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Low Carbohydrate Diet Plan

If you need to lose a lot of weight in a little time, a low carbohydrate diet plan might be for you. But learn all you can about it first.

How a Low Carb Diet Works

During the first two weeks of a low carbohydrate diet plan, you are restricted to 20 grams of carbs a day. If you follow the plan to the letter, your body will go into a fat burning mode called ketosis. When this happens, ketones are released into the bloodstream and you can end up with some pretty unpleasant side effects like bad breath, lack of energy, headaches and possibly even nausea. You also might find that if you don't take fiber supplements that you'll probably be constipated. If you get to the point where you have no carbs and no fat left to burn, your body might start using protein for fuel. This releases uric acid into your bloodstream, which can cause kidney damage over time.

How Exercise Makes Your Low Carb Diet Work Better

Ever wonder how those people at the gym with the rock-hard abs got that way? After all, you work out as hard and as often as they do! Chances are these people are combining their exercise with a low carbohydrate diet plan, which is tough to do since a side effect of being on a low carbohydrate diet plan is a lack of energy. But if you can muster up the energy, you should definitely go for it. Why? Because during the first 20 minutes of any kind of work out, your body is burning carbs. After that, it starts burning fat. But if you're on a low carbohydrate diet plan, you really don't have many carbs to burn. Carbs are one of the only nutrients to make it to your brain, and your body needs a certain amount of carbs just to keep you awake and alert during the day. Your body actually needs 130 grams of carbs a day, but after the first two weeks, you still only get 60 grams a day. So your body is burning tohse 60 grams a day just keeping you going. Then when you work out, you don't have many (if any) carbs left to burn. So instead of burning carbs in those first 20 minutes of exercise, your body starts burning fat. In a nutshell, a low carb diet burns fat, but exercising while you're on a low carb diet makes your body burn even more fat.

If all of this sounds appealing to you, keep these things in mind while you're on a low carb diet so you don't damage your health:

Take fiber supplements
Take calcium supplements
Take a good multivitamin
Make sure you get enough minerals
Work out if you can
Choose only lean cuts of meat
Eat fruits and vegetables when allowed

All of these things will help you stay healthy while on a low carb diet.