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Low Carb Diets

By Jennifer R. Scott, About.com

Updated June 13, 2008

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Low carb diets focus on reducing or eliminating particular carbohydrates from the diet, especially refined carbs, such as white bread or high-sugar cereal. Here, learn more about some of the most popular low carb diets, from Atkins to The Zone.

The Atkins Diet

The Atkins Diet is one of the more stringent plans among popular diets; it completely eliminates refined grains and added sugars from your diet.

Carbohydrate Addicts Diet

According to the authors of this plan, the overweight are suffering from an addiction to carbohydrates and their diet can alleviate this addiction.

South Beach Diet

While not technically a low carb diet, this plan focuses on decreasing total carbs and replacing them with preferable "good" carbs.

The Schwarzbein Principle

A modified low carb plan, this diet is all about eating "good" fats and plenty of protein while eliminating processed foods and sugars.

Somersizing

Author Suzanne Somers refers to certain carbs as "Funky Foods" that should be eliminated and encourages food combining (eating certain foods together).

SugarBusters!

This plan does not require you to count carbs, but it does require you to eliminate certain carbohydrates from your diet altogether.

The Zone

This plan is more balanced than the Atkins Diet, but it is quite stringent in its requirement to eat specified percentages of food types at each meal in order to be in the "Zone."
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