. The program works on four main principles which are to limit the amount of consumption of simple carbohydrates, increase the intake of protein, to exercise on a daily basis, and to maintain proper food consumption.
Each morning I get on the scales and hope that I can celebrate losing a pound or two. The numbers I see on the scale represent a gauge that keeps me moving forward in a weight loss program. When I look at the numbers on the scale I realize I am making progress in losing weight, however, am I putting my body at more risk just by limiting certain foods? Comparing and contrasting my typical diet to the amounts of daily nutrients recommended in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Guide Pyramid has proven that I am not a healthy eater. I may have to make some dramatic changes or face significant health issues in the future. After reviewing several plans, I have chosen the South Beach Diet to follow to take advantage of the healthy benefits of following a low-carbohydrate diet.
In contrast with the “good fat”, there is also a negative, which is the “bad fat”. Saturated fat, which is considered the “bad fat”, has been linked to high cholesterol and heart disease. It is mostly found in milk and other milk products. Therefore, the low fat diet encourages its participants to reduce saturated fat for it is the main cause of high cholesterol level. On the other hand, even though low carbohydrate diets do not state that carbohydrates are bad; they do state that it causes weight gain; this idea gives most Americans that it is bad because it causes a person to gain weight.
They do this by not just driving home the point made by the previous movie on making clear the terribleness of a processed food diet, but by inherently offering a proposition to the audience to move to more natural diet (e.g., paleolithic diets, raw vegan or vegetarian, ‘juicing’) and utilizing a holistic approach to dieting. There was also a fair warning against ‘fad dieting’ in the first half of the movie, as well as an overarching philosophy towards dieting for health as opposed to weight.
Firstly, following fad diets may lead to depression. Researchers point out that people, who follow fad diets, suffer of lack of essential chemical elements that the body produces such as amino acids and that affect the nerve impulses (Revill, 2006). These elements may affect our emotional. The human body affected by the percentage of essential ingredients that the body produces and when the percentage of the chemical material in human’s body decreases that affects brain and makes it unhealthy which causes the feeling of depression. Another factor connecting fad diets and mental effects is that when elderly people follow fad diets it can raise the incidence of dementia. According to Dr Dangour as it cited in “the Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum”, 2008, the practicing of a fad diets in elderly people causes the decrease of omega-3, which works to protect their bodies from dementia. It shows the important of balance diet to maintain the brain. Thirdly, following low carbohydrate diet make people feel tired. The research points out that when people consume low percentage of carbohydrate which create the glucose in human’s body the body starts to create the glucose from protein which lead to breakdown body muscle to feed brain and that make people feel tired (Nutrition - Fad Diets, n.d.). Clearly, we need variety in what we eat and fad diets usually restrict people to eat specific kind of food. Finally, people who follow
The Atkins diet is one of the most popular fad diets. Carbohydrates play an important role in the Atkins diet. This diet is based on keeping the carbohydrate level controlled, with a process known as ketosis (Akins par. 3). Because carbohydrates are the body’s primary energy source, keeping this level to a minimum causes the body to get energy from a different source. In the place of carbohydrates, stored body fat is burned. Carbohydrates also participate in insulin creation. Insulin is what turns the extra carbohydrates into fat. Therefore, if the body is getting fewer carbohydrates that means less insulin is being created. If less insulin is being created, then less fat is being produced resulting in weight-loss (Atkins par. 5). The Atkins diet is also a 4-phase diet. The first phase of this diet is known as the induction phase. This specific phase lasts for a minimum of two weeks. Along with this phase comes a twenty gram limit of carbohydrates, and no more. During this stage, the dieter is not allowed to eat any breads, starchy vegetables, grains, or fruits (Atkins par. 4). During this phase is when the process of ketosis takes place. Phase two of this diet is called the Ongoing Weight Loss phase. This phase consists of adding mo...
Ketogenic diets, often called low-carbohydrate (low carb is slang), seem to be the latest diet trend. There are many different forms, all varying in different degrees. Ketogenic diets focus primarily on the limited intake of carbohydrates in the food pyramid. In order to clearly understand ketogenic diets, one must start with the basics-what are ketones and where are ketones found and produced???
Most fad diets do not focus on meeting the nutritional requirements of your body, but on losing weight quickly. This encourages unhealthy eating habits as many people result to restricting their intake of foods that have essential nutrients. In fact, the diet programs are designed to take advantage of the willingness of people to attempt anything to lose weight or feel and look