It's my belief that low to no carb diets can be damaging to your health.
Low carb diet fads began as a result of the infamous Atkins diet. The Atkiins belief system is that carbs are the reasons why most people put on weight. Unfortunately this has been shown to be extremely risky for a number of reasons.
First, if your body starts burning too much fat without enough carbs in the diet ketones are produced. They frequently produce side effects such as heacaches, dehydration, bad breath and even nausea. Over many years this ketone production can lead to disease of the kidneys, the break down of muscles and low bone density. Quite surprisingly, a side effect of low carb diets is in fact an increase risk of cardiac disease.
Additionally aspartame is frequently used in low to no carb diets. Aspartame, however, has been documented to have over 92 different side effects including seizures, slurred speech, irritability, mood-swings, anxiety, insomnia, migraine headaches and depression.
The low-carb lifestyle encourages indulgence; you can consume as much "approved" food as you want. Therein lies its appeal. This ability to "pig out" has allowed fast food producers, casual dining restaurants and snack food manufacturers to market products as healthy.
That is precisely why these low to no carb diet crazes are not to be used for the long term.. Research has shown that they are generally very unsafe and can be detrimental to your overall health and safety. A diet including a healthy balanced eating program as well as some form of gentle exercise is always the better option.
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