Even though it has been several decades since the late Dr. Robert Atkins created his self-named low carbohydrate diet, it was only in the late 1990s and early 2000s that the Atkins diet took the weight loss world by storm. Millions of people rode on the low carb bandwagon and nutrition experts were appalled. The uproar over the diet is understandable; after all, it went against all the principles of the medically accepted and traditional low fat regimen, which had been the norm for years.

Simply put, going on the Atkins diet – or “doing Atkins” – means that a person has to drastically cut down on his or her intake of carbohydrates, especially those found in starchy foods. People find that this can be difficult, especially those who have become accustomed to consuming food like bread, potatoes, cakes, cereals, and pasta regularly for years. On the up side, protein-rich foods are not only allowed on this low carb diet, they are actually encouraged. So there’s no need to give up mayonnaise, butter, pork, beef, fried food, and many others that are off-limits in low fat diets.

There are four phases in this diet. The first stage, called Induction, requires the dieter to reduce his or her carb intake to 20 grams per day for two weeks. Carbohydrates should be acquired from vegetables, so the usual starchy baked products and fruits are forbidden during this period. After Induction, you are allowed to gradually increase your intake of carbohydrates until you reach your carb threshold, or the amount of carbs you can safely eat without gaining weight. For many adults, 60 to 90 grams of carbs per day is the limit. With this diet, you count carbs, not calories.

The Atkins premise is that carbohydrates, which our bodies use for fuel, are the culprits responsible for weight gain. Excess carbohydrates increase blood sugar levels, which in turn make us feel hungry in a short amount of time after a meal. An increase in your blood sugar can also trigger the pancreas to create more insulin, which in turn influences how the body converts carbs to fats, which are manifested in that paunch or those love handles. This extra weight can lead to many health problems, including diabetes and heart disease.

In addition to helping a person lose a significant amount of weight in a short period of time, a number of clinical studies have shown the Atkins diet to be beneficial in the reduction of the so-called “bad cholesterol” that can lead to heart disease. In addition, other studies suggest that the diet has at least a positive short-term effect on diabetics, and anecdotal evidence states that it is also instrumental in relieving the symptoms of disorders such as polycystic ovarian syndrome.

One thing that the critics praise about the Atkins low carb diet is its education of people about being picky about foods; to avoid junk food and those that contain nothing but sugar and empty calories. Another aspect of the diet that meets with expert approval is its encouragement of exercise. It still follows the basic tenet that if you take in more than you burn, you will still gain weight, no matter what diet you are on.

One relative difficulty that reduced-carbohydrate dieters complain about is food boredom. Perhaps this was a problem in the early days, but not so anymore. Today, there are plenty of “mock” foods patterned after regular dishes like pancakes, mashed potatoes, cheesecake, muffins, and the like – but without the carbohydrates and sugar. If you have a craving for something sweet, you can still eat candy bars, cakes, and chocolate products that are sweetened not with sugar but with sucralose.

Weight loss on this low carb diet is quicker than that observed on low-fat diets, but remember that you should not shed pounds too rapidly – 2 to four pounds a week is the average. And to make sure to take the necessary dietary supplements to make sure that you are getting all the nutrients you need to stay healthy while losing weight. You should also remember to drink plenty of water. This will help flush waste from your body and assist it in the burning of fat as the major source of fuel.

Going on the Atkins diet can help you in your weight loss efforts if you follow the basic tenets: don’t overeat (eat only until you feel satisfied); don’t under-eat (eat whenever you feel hungry); exercise; be realistic. You should not aspire to be razor thin. Rather, aim for your ideal body weight and stay healthy on your way there.

Many critics would say that to follow the Atkins Diet will in the long term do more damage to your health than good but the followers of Atkins swear by the fast weight loss and renewed energy.

What exactly is the Atkins Diet? Well in 1972 Dr Robert C Atkins introduced his Diet Revolution to the masses as a low carbohydrate, high protein, and high fat diet. It went against the ideas of much of the medical community but Dr Atkins hadn’t just dreamt up the diet. He based his finding on years of research with his patients following low carb diets.

If we go way back in time what did our ancestors eat? When humans first evolved on the planet what was there for them to eat? Certainly no fast food outlets with their 24/7 drive through or vast supermarkets filled with every kind of food known.

