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• Low-carbohydrate diet — Low carbohydrate diets or low carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption usually for weight control or for the treatment of obesity. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates (e.g. bread, pasta) are limited or replaced… …   Wikipedia

• Medical research related to low-carbohydrate diets — Low carbohydrate diets became a major weight loss and health maintenance trend during the late 1990s and early 2000s.[1][2][3] While their popularity has waned recently from its peak, they remain popular.[4][5] This diet trend has stirred major… …   Wikipedia

• Low-Carb — Tortendiagramme der Zusammensetzung verschiedener Ernährungskonzepte: typische westliche Ernährung (entspricht der DGE Empfehlung mit ca. 50% Kohlenhydratanteil); der Atkins Diät in der Einführungsphase; Ketogene Diät mit 4:1 Verhältnis von Fett… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Low-Fat — Der Begriff Fettminimierung bzw. Low Fat (engl.: „wenig Fett“) bezeichnet eine Diätform, bei welcher der Fettanteil der Nahrung begrenzt wird. Bei einigen Low Fat Diäten liegt dieser Wert bei 30 Prozent der aufgenommenen Brennenergie.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Carbohydrate — Carbohydrates (from hydrates of carbon ) or saccharides (Greek σάκχαρον meaning sugar ) are the most abundant of the four major classes of biomolecules, which also include proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. They fill numerous roles in living… …   Wikipedia

• Low-carb tortilla — A low carb tortilla has as few as 3 grams of net carbohydrates per tortilla (about 1/5 the amount found in a regular flour tortilla) and is high in dietary fiber. [ [http://www.latortillafactory.com/jadworks/ltf/jwsuite.nsf/ViewSelection/4268019D4… …   Wikipedia

• Low sodium diet — A low sodium diet is a diet that includes no more than 1,500 to 2,400 mgs of sodium per day.[1] (One teaspoon of salt has about 2,300 mg sodium.) People who follow a vigorous or moderate exercise schedule are usually advised to limit their… …   Wikipedia

• carbohydrate loading — noun a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing • Syn: ↑carbo loading • Hypernyms: ↑diet * * * the practice of eating high amounts of… …   Useful english dictionary

• carbohydrate loading — the practice of eating high amounts of carbohydrates, sometimes after a period of low carbohydrate intake, for several days immediately before competing in an athletic event, esp. a marathon, in order to store glycogen in the body, thereby… …   Universalium

• Carbohydrate metabolism — denotes the various biochemical processes responsible for the formation, breakdown and interconversion of carbohydrates in living organisms.The most important carbohydrate is glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that is metabolized by nearly… …   Wikipedia

• Carbohydrate deficient transferrin — (CDT) is a laboratory test used to help detect heavy ethanol consumption.Transferrin is a plasma protein that carries iron through the bloodstream to the bone marrow, where red blood cells are manufactured, as well as to the liver and spleen.… …   Wikipedia