More and more people prefer a low carb diet than other diets as it emphasizes on having foods that have lower amounts in carbohydrates. Low carb diets have been around since many years and also they have been recommended by dieticians as well. Before following a low carb diet, you should consult your doctor or dietician. Your dietician will diagnose your case and then suggest if you can go for a low carb diet or not. However it is not advisable to completely eliminate foods that contain carbohydrates. This is because your body will first generate the energy it requires from starches that have been formed from carbohydrates. In case the body does not find any carbohydrates to convert into energy then it will start converting the fats. Let us discuss in the next paragraph what low card dieting is all about.
Low carb dieting involves eating foods that are low in carbohydrate content. These foods include cheese, cream, nuts, eggs and vegetables. Also do get your cholesterol checked regularly by a doctor as high cholesterol can trigger a lot of disorders. You can also take the help of low carb diet books and also browse the internet for low carb recipes. However, as mentioned above before taking any major step always consult your doctor as he is your best advisor. You can also take advice from your friends and relatives who have followed the low carb diet in the past. In case some of your friends and relatives have still not followed the low carb diet but would like to do so, you can give them a few tips. You can also invitee them on low carb diet parties. You should also weigh yourself a couple of times in a week to see whether the low carb diet is working on you and also what improvements can you make in your eating habits in terms of types of foods, quantity of foods and the timings of eating your food. Let us discuss further on what type of foods you can have in a low carb diet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
For breakfast you can have eggs and beacon as well as mushrooms and sausage. For lunch you can have cheese and meat with salad. For dinner you can have meat or fish and vegetables. You can also help yourself to a dessert of fruits and sugar free jelly. For the first few weeks of your diet you should limit your daily carbohydrate intake to just 20 grams per day.
