Every 15-20 years the low-carb diet is resurrected under a different name. In the late 60’s Irwin Stillman popularized the “Stillman Diet”. In the early 70's, Robert Atkins of the "Atkin's Diet" fame brought low-carb back to the forefront. He didn't have much success with it at the time, but had MASSIVE success when it returned in the early 1990's.

It's now 2019 and the low carb has been re-branded as the "ketogenic diet" and it is hotter than Houston in September.

It'll be around a while I have a feeling so let's dig in a little and talk about the science behind low-carb diets.

Today we are going to focus on what actually happens to your body when you restrict carbohydrates to make you better educated on the entire scenario.

Let’s talk about sugar.

The average American can easily consume over 200g of sugar a day. Thats about 150g over the recommended daily dose for a healthy, exercising person. A sedentary and inactive person should actually consume even less. Have you ever looked at your sugar intake in a day? It can be eye opening and worth the effort. Use an app like MyFitnessPal to look up foods that you consume throughout the entire day and keep track of the total grams of sugar. You’ll not only get the number of grams that you ate but from this list you can also identify which foods contain the most sugar should you need to work on eliminating or substituting certain foods.

What happens when we eat too much sugar?

The main issue here is fat storage but not FROM the sugar but BECAUSE OF the sugar.

Here’s why: