Science finally weighs in (no pun intended). If you’re planning to go on a diet to shed the extra pounds you’ve gained these past few months, then maybe avoiding all the carbs or cutting your carbohydrate intake is one of the options you have for your diet plan. Besides losing weight, what other side effects does giving up carbohydrates (such as rice, bread, etc.) have? Eat This, Not That lists the other things one might expect when they’re lowering their carb intake, according to experts. Check the full list here.
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Professional proper medical opinion on "no carb" diets: "The keto diet could cause low blood pressure, kidney stones, constipation, nutrient deficiencies and an increased risk of heart disease. Strict diets like keto could also cause social isolation or disordered eating. Keto is not safe for those with any conditions involving their pancreas, liver, thyroid or gallbladder." Not only that, but because the diet is so hard to keep up with (a single slipup can take you out of ketosis for days or even weeks), the only way to follow it when managing your own diet is religiously. And religious habits place belief over reasonable and rational responses. Leading to stupid things like claims it can do no harm and is a magic bullet for any possible condition. They are zealots.
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Most of those symptoms apply to any diet, not just a low carb one. One loses weight on a low carb diet by starving the body of its preferred energy source, carbohydrates in the stomach. Over a two week period, known as induction, the body starts to use its second favorite source of energy: body fat. That transition can be a difficult time. The good news is after that, there are fewer symptoms than a low calorie diet.
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carbs my eternal friend, my eternal enemy
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