We were hunter-gatherers. Basically we ate what we hunted and gathered. Large mammals would be hunted, killed and eaten along with berries, nuts and some edible herbs. As we had evolved over millennia to be nourished by what was available to eat so our bodies had adapted to handle the foodstuffs of the time.

Our bodies are adapting still to try and get the best nourishment out of today’s diet but this adaptation is a slow, slow process. We were not designed to eat refined carbohydrates or sugars. Our salt intake was never meant to be as high as it is. We are basically omnivorous and were made to eat meat and vegetables. This is the diet from which we find it easiest to gain nourishment. This is close to the Atkins Diet.

Dr Atkins found that his patient’s health improved following his diet. Could it simply be that a return to the diet it was designed for is the best for the human body?

People have a right to choose to be vegetarian or to consume vast quantities of fast food but do they then have the right to complain that they don’t feel well? If we design a road car and then try and take it off road should we be surprised that it gets stuff after a while?

The Atkins Diet works that much is known and as to long term problems well its has been around since 1972, how much longer does it require to be tested for before the medical profession accept it?

South Beach Diet – a phrase that is commonly heard but is seldom understood. This is just another truth behind the emergence of another diet. So what’s the big deal?

Well, the South Beach Diet is considered as the “biggest thing” that the slimming world has ever introduced. But where exactly did the South Beach Diet come from? Here is the answer: the South Beach Diet was actually formulated by a person named Dr. Arthur Agatston after the realization that some of his patients were having little success by using conventional low carb – high fat diet plans like the Atkins diet which is also popular around the globe.

Dr. Arthur Agatston, being a cardiologist and knowing the condition of his patients, had the main concern of finding a diet that will promote a perfectly healthy heart. Finding no such source for that diet existed, he decided to formulate his own diet plan and that was to become known as the South Beach Diet.

According to the testimony of Dr. Agatston, since the introduction of the South Beach Diet, many people who followed the diet actually lost an average of 13.6 pounds almost double the 7.5 pounds lost by those who use the strict “Step II” of the American Heart Association (AHA) diet. Along with that, it was also found that when following the South Beach Diet many people showed greater decreases in their waist-to-hip ration and triglycerides, and their good to bad cholesterol ratio improved even more.

Generally, the South Beach Diet, in a word, is not considered as a low carbohydrate diet as it is commonly associated. It is a fact that the idea behind the South Beach Diet is to lose weight in a way that is healthy for those who follow it.

The South Beach Diet, unlike the low carbohydrate diets usually encourages the dieter to choose between the good and the bad carb foods. As such, the dieter is required to eat more fruits and vegetables and even wholegrain bread in contrast to other low carb diets. So, in the South Beach Diet, there is more of a sense of “yin and yang”, that it is more balanced than any other low carb diets in the whole world.

A dieter often has problems with self-esteem. He or she might well be highly conscious of the fact that his or her figure offers evidence of past indulgences. If that dieter then “cheats” while dieting, that “cheater” could well suffer even more problems with self-esteem.

When someone has attempted to stay with a low carb diet plan, the act of “cheating” involves the ingestion of something with refined carbohydrates. That act can cause the dieter to suffer from a decline in self-esteem. Recovery from such cheating demands an improvement in the dieter’s self-esteem.

Many of the low carb pages on this website talk about low carb food and low carb recipes. This page will focus more on the best attitude to adopt while pursuing low carb living. It will explain how a recovery from “cheating” can encourage the development of greater self-esteem.

A dieter who wants to maintain his or her self-esteem should not decline participation in social activities. If a dieter has been cheating that fact deserves even greater attention from the one-time “cheater. A dieter who does whatever he or she wants while dieting should find it easier to regain his or her self-esteem.

The dieter who has been cheating should not allow his or her thoughts to dwell on that slight deviance from the restrictions of the high protein, low carb diet. That dieter should simply resume adherence to that same diet. Soon the dieter will be rewarded with weight loss. Soon the dieter will forget entirely about any past “cheating.”

A dieter must learn how to use the mirror as an esteem builder, rather than an esteem destroyer. A dieter should not spend endless hours in front of a mirror, examining those parts of his or her body that show visible excess fat. The dieter does not need to be reminded about flab in any part of his or her body.

The dieter should instead use the mirror as a reminder that he or she has a particularly attractive or eye-catching feature. A dieting female might, for example, build her self esteem by using a mirror to examine her hair or eyes. A dieting male might find pleasure in using a mirror to re-examine some extra big shoulder muscles.

