Low-carbohydrate diet

Menopause Weight Gain and Diet The steady decline of your estrogen levels at menopause also brings about a slow down in your metabolism. This is the culprit of weight gain during menopause. Estrogen levels influence the distribution of your body fat and when these levels decrease, your body tends to store fat, especially around the abdomen, the exact reason of which is yet unknown. Loss and weakening of muscle tissues may also be attributed to a reduction in physical activity for…

Ketosis diet plans, better known as ketogenic diets, include food plans that are really low in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are, of course, one of the leading resources of energy for your body. Carbohydrates release energy directly into your body, that is crucial to its normal functioning. When you reduce your intake of carbohydrates the body has no energy to burn, which could in essence mean you die. So, this is a really good thing that the body knows how to deal with the situation. Whenever…

What is the ketogenic diet? Simply put, the ketogenic diet is any diet that "forces" the body into a state of ketosis, and in which the energy consumed fats instead of carbohydrates. Proper ketogenic diet requires the consumption of large quantities of fat, protein and a sufficient amount of very small quantities of carbohydrates. Our bodies are used to convert carbohydrates into glucose, which the body uses for energy. When sufficient restricting carbohydrate intake enter into a state of…

reports, and even with a multitude of diet options available, obesity rates have consistently been on the rise in the United States. Throughout history, the general consensus amongst doctors and nutritionists has been to focus on a diet low in fat with moderate levels of protein and carbohydrates. Limiting fat, unfortunately,…

Introduction: Ketogenic diet contains high fats, adequate amount of proteins and low concentration of carbohydrates. It produces ketones in the body which are used as an energy source. It is called ketogenic food as it produces ketones bodies (ketosis). Normally glucose molecule is used as a fuel for energy production but ketogenic food have large amount of fats in it so liver converts fats into fatty acid and ketone bodies. Ketone molecules energy…

A low carb diet refers to a diet that has a limited content of carbohydrates and is high in proteins and fat. There are many kinds of low carb diets that exist. Since carbohydrates are the integral source of calories, low carbs are known to work great for weight loss; in fact, they work beyond weight loss, such as reducing risk from factors like diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Elaborating further, carbohydrates that are consumed by a human body can be segregated into: naturally occurring…

a.How many grams of carbohydrate did you consume? I consume 107.52 grams of carbohydrate. b.How many calories does this represent? My gram of carbohydrate represent 64% in calories. (116/2.2=80) (80*0.8=64) c.It is estimated that you should have at least 130 grams of carbohydrate/day to avoid ketosis.How does your intake compare with this minimum? My intake for my carbohydrate intake compare to the minimum shows in need to implement a low carb diet to avoid ketosis. d.Look under the source…

you running to the bathroom 8 times a day. But, you will do whatever you can to lose the pounds that have been weighing you down for years. The Keto Diet is the new fad that is taking social media outlets by storm. For those that do not know what the Keto Diet is, here is a quick rundown of the diet. The Keto Diet is a low carbohydrate, high fat diet that focuses on healthier fats such as the fat from olive oil…

supplements. A vast majority of their meats came from actual food while a lot of the modern day bodybuilders receive theirs from supplements. During that time, access to supplements that we now have today were not there thus the focus on a well-rounded diet was more. The modern day has become simplified and convenient with nutritional supplements at reach to go at any point. The lack of struggle does not seem to exist in the modern era we live in now. Food companies have teamed up to create…

chose to analyze The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook, I chose this book as it touches on two things, the first being the niche marketing tactics and second the innovation of cooking. This book is written by medical doctors as well as a food scientist to create a book of recipes that is aimed at providing low carb food recipes that are generally known to be high in carbs. The purpose of this was to give consumers an option to eat foods that one might not be able to do on a low carb diet, they did…