As these foods sneak back into your diet, ketosis stops, your healthy appetite returns, and now you re consuming plenty of carbs in addition to extra protein and fat. Of course, you re going to gain the weight back. These diets may in fact be especially bad for people with diabetes, who need to be extra careful about eating a healthy, balanced diet that is low in fat. Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease, and puts extra stress on all the body s systems. But there is some merit to the anti-carb diets.
Carbohydrates come in good and bad forms.
As you might guess, fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and dairy products are the good guys. You ll find energy, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in these foods, all of which your body needs to get and stay healthier. The bad guys are foods such as soft drinks, candy, chips, and refined white flour. All these foods add calories to your diet, with little or no nutritional benefits so you re doing well to get rid of them. Used under License.