Yes, you heard it right! Reducing carbohydrate levels in your daily diet can increase weight loss to a massive level.
What are carbohydrates or carbs?
Carbohydrates are molecules of sugar that our body processes into glucose. This glucose in our blood (blood sugar) helps provide energy to our organs, cells, and tissues. There are mainly 3 types of carbs present in our foods (Sugar, Starches and Fiber) Each of them is an energy source.
Below are a few carbohydrate-deficient foods that are packed with nutrients and less in carbs –
POULTRY AND SEAFOOD –
Foods like eggs, chicken and fish are highly consistent with good fats and are very low in carbs. They are excellent sources of energy and are high in proteins.
GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES –
Vegetables like Spinach, Kale, Mint, Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Lettuce are extremely low in carbs and are power-packed with nutrients. When consumed in raw form they are easy to digest and their nutrients are broken down well by our body.
FRUITS –
Fruits like Oranges, Avocados, Sweet lime, grapes, papayas consist of low carbs and high nutrition making them an excellent energy source.
NUTS AND SEEDS –
Nuts like almonds, walnuts, etc consist of a good amount of fat which gives instant energy to our body. As they are low in carbs they can be consumed a handful making them an excellent source of protein and essential nutrients.
DAIRY PRODUCTS –
Cheese, milk and yogurt consist of less amount of carbs making them an excellent source of protein and fats.
Conclusion – These foods will help maintain blood sugar levels and reduce weight faster. Carbohydrates reduction and increase in workout levels will help maintain weight. As the above-listed foods are excellent sources of nutrition they work wonders for our body and skin as well. These foods are also efficient to add in keto diets and place the body in ketosis mode (A state where the body doesn’t have enough carbs to burn so it tends to burn fat instead and process ketones which are used for energy by the body)
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