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[quote=Anonymous]I swear the exact same post was put up over a year ago. I remember it because a friend of mine phrased it exactly the same way when asking me about it. Was that you or are you new?

Well, either way - here's what it is. When people say "no carb," or more accurately "low carb," what they mean is that they've cut starchy bulk items from their diet - rice, bread, potatoes. Most diets have starchy filler - it's cheap, stores well, a high source of calories. It makes sense that people ate it historically. But now we eat too much of it and it happens to be a nutrient sparse type of food anyway so you really don't loose much of anything when you cut it out of your diet; instead you free up room for more nutrient dense foods like vegetables and fruits.

So a low carb diet removes the starchy bulk and replaces it with extra veggies. The sweets get replaced with a limited amount of fresh fruit. For those who do continue to consume caffeine and want some sweetness in their drinks, they stick with natural sources of sweetness rather than refined - so things like real maple syrup, agave, and honey. You still get some carbs in your diet - it's not a zero carb approach - but you've cut the food categories that are simple pure carbs and nothing more, ie empty calories. [/quote]

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