Why healthy low carb eating is so good.

"The basis of low carb diets is about insulin secretion by the pancreas.  Insulin is released into the bloodstream whenever carbs are ingested, in the form of sugar or starchy foods.  Even vegetables contain carbs (although green leafy vegetables tend to have the lowest carb content and are therefore included on most low carb diets).  Insulin enables the energy from carbohydrate to be stored – unfortunately as fat.  Insulin is the engine of fat storage, and without excess insulin, body fat can be lost as the body releases the contents of its fat cells to be used as fuel.  Ergo most low-carb diets encourage fat burning and are ketogenic.  Ketones are produced as a bi-product of fat burning and the body learns to use this as its primary fuel rather than glucose."

"Cholesterol levels tend to improve in the low-carb eater and blood sugars can be normalised in diabetics, protecting them from complications and thereby effecting what is not technically a “cure” but a remission of the symptoms and complications of diabetes, as long as the diabetic does not give up low carb eating and lapse back into his old high-carb ways."


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