A dieter should not focus on weight loss. He or she ought to become involved in a number of different activities. That involvement should help the dieter to forget about food.

The dieter needs to avoid temptation. He or she should make an effort to remain free from hunger at all times. A dieter on a low carb diet might want to carry around some low carb snacks. Those snacks would help the dieter to prevent further cheating. That in turn would allow the dieter to maintain his or her vital self-esteem.

As a result, the dieter would stay on a low carb diet, and would never again need to face the challenge of overcoming a guilty conscience. (At least not guilt from over-eating.)

Any diet program is going to have its fans and its detractors. Also, many diet plans may have good points and bad points, and the low carbohydrate diet is no exception.

First of all, you are going to hear a lot of things called “low carbohydrate”, the most famous of which is the Atkins diet. Other programs which do not claim to be low carb, such as the Nutrisystem weight loss program, and the South Beach diet may find themselves dumped into the “low carb” category because their eating plans either control carb intake or concentrate on “good” carbs…that is, carbohydrates that in essence not only fuel the body, thus providing energy, but which also are less likely to wind up as fat deposits in the body.

As a rule, and as their name implies, low carbohydrate diets generally recommend a higher consumption of protein and fat, with decreases in consumption of carbohydrates. Again, as a rule, these eating plans are going to recommend as much as 70% of daily calorie intake coming from fat, with only 5% to 10% coming from carbohydrates. Additionally, most will recommend eating until you are full, as long as you avoid the high carb foods.

The major purpose of carbohydrates is to fuel the body. They provide the energy needed to make it through the day. For athletes, they are the fuel to make it through marathons, bicycle races, basketball games, and every other sort of athletic endeavor. Carbohydrates are also necessary for the proper function of some organs. However, there are “good” carbs and “bad” carbs.

What is the difference between good and bad carbs?

While no carb is inherently evil, or “bad”, there are many which are not “good” for most of us.

When we talk of bad carbs, we are generally referring to things like high sugar, refined flour foods that are quickly digested and which can be quickly transferred into fat. This is because the glut of carbohydrates signals the body to increase the supply of insulin which in turn tells the body to store the carbs as fat. Sadly, your breakfast bagel and the bag of chips you had with your greasy burger are included in the “bad” carb category.

Good carbs, on the other hand tend to be more “nutrient dense”, and demand more digestion and processing by the body. Sweet potatoes, brown rice, grapefruit, fat-free milk, apples, and other fruits, vegetables, and whole grains cause the blood sugar levels to rise more slowly, thus avoiding the insulin “instructions” to store the calories as fat. Instead, they are gradually used as energy. Additionally, these types of foods tend to have more nutritional value in terms of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. They also seem to be possibly indicated as being involved in better overall health and longevity as well as the avoidance, at least temporarily, of such debilitating conditions such as heart disease and some cancers.

While many diet plans and weight loss programs counsel in favor of using “good” carbs, there are still low carb diets which demand that all carbs are bad and should be avoided.

Probably the most evident drawback is that denying oneself an entire class of foods puts the dieter at risk of missing vital nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, that may have been present in those food sources. Additionally, “good” carbs tend to often be rich in fiber which has been shown to have its own value to health. Obviously, limiting all carbs could deprive the body of the fiber it might need to remain healthy.

One thing to remember is that each individual will react to their diet based on a range of factors. Heredity, upbringing, social class, lifestyle, religious persuasion, ethnicity may all have influence on how one reacts to dietary events or changes. Just as a simple example, the ice cream in the freezer is going to be of less consequence to someone who exercises regularly and is physically fit than it is to the average, sedentary, TV watching, potato chip munching member of our modern society. While the physically fit individual may down a huge bowl of ice cream with no obvious ill affects, his or her sedentary neighbor may simply be adding to the fat which has already accumulated on their body.

Since most low carbohydrate diets tend to advise large quantities of protein and fats, the dieter is going to be exposed to greater risk of problems such as gout, or even kidney or heart disease. For this reason, low carb diets sometimes recommend that they only be used for a limited time period and that the dieter go off them from time to time.

Some may think that the focus of this article does not belong in a collection of low carb pages. Some may think that alcohol has no place in a low carb diet plan. Those dieters who choose to abstain from alcohol should feel proud of their great show of self discipline.

For those who yearn to look at alcohol has a low carb food, this article offers some advice. First it provides statistics on one beverage that a drinker might automatically associate with the words “low carb snacks.” That beverage is the light beer.

