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Is it OK to drink alcoholic beverages on a low carb diet? Because alcohol will be burned first by your body as fuel, it will stop your body from burning fat until the alcohol is used up. Then your bod
y will go back to burning fat. For this reason, it is not recommended in the Atkins phase of induction. After induction alcohol in moderation can be a part of your plan. Dr. Atkins recommends wine as
being a good choice. Stick to the dryer wines and avoid sweet wine. If you don't care for wine, straight liquor (gin, vodka, scotch) has no carbs as long as it isn't mixed with something containing su
gar. Use diet soda for mixers. There are some sugar free mixers available at several low carb sites. If you add alcohol to your diet and your weight loss stalls, you might want to re-think whether or
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What Supplements should I be taking? First of all you will need a good multi-vitamin. Because we drink so much water on this WOE we tend to wash out the water soluble vitamins. After that, it depends
on your own body's needs. Many people find that potassium helps to alleviate leg cramps. Vitamin E is supposed to be a good anti-oxidant and good for your heart. Garlic capsules can help with yeast in
fections and so forth.
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Despite some of the "less attractive" concerns mentioned above, the fact remains that the low carb diet concept is working well for many many people. Cutting out carbs completely could never be consid
ered a balance diet. However, it's not disputed that reducing your carbohydrate intake can be beneficial to a weight loss diet. It's the extent to which you do this that should be thought about and re
searched with great care. It's important to read around and explore the low carb diet options before committing yourself. Look out for reviews of the most common low carb diets here on Carbohydrate-Co
unter coming soon
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A lot of research has proven that dietary fat is not necessarily converted into body fat. Carbohydrates are readily converted into fat as an action of insulin. According to many experts, most overweig
ht people became overweight due to hyperinsulinemia - elevated insulin levels in the blood. When you eat a meal high high in carbohydrates, the increased blood sugar stimulates insulin production by t
he pancreas. Insulin is the hormone that allows blood sugar to be used by the cells. A side effect of insulin is that it also causes fat to be deposited. It also stimulates your brain to produce hunge
r signals.
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Naturally, you then eat more carbohydrates, and the cycle repeats itself. Over time, your cells become resistant to insulin, meaning that your pancreas has to work overtime, producing up to four or fi
ve times as much insulin as it normally does just to keep up with the high demand for it. It's been shown that high levels of insulin have a harmful effect on the body. How does premature aging strike
you? Limiting the intake of carbohydrates puts a end to this cycle. When you reduce your carbohydrate intake, your insulin levels decrease and the levels of glucagon increase. Glucagon is the hormone
that causes body fat to be burned and cholesterol to be removed from deposits in the arteries.
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The basic premise of all low carb diet plans is this: EATING FAT does NOT make us fat! Rather, eating an over-abundance of processed carbohydrates (as in the normal American diet) is what causes us to
become obese and to suffer from all kinds of obesity-related diseases. While plans differ in the amount and type of carbs "allowed" - from as low as 20g per day in the "Induction Phase" of the Atkins
Diet to quite a bit more but only from very whole grain, low glycemic carbs in the SugarBusters Diet, to somewhere in between in the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet - keeping the amount of carbohydrates ea
ten lower than the average is the cornerstone of the low carb diet lifestyle
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