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carbohydrates
Yes, and in fact, many diets promote little to no carbohydrates. However, carbohydrates promote emotional well being/ satiety, and managing dramatic changes in diet can be very hard for many people. Change your diet slowly, and integrate resistance training as a method for prolonged, and healthy weight loss.
There are five main functions of carbohydrates and these include as a source of energy, to spare protein and for fat oxidation. The other functions are for the addition of flavor to the diet and to promote gastro-intestinal function.
On the Atkins diet, you go by carbohydrates (most carbohydrates have sugars in them).
A lot of grains
A good protein diet plan that would make you lose weight but not gain muscle would be the Atkins diet. This is a diet that basically cuts out carbohydrates. www.atkins.com
The astronaut´s diet does not consist of carbohydrates - the main idea of the diet is to avoid carbohydrates. It consists mainly protein. The idea of avoiding carbohydrates is that if organism doesn´t get carbohydrates then it starts using fat - both: the one we get with food and the one we have in our bodies. So, astronaut´s diet does not consist of carbohydrates!
As healthy as chili can be (when made properly), I'm afriad it can't really be included as a meal option in a no-carb diet. Beans are one of the healthies complex carbohydrates out there, but they are still that: complex carbohydrates.
The no carb diet cuts out all carbohydrates from what you can eat. The cookie diet allows you to have cookies, which are packed with carbohydrates, but not much else.
fiber
You do not need to eat the carbohydrates in your diet. They fallow you in your diet. Low carbohydrate in your diet is a good thing. You should avoid taking high carbohydrate diet. That is bad for health. They promote the obesity. Your body can convert fat into source of energy. Extra proteins can be and are converted into energy, in your body.
People living in the Western Hemisphere tend to eat a diet that is high in carbohydrates.