A comparison of light beer and conventional beer should include mention of both the percentage of alcohol by volume and the amount of alcohol per serving. A light beer has between 2.4% and 4.0% of alcohol by volume. A conventional beer has between 3.2% and 5.0% of alcohol by volume.

Those figures really do not tell the whole story. They do not make clear whether of not a light beer might be included in a low carb diet plan. One really needs to examine the amount of alcohol per serving. That allows calculation of the size of the ingested volume of alcohol that is downed from a single can or bottle. That calculated figure is 0.29 oz to 0.58 oz for light beer and 0.38 oz to 0.60 oz for conventional beer.

Beer and wine contain lower concentrations of alcohol than hard liquor. Does that fact suggest that a dieter should feel free to wash down low carb recipes with beer or wine? Well no, that is not necessarily the case.

Those drinks do have an appreciable amount of carbohydrates. One benefit derived from the drinking of beer and wine surrounds the speed with which the alcohol in those drinks is absorbed by the system. The body absorbs alcohol more slowly when it has been diluted with water, milk or some other beverage.

The body absorbs alcohol from a cold wine or beer more slowly than the alcohol from a drink that has been sitting at room temperature. By the same token, a beverage with carbon dioxide (such as ginger ale or coke) absorbs alcohol more quickly than a drink that has been diluted with water, tomato juice, orange juice or milk.

Of all the alcoholic drinks on the market today, the dieter intent on low carb living should feel the least amount of guilt whenever he or she is drinking a light beer. That assumes, of course, that the dieter has insisted on incorporating alcohol into his or her attempt at adherence to a high protein, low carb diet.

Perhaps the best beverage for the drinker on a low carb diet would be one of the “near beers.” Of course, that might still have a fair amount of glucose. The dieter should read the label carefully before using a “near beer” as a substitute for the real thing. A “near beer” might have a carbohydrate composition that is too close to that of the real thing.

When a dieter has chosen to eat only those things that can be classified as “low carb food,” every stop at a fast food restaurant can be a test and a challenge. The creators of these low carb pages hope to alter that fact. The men and women who composed the material for this website have tried to incorporate the occasional eating of fast food into low carb living.

At the moment it is impossible to see regular and repeated visits to a fast food restaurant as something that would expedite the acquisition of low carb snacks or low carb meals. Still some fast food restaurants do have cooks who are comfortable creating low carb recipes. Those restaurants will receive mention in this article.

The Panda Express has a couple dishes that someone on a low carb diet could enjoy without feeling guilty. One of those is the restaurant’s Beef and Broccoli. The other one is the Vegetable Fried Rice. The Panda Express also has some low carb soups. A dieter can use soup to obtain a fuller belly.

Unlike Panda Express, McDonald’s does not offer many choices to the person on a low carb diet. It does not, however, have a menu that is entirely devoid of low carb foods. The chicken select strips at MacDonald’s are the safest choice for a McDonald’s customer on a low carb diet.

Both in McDonalds and in other fast food restaurants, chicken is the food most often sold without any forbidden carbohydrate. El Pollo Loco offers customers a chance to purchase flame broiled chicken. A person on a high protein, low carb diet can feel quite satisfied after eating one of El Pollo Loco’s skinless chicken breasts.

Someone on a low carb diet ought to stay clear of fried chicken. That might seem like a fast food item rich in protein, yet light on carbohydrates. Dieters beware! The fried coating contains many carbohydrates. More importantly, those carbohydrates enter the body along with many calorie-rich fats and oils.

More and more fast food restaurants have put salads on their menu. Some restaurants even have a salad bar. A big, satisfying salad is a fast and easy way to avoid consumption of foods that have lots of carbohydrates. A salad can be sprinkled with nuts. A salad can have greens partnered with beans.

On a low-carb diet, the dieter should use low carb salad dressing; it does not have a lot of sugar. . Having done that the dieter can relax and enjoy a bowl of greens. A salad is an excellent way to try some fast food while sticking to a low carb diet plan.

In colder weather, a salad might not “fill the bill.” In that case, the customer on a low carb diet might want to look for a restaurant that sells a black bean soup or a hearty bowl of chili. If the dieter lives close to some Persian restaurants, then he or she might want to try a bowl of ahshe.

Nuts make a terrific low carb snack. Nuts have a decided advantage over some other low carb snacks. Nuts are easily carried form place to place. Nuts can be combined with other low carb food to create a variety of different snacks.

