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List of Low Carb Diet Foods
Then you can take this list with you to the supermarket and try to find low carbohydrate alternatives to everything you can. This way, you are far less likely to want the real thing, and delay your weight loss. To further help this possible problem, get rid of anything you’re not meant to eat from the cupboards.
Learn more abou how you can live a low carb lifestyle.
Source: http://www.low-carb-advice.com
Ketosis and Dieting
However, if you are diabetic, ketosis can lead to a condition called ketoacidosis, which results in the blood becoming more acidic. This will then cause symptoms including confusion, vomiting, and can even go as far as causing comas and death.
If you want to know if your body is carrying out ketosis, head down to your local chemist and buy ketone testing strips. These operate in a very similar way to universal indicator strips (if you can remember your old chemistry lessons) and will turn purple if ketones are contained in the urine.
Carbohydrates – What Exactly Are They?
The low carbohydrate diet devised by Dr Atkins works on the principle that by limiting the supply of carbohydrates to the body, you can still operate without a problem, only your body uses fat to create energy instead of using carbs. This works because you eat fat instead of carbohydrates (to stop your craving for carbs) and because this fat is burnt immediately and not absorbed, it does not make you fatter, and in fact reduces your overall body mass in fat. In short; eating more fat means you end up with less fat.