10 Low Carbs Foods - Awesomely Lose Weight and Reduce Blood sugar and Insulin levels

Hey HealthIES! Today we gonna learn about ten low carbs foods that can help you in reducing your appetite (desire to eat food), weight loss, fat loss and to decrease your blood sugar and insulin levels.

1. Meats
2. Veggies (Cauliflower, Broccoli, Beans, etc)
3. Eggs
4. Fruits (Apples, Avocados, Peaches, etc)
5. Leafy veggies
6. Unsweetened Products
7. Plain yogurt
8. Coconut oil and butter
9. Mixed Nuts
10. Whole grain products

Amount of carbohydrate and its benefits

Meats

The amount of carb in red meat is 0g per 100g. Exceptional case: liver contains 5-6g. 

Benefits of Meats

• Increase in metabolism
• Reduce appetite
• Include protein, iron, and vitamin B12

Veggies:

Generally, the amount of carbohydrates in vegetables differs in different vegetables.

For instance:

• Cauliflower contains 2.4 to 2.6 g carbs in 1/2 cups of cauliflower.
• Beans contain 5 g of carbs in 1/2 cups of beans.
• Broccoli contains 5.4 to5.6 g carbs in 1/2 cups of broccoli.

Benefits of veggies

• Sources of nutrients, Dietary fibers
• Natural low fat and calories

Eggs

Generally, raw eggs contain 0.7 g of carbohydrate whereas boiled egg contains 1.1g of carbohydrate.

Benefits of boiled egg

• Low calorie
• Nutrient-dense food
• Rich source of Vitamin B
• Rich sources of mineral such as Zinc, Calcium

Fruits

In general, there is 9.53-9.56 g of carbs in every 100g.

For instance:

• Apples contain 21 g of carbs in every 120g.
• Avocados contain 9 g of carbs in every 100 g.
• Peaches contain 10 g of carbs in every 100 g.

Benefits of fruits

• Good sources of vitamins.
• Rich sources of minerals and dietary fibers.

Leafy veggies

It contains about 3.6 g in every 100g(Spinach)

Benefits of leafy veggies  

• Protect bones from osteoporosis
• Protect from inflammatory diseases
• Because they are rich in antioxidants they can be the best cancer-preventing veggies. 

Unsweetened products

  Unsweetened product are the product which don't contain natural sugar or artificial sugar. Generally amount of carbs in unsweetened product differs.

For example Almond milk(Unsweetened) contain 1g of carbs.

                      Coconut milk(Unsweetened) contain 2g of carbs.

                     Soy milk (Unsweetened)contain 4g of carbs.

Disadvantages of sweetened products

- Sweetened product may increase the risk of diabetes, obesity and heart diseases.

- It may promote aging.

-Immune system can be affected.

Benefits of unsweetened product

As unsweetened product means no ''SUGAR'' so if we cut off sugar from our daily life then it may help us to:

- Decrease inflammation 

- improve our ability to focus

- boost our energy

Plain yogurt

 Plain yogurt contain 4.7 g of carbs in every 100 g.

Benefits of plain yogurt

-Helps in weight management.

-Rich in nutrient.

-May strengthen immune system.

Coconut oil and butter

Amount of carbs contained in coconut oil is 0 g per 100g.

Where as butter contain 0.1 g per 100g.

Benefits of coconut oil and butter

    Coconut oil:May helps in fat burning.

                        May helps to reduce hunger.

                        Protect skin, hair, teeth.          

    

   Butter: It is the rich source of vitamins like A, D, E, K and B12

                          It contain several mineral like zinc, iodine etc.

                          It helps in cholesterol metabolism.

Mixed Nuts (Cashew, Almond, Hazelnut, Pistachio, Walnut, Peanuts)

     

 Mixed nuts contain 21 g of carbs per 100g.

Benefits of mixed nuts

-May helps in weight loss.

-Rich sources of nutrients and fibers.

-May reduce inflammation.          

Whole grain product

   Whole grain products contain oatmeals, millet, barley, whole wheat bread,pastas etc

Amount of differs in different types of whole wheat grain products.

 For example oatmeals contain 21g of carbs where millet contain 41g of carbs per 100g.

Benefits of whole wheat product

-They are rich in fibers.

-Helps in digestion.

-Can help lower cholesterol.