The Low Carb Low Down

So With my most recent post I talked about PCOS. Through lots of research I found that eating a low carb diet helps with the pain and cysts. I got a fantastic book called The Low Carb Bible. Your All-in-One Guide to Successful Low-Carb Dieting. I have loved reading through it and learning everything there is to know about carbs. So I wanted to share that information with you, but if you are serious about following this type of diet you should go get the book:)
Carbs are found in breads,cereals, rice, pasts, and other grains; fruites and vegetables; dairy products; and processed foods as added sugar. It is broken down into glucose (the kind of carbs that cells use for energy) during during digestion and released into the bloodstream. Avoiding the likes of bread, pasta, rice and fruite causes your body to become a fat burning machine. Using fat rather that carbs for energy. When there are insufficient amounts of glucose to be burned for energy, the liver turns to fat stores instead. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, The Zone, and The south Beach Diest are just a few examples of low-carb diet programs. Although they may differ in thier approach and style, all low-carb diets have a single uniting principal: Too much dietary carbs causes weight gain and prevents weight loss. Low-carb diets cut down the amount of carbs you eat rather than focusing on calories or fat.
Extra carbs is converted to fat and stored in your cells. Again, this process is facilitated by insulin. That's why low-carb proponents maintain that eating a low-carb diet will help you lose weight. If you don't provide your body with a lot of carbs, you body won't produce a lot of insulin, so is won't be storing as much fat. The less fat stored in your cells, the thinner you will be!
Low-carb diets are nearly always high-protein diets, and they may also be high in fat. The reason? Only carbs, fat, and protein provide your body with the calories (energy) it needs to function. When you drastically lower consumption of one of the three energy-producing nutrients, in this case carbs, you need to increase one or both of the others, protein and/or fat, even when your weight loss it the goal. Protein is necessary for relaying messages in the nervous system and brain; balancing fluid; absorbing nutrients; and producing enzymes, hormones, connective tissue, muscle, antibodies, and other substances that affect growth, development, and overall health. Unlike carbs and fat, protein is not stored in the body, so you need to eat enough protein everyday. My rule of thumb is to include something in every meal you eat that contains protein. Protein does not cause the sharp increase in blood glucose levels that carbs does. Instead, protein produces a slower and steadier increase. As a result, the pancrease releases less insulin. Since insulin helps the body store glucose as fat, you will store less fat when you eat more protein and less carbs. When too much insulin is in the bloodd, your brain fails to get the message that you are no longer hungry. You don't feel satisfied and likely will want to eat again soon. Eating a higher-fat diet can help, rather than hinder, weight loss. That's because a high fat diet actually prevents the body from storing glucose as fat.
Insulin overload in the blood promotes fat storage, therefore encourages irritability, fatigue, and sleeplessness. Carb addicts may recognize that the complusion to eat again right after the finish a meal or snack is illogical, but they can't ignore the drive. They are never truly satisfied, so they repeatedly overeat and gain weight that they are unable to lose. Even small amounts of carbs can send a carb addict into the downward spiral of overeating.
So I hope that this will help all of you have some better insight in why everyone is saying that the low carb diets are the best! Here is the reasoning why.