Is A Low Carb Diet Good For You?
February 19, 2008 by Liz Harper · 4 Comments
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I Often get questions about various diets and to be honest I don’t really believe in dieting….when I looked up the word “Diet” in the dictionary the definition was - a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight…. So by definition, if you’re limiting what you eat or selecting specific foods - what happens when you stop? Or even worse, if you continue to diet.
I believe what ever you choose you need to be able to sustain it indefinitely. When you factor that in, then you really need further consideration about the health benefits or impacts of restricting certain foods. Are you going to get all the vitamins and minerals you need for a healthy body? Are there any impacts on your bone density when you diet (I’ve heard about research that says high protein diets make the blood more acidic and then this leaches calcium from your bones thereby reducing bone density). Whenever you embark on any diet you really need to consider the long-term impacts of how you eat, versus the obvious benefits of weight loss.
With that being said I thought I’d take a look at the latest craze in dieting…The “low Carb diet”.
