June 22, 2007, Newsletter Issue #70: Low Carb Diet: What to Eat?

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A Low Carb diet is a diet that allows only so much of carbohydrates. If you eat more than 100 grams a day, you are not on a low carb diet. Different low carb diets have different requirements to foods to eat and to avoid. Atkins diet starts with a serious limitation allowing only 20 carb grams a day.



The Ketogenic diet pays close attention to amounts of not only carbohydrates but also protein and fat. It also limit liquid intake to keep the ketone concentration high.



There are diets that tell you to eat one type of carbohydrates, calling them "good" carbs and avoid another ones, the "bad". Such are the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Impact diets.



However, since they don't limit carb grams, they have to make you watch your fat intake, which makes them not exactly low carb diets since a true low carb diet should be rather high in fat, better high in "good" fat like olive oil and fatty fish.

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