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5 advantages of a low-carb diet
Thu 30 04 2020

A diet low in carbohydrates is one that limits the consumption of carbs even the ones found in starchy foods and vegetables. It also includes foods high in fat and in proteins. The purpose of this diet is mainly to lose weight but can also have some extra benefits for your health and body most of them related to your metabolism and diabetic diseases. For this reason, if you are looking to adopt a low carb diet, you might want to know about these 5 advantages.

1. Lowers your Triglycerides

If after an overnight sleep your triglycerides levels are high, this means that you are at a high risk of heart disease. In fact, the two main reasons for high triglycerides in the blood are being sedentary and consuming a lot of carbs, and the two factors together make the whole situation more dangerous. When you cut carbs, the triglycerides level in your body will become dramatically lower. Therefore, a low carb diet is effective in lowering your blood triglycerides, making you less exposed to heart diseases.

2. Reduces insulin levels and blood sugar

Millions of people are affected by insulin resistance and diabetes, and low carbs diet can be extra beneficial for them. In fact, some studies have proved that cutting carbs has an amazing effect on a person’s insulin and sugar levels. If you have diabetes and follow a low carb diet, you would need 50% less of your insulin dosage every day. In fact, you might experience this reduction in a period as short as 6 months! However, always make sure you consult your doctor before making any decisions like this one.

3. Lowers blood pressure

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the factors of harmful diseases such as kidney failure, strokes and heart diseases. In order to lower your blood pressure and avoid such health problems, you can start by adopting a low carb diet.

4. Protects you against metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is an illness highly related to your risk of heart diseases and diabetes. It includes many symptoms such as high triglycerides, abdominal obesity, elevated fasting blood sugar levels, low HDL cholesterol levels, and elevated blood pressure.

A low carb diet has a great effect on all of these symptoms, making which is effective in protecting you against metabolic syndrome.

5. Protects you against many brain disorders

The human brain needs glucose since many parts of it only burn this sugar. For this reason, the liver produces glucose from protein when it hasn’t consumed enough carbohydrates. Furthermore, when you don’t consume a lot of carbs, your body form ketones that your brain burns. This process has been found effective to cure epilepsy in children. In some experiments, patients have experienced a reduction of 50% and more in the number of brain seizures and some of the other patients became free of seizures. Furthermore, some studies are being conducted to study the effectiveness of low carb diets on other brain conditions such as Parkinson's and, as well.

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