Low Carb Diets
Low carb diets are also known as "reduced carbohydrate", "controlled carbohydrate", or "low glycemic" diet, rather familiar with the public in such names like Atkins, South Beach, Zone, Protein Power, Sugar Busters, Carbohydrate Addicts Diet.
These diets are based on limiting the consumption of foods that are high in carbohydrate, some just limiting the amount of overall carbohydrate, while others focus on certain types of foods, generally ones high in starch and sugars.
They certainly are not a new hit; they have been around for many years, long before low fat diets. Thirty years ago if you wanted to lose weight you cut out the potatoes, pastry and biscuits and reduced the amount of bread. Now if you opt for a low carb diet, the main goal is to avoid raising blood glucose level. This is why people avoid foods which are high in sugars and starches.
Some starches are digested very quickly and cause a rapid and large rise in blood sugar, while others are digested more slowly, causing blood glucose to raise less and over a longer period of time. The body requires energy and sugar. That's a fact. If you give it sugar it will store the fats for a rainy day. But if you stop eating sugar the next easiest to transform reserves are carbohydrates. So what low carb diets target is cutting down the carbs so the body then has to convert the fats into energy.
It is true that the first few days of a low carb diet are probably the hardest because the body will crave the carbs. The first two weeks of a diet change can be difficult, but if you are willing to lose some unwanted fat with low carb diet you must accept its difficulties also.