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| Got your attention? Yes I am going to share with | | | | health conscious. So is it better for you and if you |
| you the truths and myths of low carb beers with | | | | drink that will it help you lose weight? |
| you but first we need to cover a little background on | | | | The reality is that it still contains calories and empty |
| the different carbs and how they work. | | | | ones at that so if you don't move your body enough |
| Pretty much most people have heard about the low | | | | to burn up the excess calories they will still store as |
| GI or carb diets that are going around now days. | | | | fat. These beers generally contains one third the |
| Low carb is perceived as meaning it helps you to lose | | | | amount of calories of a full strength beer. If you |
| weight. Research has shown 20% of people have | | | | think because it is low you can enjoy a few more |
| tried a this kind of diet at some time and it can help | | | | beers remember you may still be having the same |
| you lose weight short term. But with like with every | | | | amount of calories, which means you still put on |
| diet if you return to the same eating habits that got | | | | weight. Also when you are drinking you are also |
| you off track in the first place the weight returns. By | | | | inclined to eat more rubbish foods like chips and |
| the way I said low not NO carb, there is a big | | | | snacks. |
| difference. You see the carbs in your diet which | | | | A main stream low carb beer has approximately |
| come from grains for instance give you your energy | | | | .9grams of carb per 100ml where a full strength one |
| to move. | | | | has 3.1gram of carb per 100ml. The beauty of the |
| Carbohydrates are needed in your diet but it is the | | | | these is that you don't get the bloating of the other |
| unrefined in processed carbs that we are after like | | | | beers. LITE beer is usually low in alcohol and not |
| wholemeal grains. If you eat more carbs than you | | | | necessarily in carbs and the low beer still has about |
| need and don't move your body enough the carbs | | | | 100 calories per bottle. This means if you go for a |
| end up storing as fat. In your body protein which | | | | brisk walk it still takes about 15 mins to walk off |
| comes from meat, eggs, dairy, legumes, nuts and | | | | each beer so if you have four to six beers in a |
| seeds helps to makes muscle and when you have | | | | session that about one to one and a half hours of |
| more muscle mass you have less fat. So does it help | | | | brisk walking exercise to walk them off. |
| you to lose weight??????? | | | | The lowest calories are still the ones you don't stick |
| Remember the diet ales in the 70's and 80's when | | | | into your body. So for the best outcome change to |
| you were able to buy diet ale beer? It's the same | | | | low carb and stick to the same quantity of drinks |
| idea of what we call today low carb beer but the | | | | and you will carry less calories for it. |
| name didn't lend itself to having a line up of Aussie | | | | Remember moderation is important. You still need to |
| men to drink it. Today these are experiencing strong | | | | be responsible in your drinking. |