Weight Loss Diets That Work

There are endless number of different diets and weight loss methods. All the “gurus” tell you that you will lose weight with a certain diet, what ever it is. Although there is some truth in nearly all diets, there is no one diet fits all. The same is with low carb protein diets. Some people may lose weight very successfully with these diets but some don´t. Low carb protein diets don´t work for everyone and there are many reason why it is so.

The whole assumption with low carb diets like The Atkin’s Diet, Protein Power, The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet, Sugar Busters, The Ketogenic diet, The Anabolic Diet and others, is that carbohydrates increase the production of insulin. And insulin in return stores fat. So reducing carbs will keep insulin under control and you will lose weight.

But low carb diets are extreme measures and most people can lose weight without low carb protein diets. Although some believe carbohydrates are fattening, in reality they are not. Most people can easily lose weight by increasing their activity level or eating a little less and more healthier foods. There are much easier and better methods to lose weight: eating small frequent meals, controlling portion sizes, cutting down on saturated fats, avoiding sugar, drinking plenty of water and eating lean protein at every meal.

Bodybuilders for example use a low carb high protein diets prior to competitions. It is very hard to stay on low carbohydrate protein diets for a long periods because you get your energy from carbs. The less you eat carbs the less energy you will have. If you have been on low carbohydrate diets for a long time and then suddenly start eating more carbs then your body has no idea what to do with them and they are stored as fat. These kind of diets should be your last choice, after other methods have failed. If you do use low carb protein diets then use it only for short periods to avoid negative effects.