Struggling with weight loss? Ever since Dr. Atkins introduced his revolutionary diet, low-carb regimens have been all the rage. These diets promise that you can lose weight, while still enjoying many of the foods you love (T-Bone steak anyone?). But some have warned that the low-carb craze isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. What should we be aware of when considering a farewell to pasta?
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Low carbohydrate diets have had great cyclical popularity over many decades. Until recently, most nutritionists have had distain for these diets as unhealthful and ineffective for weight loss. The last popular phase of low carbohydrate diets has resulted in research that demonstrates that low carbohydrate diets may be successful at promoting weight loss and that has shown that these diets don’t have the predicted detrimental effects on blood lipids. Research indicates low carbohydrate diets may even have positive effects on some aspects of blood lipid profiles when associated with weight loss.
Given these results, some might argue that low carbohydrate diets are safe and effective and should be used. However, if the goal of a diet is to change eating habits to maintain weight loss in the long term (for life) and if the goal is to promote health in the long term, then low carbohydrate diets are not likely to be a good option.
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