As with the Paleolithic diet, several advocates of low-carbohydrate diets have argued that they are closer to the ancestral diet of humans before the invention of agriculture, and therefore that humans are genetically adapted to diets low in carbohydrate.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s low-carbohydrate diets became some of the most popular diets in the U. S. ( by some accounts as much as 18 % of the population was using a low-carbohydrate diet at its peak ) and spread to many countries.

Atkins ( in the maintenance phase ) and some other low-carbohydrate diets may exceed the 60g limit definition by this group, but remain below the 20 percent of caloric intake from carbs.

Half of the sugar of a can of regular cola still exceeds the daily sugar allowance of some popular low-carbohydrate diets.

Those on low-carbohydrate diets, and those doing particularly strenuous exercise, may wish to increase their protein intake.

Loren Cordain, a proponent of a low-carbohydrate Paleolithic diet, responded to the U. S. News ranking, stating that their " conclusions are erroneous and misleading " and pointing out that " five studies, four since 2007, have experimentally tested contemporary versions of ancestral human diets and have found them to be superior to Mediterranean diets, diabetic diets and typical western diets in regards to weight loss, cardiovascular disease risk factors and risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

Although low-carbohydrate diets were originally created on the basis of anecdotal evidence of their effectiveness, today there is a much greater theoretical basis on which these diets rest.

In an effort to profit on the surging popularity of low-carbohydrate diets, Coca-Cola and Pepsico both released reduced-calorie versions of their flagship sodas in 2004.

Although the marketing focus of the company has changed after their emergence from bankruptcy, the products remain low-carbohydrate to stay faithful to the philosophy of the diet.

In his 1863 pamphlet, Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public, he outlined the details of a particular low-carbohydrate, low-calorie diet that had led to his own dramatic weight loss.

Dr. Atkins founded Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. in 1989 to promote the low-carbohydrate products of his increasingly popular Atkins diet.

In contrast to his previous book The 10 % Solution for a Healthy Life, in which he recommended a diet with 10 % of calories from fat, in this book, Kurzweil recommends consuming less than one third of calories from carbohydrates ( and less than one sixth of calories in his low-carbohydrate diet ) and consuming 25 % of calories from fat.

Diets to promote weight loss are generally divided into four categories: low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-calorie, and very low calorie.

Weight loss diets that manipulate the proportion of macronutrients ( low-fat, low-carbohydrate, etc.

A ketogenic diet ( high-fat, low-carbohydrate ) was first tested in the 1920s, but became less used with the advent of effective anticonvulsants.

With its steviol glycoside extracts having up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar, stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives.

Individuals who follow a low-carbohydrate diet will also develop ketosis, sometimes called nutritional ketosis, but the level of ketone body concentrations are on the order of whereas the pathological ketoacidosis is.

Other uses of low-carbohydrate diets remain controversial.

According to Harris, humans shifted from a low-carbohydrate diet largely based on hunter-gatherer sources to a high-carbohydrate diet largely based on agricultural when intensive agriculture began.

B vitamins and bile salts, as well as glucose, are necessary for Giardia to survive, and a low-carbohydrate diet was shown in mice to reduce the number of Giardia organisms present.

In many other animals, the process occurs during periods of fasting, starvation, low-carbohydrate diets, or intense exercise.

In ruminants, because metabolizable dietary carbohydrates tend to be metabolized by rumen organisms, gluconeogenesis occurs regardless of fasting, low-carbohydrate diets, exercise, etc.

Brillat-Savarin is often considered as the father of low-carbohydrate diet.

It has been used by proponents of established views to refute claims of non-traditional methods of weight loss such as low-carbohydrate diets.

They then offer a long list that includes low-carbohydrate diets in general and Atkins, the Zone diet and three others by name.

The researchers concluded that low-carbohydrate diets are a " feasible alternative recommendation for weight loss.

Egg salad is part of a tradition of salads involving a high-protein and low-carbohydrate food mixed with seasonings in the form of spices, herbs, and other foods, and bound with mayonnaise.

* William Banting publishes Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public in London, the first popular low-carbohydrate diet.

The amount of carbohydrate allowed varies with different low-carbohydrate diets.

The term " low-carbohydrate diet " is generally applied to diets that restrict carbohydrates to less than 20 % of caloric intake, but can also refer to diets that simply restrict or limit carbohydrates.

In 1797 Dr. John Rollo reported on the results of treating two diabetic Army officers with a low-carbohydrate diet and medications.

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