Low Carbohydrate Nutrition Program
This is the easiest program to follow for most people. Low carbohydrate diets can be very effective for weight loss. The foundation is simple, High proteins, Low GI Carbs, and Healthy Fats. Your daily macros will be determined by the Body Comp Biometrics algorithms based your personal lean muscle mass.
The macros are set and reset over the course of the nutrition program. As body fat drops, and lean muscle is gain, then the macros changes with it. Every four weeks is recommended to have your body composition retested to keep you on track with dropping body fat. Low carb diets also have benefits that go beyond just weight loss. They can help to lower blood sugar, blood pressure, and triglycerides. They can also help to raise HDL (good) cholesterol and improve the pattern of LDL (bad) cholesterol.
A low carb diet isn’t just about weight loss, it may also improve your health. For this reason, the diet should be based on whole, unprocessed foods and healthy carb sources. Low carb diets greatly reduce your blood levels of insulin, a hormone that brings the glucose from carbs into the body’s cells. One of the functions of insulin is to store fat.
Many experts believe that the reason low carb diets work so well is that they reduce your levels of this hormone. Studies also show that low carb diets are particularly effective at reducing the fat in your abdominal cavity, also known as visceral fat or belly fat. This is the most dangerous fat and is strongly associated with many diseases. Water weight drops fast on a low carb diet, and fat loss takes a bit longer. It’s common to feel unwell in the first few days of lowering your carb intake. However, many people feel excellent after this initial adaptation phase.