is it really safe to do no carb diets?

Answer 1

No. No it's not. The body is a machine, and needs a ballanced diet. All these fad diets are just that....FADS. Eat in moderation, exercise, and the body will respond in a good way.

Answer 2

No, no-carb diets are hardly all they're cracked up to be. I'm a dancer and have learned a lot about diet and nutrition in my day, and no-carb diets have _never_ been recommended to me either as a dancer or as a plain normal active person.

The thing that most people don't realize is that the brain itself actually _requires_ carbohydrates - in the form of glucose - to function. When the brain doesn't receive enough carbs from the food you've eaten, the body is forced to convert muscle and liver protein cells into carbs to keep your brain functioning. Not cool.

So, in short, avoid the no-carb diets, but be aware that the truly good carbs (especially whole grains) are hard to find in processed foods, so you'll have to learn how to look carefully for them at the grocery store. Sugars are the truly terrible carbs you want to stay away from. Try cutting sugar and processed foods from your diet (stick with vegetables & fruits, fish & canned tuna & salmon, chicken, oatmeal, egg whites) and I almost guarantee you'll lose the weight.

Answer 3

No carb diets are not an option. Your body requires carbohydrates. The best thing to do is to limit the number of simple carbohydrates from your diet (white breads, rice, sodas, candy, etc.) and eat more complex carbohydrates. These include whole grain, legumes such as beans, wild and brown rice and fibrous vegetables.

Answer 4

I don't think so. If I understand correctly - a carbs are needed for energy. They also compliment your protein intake somehow.

there are lots of good carbs though.

The bad ones are refined flours (like in breads), sweets stuff like that.

Lots of good carbs in veggies and fruits.

Answer 5

No it is not safe. No diet is safe that requires you to leave off carbs. Your body must have them to operate properly.

Answer 6

no because the human body needs carbs for fuel..and when you stop the diet and start eating foods w/carbs again..you will gain weight back....just make the carbs part of a balanced diet..and make them complex carbs..ie...skip those processed foods...(no Twinkies!!)

Answer 7

I don't think that dieting is safe at all except for diabetics who have to constantly monitor what they intake into their bodies. If you exercise and know when to say no to fast food, all should work. I am an example of diets. I used to constantly worry how many calories of fat grams I consumed, once I quit counting and began exercising all is well.

Answer 8

no make sure u just eat good carbs and leave out the bad carbs,we need carbs in our body,make sure you replace all white bread with wheat its alot healthier

Answer 9

Obvious answer here: NO IT IS NOT.

Simply put it leads to ketosis where the body inefficiently burns its own muscle for fuel AND lowers metabolism (IE lowers the rate the body burns calories). This makes you lose weight for a short period of time before your metabolism lowers (your body figures it is "about to starve" and, as a survival reaction, stores energy as fat so it can burn the fat as food in case you "can't find food later").
As you lower metabolism, you raise the amount of fat your body stores and, in turn, get fatter. So you end up not losing weight, having less muscle (larger muscle also helps you lose fat by making the heart burn calories pumping blood through it) AND having a low metabolism that makes it easier to gain weight. Plus, since carbs combine with protiens and fats to repair parts of the body, your immunity level goes down and chance of disease go up.

DO NOT starve yourself of carbs but DO make sure you get your carbs from low glycemic sources (vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts) and avoid high glycemic sources (wheat products but, moreover, anything with sugar, RICE (YES IT IS HIGH GLYCEMIC READ UP GLYCEMIC POTENTIAL CHARTS IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME), juices (including fruit juices), white bread, caffeine, and any sugar substitutes like Splenda, Saccharin, and Aspartame). NOTE WHEAT (INCLUDING WHOLE WHEAT) IS NOT GOOD, it's not half as bad as sugar or white bread but still has several times the glycemic potential of, for example, nuts.

The ideal ratio of nutrients you have is about
30% protien
40% carbs
30% fats of which...
1) You have equal amounts of polyunsaturated fats as saturated
2) You have as much Omega-3 (in fish and fish oil or pills) as you do Omega-6 (in virtually any food)...IE take lots of fish pills
3) You have lots of monounsaturated fats, especially before workouts
4) Trans fats (hydrogenated oils) should be avoided at all costs and have no nutritional value

The right combination of low-glycemic carbs, protiens, and fats will give you the healthiest heart, bones, efficient building of muscles, low blood pressure, and, oddly enough, the fats and carbs, taken in these ratios, will combine to form muscle and burn fat rather than be stored as fat. Plus it can easily add 6+ years to your lifespan.

Low carb diets are more often than not lazy and undersophisticated, used as a commercial device for fake weight loss promises and rarely ever for serious athletes (and for good reason, they stunt performance).

A balanced, rather than extreme, diet is always the best medicine.

Answer 10

no your body needs carb to operate they give your body energy give up bad carbs and keep good ones look online for examples