A low-carb diet can be extremely helpful to shed those extra kilos and get back in shape. It is also quite healthy to keep your carb intake in check to reduce the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes. In a low-carb diet, you are expected to eliminate certain foods, you end up overeating what you are allowed to eat.

Apart from this, there are several other things you end up doing unintentionally that you shouldn’t when on a low-carb diet.

Here’s a list of top 5 mistakes people end up doing when on a low carb diet :

Low-carb doesn’t mean no-carb

Though the sentence seems quite self-explanatory when you start a low-carb diet, you don’t need to completely cut down your carbs. You need to ensure that your body is getting an adequate amount of macronutrients like proteins, fats, and carbs. Eating too few carbs will lead you to a carb crash and that might be worse for your body than any good. This might also make you believe that the low-carb diet is not for you.

Overeating “Allowed” foods

Going low-carb doesn’t give you a license to eat as much food that you are allowed to eat. When u follow a  low-carb diet, u will have to cut down on milk that has approximately 11 to 12 grams of carbohydrates per cup. But to compensate for a fair share of macronutrients like calcium and protein you’ll have to shift to meat and cheese. Overeating meat and cheese has its own health risks and may lead to weight gain, as these foods contain a lot of calories. Thus let appetite be your guide and eat when you are hungry and stop when you are comfortably satisfied.

Skipping Exercise

Once you start eating a low-carb diet, the loss of weight (and water weight) might make you feel as though exercise is not necessary. But to achieve the results you wished for, and maintain them long term, you’ll need to get active rather than just dieting and no workout. You don’t necessarily have to do a harsh workout, but something as simple as a long walk after dinner would work along with a low-carb diet.

Relying on packaged foods

Products such as low-carb ice cream, meal replacement bars, and other packaged foods marketed as low-carb or sugar-free need close scrutiny before eating blindly. Packaged foods contain a lot of preservatives which lead to side effects and do no good to your body.

Forgetting fiber-rich food

Eating fiber-rich food is extremely important in whichever diet you are following. And the best source of fiber is enough vegetables and fruits. Fiber-rich foods prevent gas and intestinal disturbances, such as bloating and constipation. Some of the high fiber foods can be flax seeds, chia seeds, low-carb bran cereals, etc.

Conclusion:

A low-carb diet can do wonders for your body and can help you achieve your health goals only if followed properly. We end up making small mistakes unintentionally and then end up not so satisfied. Make sure to not make these mistakes and achieve your goals.

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