8 ways to cut carbs in a healthy manner. While low-carb diets are a popular way to lose weight, cutting carbs from your diet can be easier said than done. After all, as anyone who's tried to go cold turkey on carbs can attest, carbs seem to find their way into just about everything that's delicious. So how do you get the carbohydrate monkey off your back and "carb" your enthusiasm once and for all? Well, you can either sign up to be a member of pasta-holics anonymous, or you can watch this video on 8 popular ways you can reduce your carb intake and get a head start on your low-carb diet. #Carbs #Carbohydrates #Nutrition
Timestamps:
1) A “TYPICAL” LOW CARB DIET: 1:42
2) KETOGENIC DIET: 3:10
3) LOW-CARB, HIGH-FAT: 4:46
4) PALEO DIET: 5:48
5) THE ATKINS DIET: 7:15
6) ECO-ATKINS: 8:15
7) THE ZERO-CARB DIET: 9:12
8) LOW-CARB MEDITERRANEAN DIET: 10:36
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Summary:
1. A "Typical" Low Carb Diet
While Gunnars states that a “typical” low carb diet is a loosely defined term, a simple diet that places a focus on restricting your intake of carbohydrates can be an effective way to manage your weight. Usually, this type of carb-restricted diet involves a meal plan that is low in carbs but high in protein, making use of high-protein food sources such as meat, fish, eggs, nuts, and seeds, as well as the usual staples of fruit, veggies and healthy fats.
2. Ketogenic Diet
If you’ve already done some research into low-carb dieting options, you’ve probably heard words like “keto” getting thrown around from time to time. A ketogenic or “keto” diet is a diet that is very low in carbs but high in fats, causing your body to undergo a metabolic state known as ketosis.
3. Low-Carb, High-Fat
A low-carb, high-fat diet, or LCFH, is similar to the previous two meal plans we mentioned, but with a greater emphasis placed on the consumption of whole and unprocessed foods. Unprocessed foods, sometimes referred to as “real” foods, are foods that typically consist of a single ingredient and do not feature any human processing or the addition of chemical additives; these foods are usually praised for being highly nutritional, low in sugar, and better for the environment, as well as less cost-effective in the long run.
4. Paleo Diet
One of the most popular ways to cut carbs worldwide is the Paleo Diet. Named after the Paleolithic era of human history, the Paleo diet encourages you to eat the same foods that were available to some of our earliest ancestors, before the introduction of game-changers such as agriculture or the industrial revolution. Hey Lucy, can you pass me another one of those Glyptodon steaks? Sorry, that joke might be a bit too much of a thinker -- any paleontologists in the audience with us tonight?
5. The Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet is a form of low-carb meal plan that involves cutting as many carbs as possible while eating as many high-protein or high-fat foods as your heart and stomach desire. The diet itself is split into four phases, starting with an “induction” phase where you limit yourself to under 20 grams of carbs for at least 2 weeks, followed by slowly letting healthy carbs back into your diet in small increments.
6. Eco-Atkins
Want to get in on the Atkins action but without all the meaty parts? Well, you’re in luck, a vegan variation of the Atkins Diet also exists, referred to as “Eco-Atkins”. The Eco-Atkins diet offers up a number of plant-based alternatives to meet your high protein and fat-related needs, such as gluten, soy, nuts, and plant oils.
7. The Zero-Carb Diet
So you’ve decided it’s time to fully commit. No nonsense, no excuses, no compromise. Carbs, you better lose my number, because you are dead to me!
Except, cutting carbs out of your life entirely might actually be a really, really bad idea. People who subscribe to a no carb diet restrict themselves to only animal-based foods such as meat, fish, eggs, and animal fats like butter and lard. With the exception of some spices, this all-carnivore diet leaves no room for plant matter whatsoever.
8. Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet
As the name implied, a Mediterranean diet is a meal plan based on the traditional foods prepared in countries like Italy and Greece earlier in the 20th century. Research has indicated that the Meditteranean diet is considered healthier than the typical diet of Americans from the same time period, and the diet itself has been linked to both weight loss and reduced chance of diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
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