Low-carbohydrate diets or low-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption primarily for weight control. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates are limited or replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of proteins and fats.

Have you ever been on one of those "Low Carb Diets" or "Low Calorie Diets" where you seem to stop losing weight and notice when you start eating normally you actually lose more weight? That's because you unknowingly performed calorie shifting. Calorie shifting when you started and stopped so why not just use a calorie shifting diet that works.

For folks wanting to low carb but not sure where to start, this quick food guide gives you some ideas of what you'd be eating if you decided to "do Atkins."

The South Beach diet can be looked at as a low carb weight loss plan. That is because at the start, one of the first phases to doing this diet plan is to reduce your carbohydrate consumption.

I've started a thread where I'll post some low carb diet recipes.

There are a zillion different diets out there, from Atkins Diet to South Beach, low-fat to no carb.But have you heard of the "sex diet?"