Question 1

what is meant by low carb high fat?

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Food Components: Generally, the components of all food (which can be burned to release calories) are composed of carbohydrate, fat &/or protein molecules. The rest is water, indigestable + trace vitamines & minerals.
Carb refers to carbohydrates, meaning sugar molecules, both simple &/or complex. Fat refers to all fat (aka oil, lipid, hydrocarbon) molecules. Use google images to see the molecular patterns of atoms.

Question 2

how about low-carb diets?

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Short lived: Has been shown to produce weight loss initially but hard to maintain.  I recommend following a mediterranean diet or weight watchers if a formal program wanted.

Question 3

what to eat on a low carb/low sugar diet?

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Lots: Lots of organic non-starchy vegetables. Adequate amounts of grass fed organic meats. Lots of water. Healthy fats such as coconut oil.

Question 4

what are some examples of low carb diets?

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Low carb diet: Two things --
1: Go to a library near you and get help from the staff to find carb diet.
2: Have your doctor refer you to a dietician who will help you with food, drink, and exercise.

Question 5

is it better to go low carb or no carb?

carbs?

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Goals: You have to define goals first. Any diet should be well balanced between proteins, carbs and lipids. If suffering from diabetes or trying to lose weight restricting carbs may make sense.

Question 6

how can low-carb diets be harmful to your body?

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Yes: when on low carbs, your body might not have enough glucose to run the metabolism of your brain, your heart, your kidneys, other organs. It might rely on the breakdown of fats for energy- called ketoacidosis. It is not the best way to get energy and it can lead to problems in organs mentioned, esp the kidney if you dont have enough fluids to flush out the ketones.

Question 7

low carb diets work for me but are they healthy ?

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Proper Calories: A proper diet is a low calorie high protein diet.  We now know scientifically that the majority of our calories should come from protein sources with only 25% recommended from carbohydrates.

Question 8

what are some good low carb fruits and vegetables?

Accepted Answer

Carbs: green leafy vegetables are best i.e. kale, cabbage, spinach
fruits, apples, oranges, pears and grapes.

Question 9

is brendan brazier thrive diet low carb but also low sugar?

Accepted Answer

Diet: It appears to be a vegetarian diet. As such it depends on which plants you consume within that diet. Why don't you study the Mediterranean diet, the only one proven to make a health difference and not designed to enrich anyone.

Question 10

how low carb do es yr diet need to b for ketosis..carb percentage?

Accepted Answer

Ketogenic diet: In general, the daily intake of net carbs required to enter ketosis could vary from 20 to 100 grams per day. Most people experience  fat loss and health benefits of the Ketogenic diet at 20-30 grams of net carbs per day.

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