Nuts can be added to yogurt. Nuts can be mixed with raisins and seeds. That mixing yields a delicious granola. Hikers have long appreciated the energy-giving power of granola.

Nuts contain lots of protein. That is another reason to put nuts at the top of a list of good snack foods for someone one a high protein, low carb diet. Nuts bring a feeling of satisfaction, a feeling of fullness. That gives anyone on a low carb diet plan even more reason to consider snacking on nuts.

There are not a lot of low carb recipes for snack food. Sometimes it is best to create snacks from whatever low carb foods one finds in the home. You might, for example, have celery at home. Maybe you have the makings of a low carb dip. Maybe you have some cottage cheese or yogurt at home. Maybe you have some dried herbs.

Mix the herbs into the cottage cheese or yogurt. You have now created a dip. If you are intent on pursuing real low carb living, you will appreciate the fact that you now have created for yourself a low carb snack.

Maybe you can find in your home other foods that can be put into a low carb snack. If so, please share them with others who are on a low carb diet. Perhaps you will share them with the writers of these low carb pages.

Fresh fruit makes a good low carb snack. While nuts are always easy to carry around, fruit can be more of a problem. Fresh fruit should be eaten before it spoils. For a long trip, a person on low carb diet would probably need to bring some dried fruit.

At home, one might consider saving a piece of a low carb dessert to use as a low carb snack. In the section on desserts, you will find mention of a low carb cake. That cake suggestion can be used to make low carb cupcakes. A low carb cupcake could make a good occasional snack.

Cheese is a good low carb snack. Eating cheese helps a person to feel fuller. Hard cheese can be eaten as a finger food. Soft cheese can be spread on vegetables or fruit. Soft cheese can also be flavored. Try putting some mint flavoring into a soft cheese, dip vegetables in that.

So, let’s review the items that can be used in low carb snacks. Nuts and foods that can be mixed with nuts make a good portable snack. Fruit makes an excellent low carb snack. Fresh veggies make a good low carb snack. At home, one can add herbs to cottage cheese or yogurt and create a tasty dip. That makes any raw vegetable more exciting.

Is all this talk about food making you hungry? Why don’t you visit your kitchen now and create for yourself a delicious low carb snack?

A person on a low carb diet gets his or her energy from protein. Since protein, rather than carbohydrates, is the body’s chief energy source, the decision to eat only low carb foods can alter the biochemistry of the body system. In other words, the person who is adhering to a low carb diet plan might encounter problems with motivation and focusing.

The reader should not write off the effectiveness of low carb recipes, due to their tendency to affect motivation and focus. The impact on the system from low carb-induced biochemical changes can be controlled. This section of our low carb pages offers information on the nature of that control.

Many dieters demonstrate problems with motivation. A sizeable percentage of people who loose weight later gain back that weight. That can damage their motivation to try maintenance of a reasonable weight.

If someone on a low carb diet hopes to avert problems with motivation and focus, he or she should take a cue from these suggestions. The following advice can help lower the impact of a low carb diet. It can help to restore a dieter’s motivation and focus.

It can set a dieter on the path to successful low carb living.

Dieting success is greater when the dieter strives to feel better rather than look better. Such people often make dieting and weight loss a major part of their lives. That unwise emphasis on dieting and weight loss can result in the development of major medical complications.

Obviously, the development of such complications takes away from the health-giving features of weight loss. Such complications can be avoided by dieters who do not allow a diet to take over their lives. The following paragraphs detail the most healthful ways to diet.

A dieter should consider slight modifications of his or her behavior. The dieter might want to eat on a schedule, and to eat at a more modest pace. The dieter might choose to keep a journal about his or her food choices during one 24 hour period. A wise dieter would plan to avoid any eating triggers, such as fatty junk food.

All of those items can help a dieter to achieve the desired weight loss. All of those efforts can steer a dieter toward a changed attitude toward any type of diet, including a high protein, low carb diet. The change produced by the above suggestions usually allows the dieter to become more motivated and better focused.

A dieter might need to change certain thoughts and beliefs that encourage overeating. A dieter might benefit from joining some type of group. A dieter might need to learn a few tricks. A person on a low carb diet, for instance should know how to make low carb snacks.

If a person on a low carb diet takes the time to read and study the above suggestions, he or she should achieve dieting success. He or she should manage to overcome any impact that the low carb diet might have had on his or her motivation. He or she should manage to develop a healthy and proper focus.

