Low-carbohydrate diet
A Low-carbohydrate diet is a type of diet that focuses on lowering the amount of carbohydrates eaten. There are many variations of this diet which all focus on lowering carbohydrates and come with both advantages and disadvantages.
Overview
Macronutrient ratios
The National Lipid Association and Lifestyle Task force define low-carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 25% of calories from carbohydrates. They define very low carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 10% carbohydrates.[1] A 2016 review of low-carbohydrate diets referred to diets with 50 grams of carbohydrate per day (less than 10% of total calories) as "very low" and diets with 40% of calories from carbohydrates as "mild" low-carbohydrate diets.[2]
Foods
There is evidence that the quality is also important too, and that high-fiber slow-digesting foods are healthful while ultra-processed and sugary foods are less so.[3] People choosing diet for health conditions should have the diet focused on their own needs.[4]
Most vegetables are low- or moderate-carbohydrate foods. Some vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, maize (corn) and rice are high in starch. Most low-carbohydrate diet plans encourage to eat vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, lettuce, cucumbers, cauliflower, peppers and most green-leafy vegetables.
History
First appearences
In 1797, John Rollo reported on the results of treating two diabetic Army officers with a low-carbohydrate diet and medications. A very low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet was the standard treatment for diabetes throughout the nineteenth century.[5][6]
In 1863, William Banting, a formerly obese English undertaker and coffin maker, published "Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public". He described a diet for weight control giving up bread, butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes.[7] His booklet was widely read, so much so that some people used the term "Banting" for the activity now called "dieting."[8]
In the early 1900s Frederick Madison Allen made a highly restrictive short term diet which was described by Walter R. Steiner at the 1916 annual convention of the Connecticut State Medical Society as The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.[9]: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. [10][11] This diet was often administered in a hospital in order to better ensure following and safety.[9]: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. 
References
- ↑ Review of current evidence and clinical recommendations on the effects of low-carbohydrate and very-low-carbohydrate (including ketogenic) diets for the management of body weight and other cardiometabolic risk factors: A scientific statement from the National Lipid Association Nutrition and Lifestyle Task Force. J Clin Lipidol 13 (5) (2019). p. 689–711.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jacl.2019.08.003.
- ↑ Impact of low-carbohydrate diet on body composition: meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies. Obes Rev 17 (6) (2016). p. 499–509. doi:10.1111/obr.12405.
- ↑ Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Lancet 393 (10170) (10 January 2019). p. 434–445. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31809-9. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ↑ More sugar? No, thank you! The elusive nature of low carbohydrate diets.. Endocrine 61 (3) (2018). p. 383–387. doi:10.1007/s12020-018-1580-x.
- ↑ Morgan, William. Diabetes mellitus: its history, chemistry, anatomy, pathology, physiology, and treatment (1877)Homoeopathic Publishing Company.
- ↑ Einhorn, Max. Lectures on dietetics (1905)Saunders. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Banting, William. Letter On Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (1869). London, England: Harrison. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ↑ Groves, Barry. William Banting Father of the Low-Carbohydrate Diet (2002)The Weston A. Price Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Steiner, Walter R. The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Proceedings of the Connecticut State Medical Society (1916). p. 176–184. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ Allen, Frederick M. Total dietary regulation in the treatment of diabetes (1919). New York: The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ Another publication of similar diet was Hill, Lewis Webb. The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes with a series of graduated diets as used at the Massachusetts General Hospital (1915). Boston: W.M. Leonard.