Everything You Need to Know About Low Carb Diets That No One Tells You
First, What Exactly Is Low Carb Dieting and Why Does It Work? First things first- you need to understand what a low carb diet is and a basic understanding of how it turns your body into a fat burning machine. A low carb diet restricts the type and amount of carbohydrates you eat. All carbohydrates are either simple or complex. Simple carbs include sugar, lactose in milk and fructose in fruit. Complex carbs include whole grains and beans. A cross between is white processed breads and pastas which are complex refined carbs. Your body prefers to use carbs as its main fuel source. Complex carbs are broken down into simple sugars just as simple carbs are during digestion. They are then absorbed into your bloodstream as blood sugar or glucose. Natural complex carbs break down more slowly and have less of an effect on blood sugar but will still raise blood sugar levels just as simple sugars do. Rising levels of blood sugar signals to the body to release insulin. Insu...