A person who decides to go on a low carb diet plan can expect to see an impact on his or her sexual performance. That impact might well be felt at both the start and the end of any high protein, low carb diet.

At various other places in these low carb pages the reader has learned about the interplay of dieting and feelings. That interplay can have a marked effect on sexual performance. It can color a seldom-mentioned aspect of low carb living.

Researchers have found that a couple shows increased sexual activity whenever they are taking part in a greater number of satisfying experiences. If, for example, a couple has chosen to attend a series of sporting events, or to buy a set of concert tickets, that couple could well display increased sexual activity.

Now when someone first begins trying different low carb recipes, he or she might feel hungry. That low carb food, even when supplemented with some low carb snacks, might not leave the dieter fully satisfied. In that case, the dieter might join his or her partner in some new activities (a way to take the dieter’s mind off of food). That could then lead to an increased desire for sex.

The decision to add more activity to a typical day to day routine can help a person to become more enthused about life. If that enthusiasm then leads to excitement, it can stimulate the urge for greater sexual activity. That is a second way that the start of a low carb diet might produce changes in a dieter’s sexual performance.

Now that we have looked at the initiation of a low carb diet, let us look at the end result from adherence to a low carb diet. A person who has enjoyed weight loss generally feels better. He or she usually feels happier. That feeling of happiness enhances any feelings of excitement. That enhanced excitement then causes and even greater drive for enjoyment of love making.

Now it should be noted that the increased sexual performance produced by a low carb diet is not going to be the same in every individual. Age contributes to the level of sexual performance. The sex drives decrease as a person ages. Gender also affects sexual performance. A woman’s desire for sex declines more with age than a man’s desire for sex.

That being said, it is still true that a person on a low carb diet can expect changes in his or her sexual performance. If the dieter has chosen to step-up his or her participation in various activities, that can enhance the dieter’s sexual performance. If the person on the low carb diet has lost a fair amount of weight, he or she should feel happy. That happiness can show-up in the form of improved sexual performance.

The bottom line is this: Being on a low carb diet does affect sexual performance. It does not hamper that performance; instead it serves to enhance that performance.

If someone on a low carb diet yearns for something sweet, he or she should think first about eating some type of fruit. Fruit is sweet, but it does not belong to the category occupied by less healthful, high carb foods. Fruit belongs in the category occupied by other low carb food. It provides a dieter with an excellent way to satisfy a sweet tooth.

Fruit is colorful as well as sweet. That adds to its appeal in low carb recipes. The fruit makes the resulting dish more colorful. A dieter who eats fruit can end his or her desire for other low carb snacks. A person who keeps plenty of fruit on hand is more apt to stay with a low carb diet plan.

Fruit can be eaten plain or dipped in yogurt. Fruit also goes well with cheese. The French have long appreciated the health benefits of ending a meal with cheese and fruit. A person on a low carb diet might want to recall the general image of a French model when ending a meal with fruit, rather than a different sort of dessert.

The image of a slim French model enjoying cheese and fruit can offer motivation to someone on a high protein, low carb diet plan. It can underline the importance of making wise choices about the way to end a meal. It can illustrate the benefits of being flexible about the creation of low carb desserts.

Anything with a sugar substitute can be used to make a low carb dessert. Some brands of gelatin contain a sugar substitute. They come in a number of different flavors. A smart cook can use those packages of gelatin in a creative way. A smart cook can thus come up with some appealing and low carb desserts.

Diet sodas also contain a sugar substitute. That fact can aid the cook intent on creating a new type of low carb dessert. A diet soda can be added to a cake mix and used to make a low carb cake. If the cook uses a 12 0z Coke, then he or she can create a dessert with only 170 calories per serving.

Of all the advice on these low carb pages, the above advice on low carb desserts might be the hardest to obey. Some people find it difficult to banish all desserts from any effort at low carb living. After all, one can not always see a food’s carbohydrate content.

Thirty five years ago one man who had tried to stick with a high protein low carb diet had greatest difficulty avoiding ice cream. At one point he said, “I do not see any sugar in this scoop.” Then he proceeded to eat that high carb food.

That gentleman displayed a reluctance to view fruit as a dessert. He saw fruit more as a snack. At one point that ice cream lover did make a brilliant move; he provided his wife with some diet gelatin. If he were still alive today, his wife might have tried making him some low carb cake.