There are benefits to both High Fat Diets and High Carb Diets, they both give you the required nutrients, and they both, if used properly, can help you lose weight, gain muscle, or maintain a healthy lifestyle. But overall, which one is better? High Carb diets include a high sugar content and require eating a lot more food. Whereas High Fat Diets require a lot less food, but a lot more satiety. The media puts a lot of emphasis on High Fat Diets and the Atkins diet and has a lot of celebrities endorse it. It is a great way to lose weight fast, but studies show for a long term sustainable weight loss a Low-Fat diet is best. In this research essay I will be comparing both, giving the similarities and giving the differences.
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This explains that when you are eating a high carb diet, you are ingesting a lot more sugars, and a lot more carbs, but by reducing it could be very beneficial. Some benefits of low carb diets stated by the academic journal “Ketogenic Diet: A challenge for heart, brain, and health” the authors state that “a proven benefit is the improvement of cognitive functions with direct therapeutic implications in Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease. It should not be forgotten that the ketogenic diet, by turning the energy metabolism from carbohydrates to fats, allows access to a large amount of energy, which are the fats.” Both statements from these articles are examples of benefits of low carb diets. But what about the …show more content…
The National Food Guide recommends a low-fat diet, to reduce risks of diabetes, and heart disease. “The effects of a High Carb Diet” by Milton Kazmeyer states that the benefits of a high carb diet are that it is a “Quick energy source, boosts blood sugar levels, and if most of the carbs come from vegetables and fruits, the additional vitamins and fiber can help maintain the body and even spur weight loss.” Another huge benefit of high carbohydrate diets is that you can eat a lot more food than the low carbohydrate diet. All these benefits of high carbohydrate diets are the reasons why the National Food Guide recommends a high carb diet. But just because the National Food Guide recommends it, does not mean there is not some drawbacks. A major drawback of higher carb diets, is the excess amount of sugar intake. While yes, sugar is fine in moderation, the high carb diet increases your sugar intake by about 40%. As the article “The Disadvantages of Carbohydrates” by Erin Coleman states “A sugar addiction can lead to nutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity”. Many people take eating high carb as eating a lot of starchy carbs such as bread, pasta, and low fat dairy products. When because these companies try to lower the fat content, they end up adding more sugar. Which is where the high sugar intake comes from. Another drawback is
Low Carbohydrate …show more content…
This explains that when you are eating a high carb diet, you are ingesting a lot more sugars, and a lot more carbs, but by reducing it could be very beneficial. Some benefits of low carb diets stated by the academic journal “Ketogenic Diet: A challenge for heart, brain, and health” the authors state that “a proven benefit is the improvement of cognitive functions with direct therapeutic implications in Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease. It should not be forgotten that the ketogenic diet, by turning the energy metabolism from carbohydrates to fats, allows access to a large amount of energy, which are the fats.” Both statements from these articles are examples of benefits of low carb diets. But what about the …show more content…
The National Food Guide recommends a low-fat diet, to reduce risks of diabetes, and heart disease. “The effects of a High Carb Diet” by Milton Kazmeyer states that the benefits of a high carb diet are that it is a “Quick energy source, boosts blood sugar levels, and if most of the carbs come from vegetables and fruits, the additional vitamins and fiber can help maintain the body and even spur weight loss.” Another huge benefit of high carbohydrate diets is that you can eat a lot more food than the low carbohydrate diet. All these benefits of high carbohydrate diets are the reasons why the National Food Guide recommends a high carb diet. But just because the National Food Guide recommends it, does not mean there is not some drawbacks. A major drawback of higher carb diets, is the excess amount of sugar intake. While yes, sugar is fine in moderation, the high carb diet increases your sugar intake by about 40%. As the article “The Disadvantages of Carbohydrates” by Erin Coleman states “A sugar addiction can lead to nutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity”. Many people take eating high carb as eating a lot of starchy carbs such as bread, pasta, and low fat dairy products. When because these companies try to lower the fat content, they end up adding more sugar. Which is where the high sugar intake comes from. Another drawback is