The carbohydrate diet has many varieties: it includes the Kremlin diet, the Montignac method, the Atkins diet, and the diet of the southern beach ... All of them are united by the fundamental idea that carbohydrates are the component that should be excluded from the diet without harm to the body, thus quite a simple way to protect yourself from the appearance of extra pounds.
A diet without carbohydrates: how does it work?
Abandonment of carbohydrates suggests a complex benefit for the body:
- Carbohydrates are a nutritious element of nutrition, and by reducing their percentage in the daily diet, the body does not receive an excess of calories and does not accumulate fat.
- The restriction of carbohydrates in the daily diet contributes to a decrease in appetite. Simple carbohydrates such as sugar, flour products, light cereals, starchy vegetables and fruits, are broken down at a rapid pace and with an abundant blood saturation with glucose, which causes an increase in blood sugar levels and provokes an ejection of insulin. Because of this, the blood sugar level drops sharply, and the person again overcomes the feeling of hunger.
- It is from carbohydrates that the body receives glucose, which means that their lack provokes it to expend old accumulations: first of all it is glycogen, and the second - fatty tissue (which is the ultimate goal).
Thus, the exception, or more correctly, a significant reduction in the daily intake of carbohydrates, promotes the burning of fatty deposits and the reduction of body weight.
The menu of a carbohydrate diet
This is not a diet in the usual sense of the word, but a full-fledged nutrition system that does not give rigid frames and ultra-fast results, but presupposes constant adherence to the rules and a gradual but long-term and reliable result.
The main principle of almost any non-carbohydrate diet is that the daily dose of calories that you get from carbohydrates should not exceed 250 calories (this is about 60 grams of carbohydrates per day). Thus, out of the diet immediately dropping flour products, sweets, sugar, starchy fruits and vegetables, alcohol, all kinds of sugary drinks and a number of other foods high in carbohydrates.
At the same time it is allowed not to control the consumption of products without carbohydrates:
- meat, fish, poultry;
- non-starchy vegetables and fruits;
- fermented milk products, including cheese and cottage cheese.
Thus, excluding only one category, food without carbohydrates can be used freely. It is obvious that the menu without carbohydrates is not too lean and does not force you to give up the usual type of food, unless, of course, you are a sweetie who eats mainly tea with desserts. However, you still have 250 calories, which you can "spend" on a small carbohydrate delicacy.
As a classic example of one day of such a diet, you can list such a list:
- lean meat, fish or poultry;
- vegetable garnish (without corn, potatoes);
- herbal or green tea without sugar.
These products are recommended to eat during the day in small portions in 5-6 receptions. Drink within half an hour after meals is prohibited.
Eating without carbohydrates: contraindications
A carbohydrate diet, or as it is also called, "non-carbohydrate", is not suitable for everyone. In the presence of any chronic diseases it is recommended to consult your doctor, or a competent dietician, before contacting such a food system. In addition, diets of this type are not recommended for people suffering from the following diseases:
- diabetes;
- kidney disease;
- propensity to constipation.
Given the fact that this diet should be your way of life, without consulting a doctor to use it is not recommended.