There are many ways to look slim. One of them through diet. There are so many types of diets that can be followed. One of them is low-carb diet or also known as low carbohydrate diet, which had been popular some time ago. Now, this kind of diet is still encouraged by nutrition, but does it have any negative impacts?

Like fashion, diet knows the trends. In recent years, the term popular diet, which means the type or how a diet that is sold. So, in this society tend to look for anything unusual, popular, and try it. Although popular, the question of truth, scientific proof, security, and research, not to prove that the diet is good.

One of the fad diets that could be a trend some time ago is a low-carbohydrate diets or low carbohydrate diet (low-carb diet). Such a diet is often called the Atkins diet because it was introduced by an American nutritionist, Dr. Robert Coleman Atkins, 1970 years ago. Interestingly, low-carbohydrate diet actually popular in the 2000s.

Dropped dramatically
According to nutrition experts from Jakarta Nutrifit Clinic, Dr. Oetoro Samuel, low-carbohydrate diet is a diet that limits carbohydrate source. For those who run a low carb diet do not eat rice, potatoes, bread and other carbohydrate sources. In fact, carbohydrates are one of the energy-producing nutrients, in addition to protein and fat.

Carbohydrates consist of three elements, namely carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Each gram of carbohydrate to produce four calories of energy. The function of carbohydrates do not play games. Carbohydrates useful spur brain and muscles, as well as supplying energy to various body functions such as respiratory and cardiac devices.

Because they do not consume carbohydrate, low-carbohydrate diet followers get energy from food that is high in protein and fat. “Consequently, they raise the consumption of protein. The source of protein derived from meat. And we know, the meat contains fat. Consequently, in addition to high levels of protein in the body, fat is too high,” explained Samuel.