There are diets. And there are low carb diets. These are something else.

Let me explain to you how they work.

The body uses glucose as fuel. Glocose is produced with the carbs we eat.

But what happens if you eat carbs no more? In a few days the reserves of sugar in your body run out and there is a drastic metabolic change.

The body switches 180 degrees and starts to use fat as primary fuel.

This state is called “ketosis” and is induced in a very scientific way with the low-carb diets.

These diets ask you to start reducing the carb intake to 20 gr per day and allow eating without any restriction anything else that do not content carbs. This “anything” else is every class of meat, good kind of fat, or very low carb vegetables.

The results is a quick and dramatic weight loss.

Another advantage of ketosis is that hunger disappears. You will have to push yourself rather hard to eat any meal at all.

If done properly and if the person is in good health ketosis will also improve the level of sugar in the blood eliminating fatigue and making you energetic and improving dramatically your mood.

However, ketosis should not be taken for long periods of time as it hasn’t been investigated what could be the long term perils of this metabolic state.

Some isolated investigations showed however, that in people with previous renal conditions or diabetes mellitus could be affected after a low-carb diet due to the extra work given to kidneys and liver during ketosis. Nonetheless, evidence exists too that the body is able to compensate the acidity of ketosis after a couple of weeks.

So, if you take this type of diet (Atkins, the Zone and others) I would suggest you consult with your physician or investigate if this is for you.

Everything said and done, I have lost 7 pounds in a week with this diet and feel the best ever. I recommend it very much.