Low Carbohydrate Diet, Healthful?

Already many days Ima try to call Bobby, but no phone also appointed. Bobby does not usually like this. Bobby usually always ready to standby at any time there is a ring. Most do not see if there are missed call, Bobby would call back. In fact after the find out from friends, Ima hear if Bobby entered the hospital. The causes? Diet.
Yes, as we know, the current fad diet is the number of uncounted. From the South Beach diet, vegetarian diet, zone diet, Mediterranean diet, low fat diet, and also can be spelled out in the most popular at this time, the Atkins diet. Principles Atkins diet is low carbohydrate diet. Dr. C. Robert Atkins said if we could eat as much as possible, provided that consumption karbohidratnya low.

This is Bobby. Bobby mengonsumsi little carbohydrate and replace it with fat. Initial body weight is going down quickly. But then, he began to feel tired. He had thought that this was due to the burden of the work are many-many at that time. Old-old Bobby does not hold and kolaps. When was the hospital by his family, doctors advise that it is the occurrence of disturbances of fat metabolism, which is called Acido-Ketosis.

But heart disease?
The researchers had conducted a research to provide food berkarbohidrat high on a subset of mice. The result? In short, rat-mouse is likely to experience obesity, bulunya fall, and potentially affected by sterility! So very ordinary when Atkins finally blame and point as carbohydrate causes damage to the human body.

A study involving 450 people showed that those who undergo low carbohydrate diet decreased body weight more quickly than those who undergo low-fat diet. But they also appeared to increase total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol)!

They are a low-carbohydrate diet even have a higher risk of heart disease and the affected blood vessel due to the carbohydrate at the extreme, they even increase the consumption of fat remains to obtain energy. This is a dangerous.

Consumption of excess fat can increase cholesterol content in blood and trigliserida. The high cholesterol content and this is the cause trigliserida increase the risk of heart disease and blood vessel. In addition, the Atkins diet to the incidence of interference is also a risk Acido-Ketosis (excess acid in the blood due to disturbances of fat metabolism).

Then what to do?
So what is the diet you are successful and stay healthy? Excess carbohydrate is not good, so you need to limit the amount of carbohydrate that you consume. In addition, you also need to pay attention to the type of carbohydrate consumed. Avoid carbohydrates in the form of simple sugar such as sugar and replace with a low-calorie sugar, because sugar is actually only a simple calories without nutrition is helpful. Instead you need to keep sufficient Feed complex carbohydrate, such as there is lots of fiber in vegetables and fruit. In addition, fiber is very good to reduce the risk of bowel cancer, and lower cholesterol. Mengonsumsi fibers also make the stomach feel full longer.

What about rice?
We, people of Indonesia, used to eat rice and it has not been satisfied if the stomach has not been met with Rice. While the value of Glycaemic Index (GI), which dikandung rice is 88. While the GI is recommended for the consumption of carbohydrate in the range of 50-60. The higher the GI value, the faster we will be hungry, so tend to eat excessive. Therefore, you really need to limit or replace it with rice carbohydrate source that has a low GI value, such as red rice or wheat bread.