The low carb revolution

The key difference between low carb dieting and carbohydrate-blocking supplements is that the former cuts out carbohydrates completely and you are therefore missing out on the nutritional value of starch-based foods, whereas supplementing with a carbohydrate-blocking product means that not only can you eat and enjoy carbohydrates as you normally would, but you also maintain a balanced diet benefiting from the nutrients found in starchy foods whilst not having to worry about the carbohydrates turning to fat.

In the past few decades obesity has increased rapidly in Britain. Bizarrely, this is around the same time that general fat intake in British diets fell significantly. This notion led people to think that it was actually carbohydrates that caused obesity and weight problems and not fats.

Supporters of the low carb diets will tell you that by cutting out carbohydrates and eating proteins and fats you will actually lose weight. This revolution in dieting swept America and the UK but was not without its downfalls and negative press.

It really seems impossible at the moment to avoid a day without a low carb dieting scheme being thrust in your face; numerous celebrities are advocating the reduction of carbohydrate intake wherever you look. Whilst the resulting fashionable status given to such diets means that they have saturated the media, research suggests that this style of dieting can in fact have adverse effects on your health with initial findings revealing that these diets could even lead to heart disease, cancer or ironically obesity.

The two main problems with a low carb diet are: Firstly, you are eating lots of fats which can enhance the risk of heart disease and secondly, further health risks will arise from the considerable change in your metabolism brought about by the absence of carbohydrates in your system. Cutting out starchy foods (or any food group for that matter) is likely to have a negative impact on your health as you could be missing out on a wide read more