There
was no proof; but people believed that low-carb diets would raise cholesterol
and increase the risk of heart diseases as it contains high fat. Fat-phobic
health professionals and the media demonized these types of foods. Lots of
controversial were on low-carb diets for decades.
But
time has changed and there are lots of studies and evidences on low-carb diets.
It was conducted over 20 human studies on low-carb diets since 2002. Almost every
study has shown that these diets are ahead comparatively to other diets.
It
loses weight more and leads to improve the other risk factors including
cholesterol also.
The
following 10 health benefits of low-carb and ketogenic diets are evidence
based.
1.
To Kill Your Appetite
Do
you know why most of the people feel miserable and eventually give up on their
diets? It’s hunger which has a worst side effect of dieting.
There
are lots of studies on low-carb diets that it leads to reduce appetite
automatically, when the people cut carbs and eat more fat and protein which
supply them fewer calories more.
Different
studies show also that low-crab diets are even better than low-fat calories
restricted diets comparatively.
Due
to take in fewer calories more with low-carb diets, appetite goes down and the
day ends up with eating fewer calories automatically.
2.
To Lead to More Weight Loss
Low-carb
diets are the most effective diets and simplest ways to lose weight fast. Lots
of studies have compared low-carb diets to low-fat calorie restricted diets and
showed the better result for low-carb diets to lose weight more. They lose 2-3
times more weight than the low-fat calorie restricted diets eaters without
being hungry.
One
of the main reasons is that low-carb diets make lessen insulin levels to get
rid of excess water from the body, and then the kidneys start shedding excess
sodium leading to lose weight fast in the first two weeks.
But
the problem for most of the people that they give up on the diet after few
months and eat the old stuff, and then the weight starts creeping back up.
The
only way to have success on this problem is to take low-carb diets as a
lifestyle, but not as a single diet. As time is changing and some people are
taking it understandably and adding some healthier carbs also consistently.
3.
To Lose the Abdominal Cavity Fat
All
the fat in the body is not the same type and the effects on health and risk of
diseases depend on where the fat is stored. In general, the fat locates under
the skin is known as subcutaneous fat and the fat locates in the abdominal
cavity is known as visceral fat.
Visceral
fat is more harmful for health which tends to store around the organs.
In
the Western countries, it is believed that fat of the organ areas drive
inflammation, leads to drive the metabolic dysfunction and resists insulin.
Low-carb
diets reduce the harmful abdominal fat effectively as well as drastically
reduce the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes over time.
4.
To Tend Triglycerides to Go Way Down
Triglyceride
is a combination of fat molecules which is a strong risk factor for heart
disease. How much triglyceride is there in the blood after an overnight fasting
is known as fasting triglyceride. Triglyceride elevates due to carbohydrate consumption
especially the simple sugar fructose. But when you eat low-carb diets, you will
tend to have a very dramatic reduction in blood triglycerides. On the other
hand, it goes up sometimes due to low-fat diets.
5.
To Increase Levels of HDL Cholesterol
It’s
not good to refer High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) as good cholesterol as all
cholesterol molecules are different in nature.
Both
HDL and LDL are the lipoproteins that control the blood cholesterol level. HDL
carries cholesterol away from the body to the liver where it can be reused or
excreted and LDL carries cholesterol from the liver to the rest of the body.
If
you make higher of your HDL level, you will have a lower risk of heart disease.
And you can increase your HDL level eating fat and low-carb diets which include
lots of fat.
No
surprise on low-carb diets that it increases HDL levels dramatically, while
low-fat diets tend to increase moderately or even go down sometimes.
The
HDL and triglycerides ratio is another strong predictor of heart disease risk.
If the ratio is high, your heart disease risk will also be high. Low-carb diets
have a significant improvement on this ratio to control.
6.
To Reduce Blood Sugar and Insulin Level
In
the digestive tract, crabs are broken down into simple sugars mostly glucose
and these sugars enter into the bloodstream to elevate blood sugar levels.
The
high blood sugars are toxic and a hormone named insulin responds to the body
cells to bring the glucose into the cells and start storing or burning it.
The
insulin tends to minimize the blood sugar with a view to preventing it from
harming only for the healthy people.
Many
people have major problems with this system. Insulin resistance is the cells
can’t see the insulin or it is harder for the body to bring the blood sugar
into the cells.
The
disease type 2 diabetes is very common for most of the people; about 300 million
people are affected worldwide which may occur when the body fails to secret
enough insulin to lessen the blood sugar after meals.
Actually
there is a very simple solution to this problem. Both blood sugars and insulin
go down if you cut carbohydrates.
Dr.
Eric Westman has treated many diabetics just using a low-carb approach; he
reduces their insulin dosage by 50% on the first day.
In
one study on type 2 diabetics, it is shown that 95.2% reduced or eliminated
their glucose lessening medication within 6 months.
It’s
very important to talk to doctor to adjust your dosage to prevent hypoglycemia
if you want to make changes to your carbohydrate intake when you are on blood
sugar lowering medication.
7.
To Tend Blood Pressure to Go Down
Elevated
blood pressure or hypertension is responsible for many diseases like stroke,
heart disease, kidney failure and many more.
Low-carb
diets lead to reduce blood pressure effectively as well as reduce the risk of
these diseases to live longer.
8.
To Have the Most Effective Treatment against Metabolic Syndrome
The
metabolic syndrome is a collection of symptoms that is highly associated with
the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
The
symptoms are as follows:
- Low HDL levels
- Elevated blood pressure
- Abdominal obesity
- High triglycerides
- Elevated fasting blood sugar levels
But
there is good news that all the symptoms drastically improve on low-carb diet.
But still it is unfortunate that major health organizations and govt.
recommends for low-fat diet, which is totally useless because it can’t address
the underlying metabolic problem.
9.
To Improve the Pattern of LDL Cholesterol
LDL
which is exactly Low Density Lipoprotein, is referred sometimes to as the bad
cholesterol. High LDL is highly responsible for the risk of heart attacks. But
the risk of diseases attacking depends on the types of LDL matters as all of
them are not equal.
The
risk of heart disease depends on the size of the particles, the people who have
mostly large particles, have a low risk of heart disease while the people who
have mostly small particles, have a high risk.
The
low-carb diets actually help to tend to turn the LDL particles from small into
large as well as reduce the total number of LDL particles floating in the
bloodstream.
10.
To Have Therapeutic for Several Brain Disorders
There
is a truth that glucose is necessary for the brain, some parts of the brain can
burn only glucose. If we don’t eat any carbs, liver produces glucose out of
protein.
Ketones
can be also burnt by a large part of the brain that is formed at the time of
starvation or low intake of carbohydrates.
In
many cases, the ketogenic diet can cure children of epilepsy. In a study, over
half of children on a ketogenic diet had 16% of the children became seizure
free and a greater than 50% reduction in seizures.
There
are lots of studies running on very low-carb/ketogenic diets for brain
disorders as well as for Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
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