Do low carbohydrate diets work?
A few of the benefical effects
of low carbohydrate diets

"Do low carbohydrate diets work?" is a question that more and more people who want to lose weight once and for all are asking these days. A low carb diet is working wonders for me, and it is unlike any other type of diet I have ever followed.

After a lifetime of struggling with weight AND Type 1 diabetes, learning about the effects of low carbohydrate diets on health - and then evolving my diet to a low carb approach, I am finally succeeding in my weight loss and health improvement efforts! Yee ha!

Not long ago, I got a new doctor. On my very first visit, he prescribed the book "Dr. Bernstein's Diabetic Solution" because I've had Type I diabetes since 1961. Dr. Bernstein's book educated me on how carbohydrate affects blood sugar levels and weight. I was pleasantly surprised at how much sense the information made.

Dr. Bernstein prescribes a very low carbohydrate diet for successful diabetes management - the weight loss is an added benefit!

Not only have I lost over 40 pounds so far (when I really thought I could never lose weight due to the diabetes and trying like mad but failing), my blood sugar levels have improved immensely and my cholesterol levels and the other stuff they measure have continued to improve.

If you ask me "do low carbohydrate diets work?" I can honestly say that they do. And I'm not the only one! Here are some references regarding the beneficial effects of low carbohydrate diets:

From Medscape Medical News
"More Evidence Supports Low-Carbohydrate Diet"

"May 17, 2004 — Two randomized trials reported in the May 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine further support the efficacy of a low-carbohydrate diet. A six-month trial showed higher participation and greater weight loss, and a 12-month study showed similar weight loss but better lipid profile than with a conventional diet. The editorialist uses findings from both studies to advise physicians and patients.

"This diet can be quite powerful. We found that the low-carb diet was more effective for weight loss," lead author Will Yancy, MD, from Duke University Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, says in a news release. "We also found cholesterol levels seemed to improve more on a low-carb diet compared to a low-fat diet."
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/477732

From Journal of Scientific Exploration
"Low-Carbohydrate Diets"
Joel M. Kauffmann

"...Conversely, other sources from the medical and nutritional literature, based on studies and trials, show benefits of low-carbohydrate diets, both in weight loss and in improved values in conventional tests for hypertension, ‘‘hyperlipidemia,’’ (elevated levels of blood fats; for example, triglycerides, cholesterol) and inflammation. This is often found to be the case in the actual data, even in papers on studies designed to provide evidence of the opposite."
http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_18_1_kauffman.pdf

You can bet that there's plenty of controversy about this. Just keep in mind when you're looking for the answer to the question, "do low carbohydrate diets work?" that anyone can spew out negative crap about something, but if they don't have hard core results (such as my personal success and the above references) that it's merely an opinion!

A great place to start learning about low carbohydrate eating and how to get started is at http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/

Cheers,
BB

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