Low carb diets
Low carb diets have been in use for many years. It would make sense to decrease your carbohydrate intake as it stimulates the release of hormone insulin, which is the body's main fat storing hormone.
So how does a low carb diet work? First off, I think that there is a big misconception on the term 'weight loss'. People think that they have to eat less food and burn loads of calories doing physical activity. This is true but it is a very hard and draining way of losing weight as you are eating less food and therefore less calories. The result of this will mean that your energy levels will drop when doing physical activity.
In order to lose weight, you MUST be in a caloric deficit. This means that you have to eat less calories than your maintenance caloric intake that your body consumes every day in order to keep at the same weight. Low carb diets are helpful as you may be eating less food because you will be eating extra protein and fat, which will keep you full for a while.
There has been a big debate about low carb vs low fat diets. There has been studies showing that more weight has been lost through doing a low carb diet over a short period of time than low fat diets but, more people found it harder to stick to the low carb diet. This was probably because lowering your carb intake generally makes you more hungry. It can also be hard maintaining high protein intakes.
Low carb diets can help prevent high blood pressure and diabetes and can help improve cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels. However as explained above, low carb diets aren't easy to stick to. The typical side effects of this is usually: Tiredness, feeling weaker than usual[ which can effect physical activity ], Mood may be affected and constipation can also occur, Essential vitamins can be lots as a result of having to pee more often.
So to summarize, low carb diets are proven to be affective in the short term and can reduce the risk of sugar related problems e.g. diabetes. It can also discipline the people who are doing it about future food choices as it is an easy diet to stick to. However as mentioned above there are side affects which leads to many people dropping out. Like all diets if you put in the work you will see results. I personally would recommend this diet as it is straight foward
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