Lose weight low carb diet

Low-carb diets are dietary procedures restricting consumption of food stuffs high in carbohydrates like bread and pasta and encouraging the consumption of food stuffs that are high in proteins. This includes food stuffs like red meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, eggs, cheese, nuts, seeds, and fruits and vegetables. This diets if take consistently will lead to weight loss and good weight control. 

Vegetables

 

For someone trying to lose weight or do not want to add on weight, then vegetables should be part of your daily diet. You can add vegetables like sprouts, lettuce and spinach, zucchini, watercress, turnip greens, tomatoes, Swiss chard, string beans, squashes summer, spaghetti squash, shallot, romaine, onions, okra, mustard greens, mushrooms, cabbages, broccoli, bell peppers, beet greens, celery, celeriac, cauliflower, carrots, bean sprouts, bamboo sprouts avocados, asparagus and alfalfa sprouts

Fruits              

Fruits are also recommended for anyone trying to lose weight. Fruits that are low in sugar are the best the choice as they contain low amounts of carbs. The following fruits contain less than ten grams of carbs when half cup served: sliced apple, blackberry, blueberry, apricot, boysenberry, cantaloupe, cherry, coconut meat, coconut milk, currant, elderberry, gooseberry, grapes, honeydew melon, kiwi fruit, kumquat, lemon and lime, mulberry, orange, peach, plum, raspberry, strawberry, persimmon, watermelon, tangerine and tangelo.

Fat and oils

Most of high fat foods contain low carbs. Fat are important since in the absence carbs they can be broken down in the body to give energy. But still, avoid taking too much of them. You should also avoid oils rich in omega six like soy, corn, most of safflower and sunflower. A good example is butter like fat like is olive oil. Olive oil is low in carbs and hence it’s highly recommended. Others include coconut oil; High-mono safflower and sunflower (check the labels carefully). Other high fat foods include nuts, nut butter, seeds, avocados and cream

Fish

Fish is another source of proteins. It is also low in fats try and high in proteins. You should try eating fish two to five times a week especially deep sea fish. Types of fish include: halibut, monkfish, tilapia, John Dory, cod, Chilean sea bass, Alaskan wild-caught salmon, herring, trout, trench and sea bass. When cooking, add no oil but water, salt, pepper and lemon.

 Fibre

This is present in major food stuff among them being oat bran hot cereals which will have one hundred and fifty calories, eight grams of proteins and seven grams of fibre. To add more fibre, make a choice of vegetables like asparagus, radishes, onions, carrots, cabbages, spinach which also have high fibre content. Eating a lot of vegetables and fruits ensures you a great deal of fibre in your diet.

Another example is wheat pastas. It will contain whole heat spaghetti with one hundred and eighty calories, eight grams of proteins and seven grams of fibre.

Beans and lentils also contain a lot of proteins and fibre. They contain two hundred calories, fifteen grams of fibre and eighteen grams of protein.

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