Low Carbohydrate Diet- What you need to know

If you have started a high fat , low carbohydrate diet then there are a few things you should know:
By reducing carbohydrates you will see a drop of body weight and body fat. Sounds good doesn't it? However, if you drop them too low you could alter your body's T3 levels. T3 is an active thyroid molecule that helps regulate your metabolic rate. Diets low in carbs tend to cause a reduction of T3. which in turn can slow down your metabolic rate. This is particularly true for people who under eat and over exercise.
A lot of the weight you drop while on a low carb diet is water weigh. For every gram of carbohydrate you ingest, three to five grams of water usually accompany it. By decreasing your carb intake you naturally drop body water. Although this may wound like a good idea, when you resume eating carbohydrates you may find that your body rebounds and retains excess water. The water retention will dissipate after a few days but it wreaks havoc on the dieters motivation.
During the 70's clinicians began noticing that people that followed the Atkins diet regained their weight very rapidly once they were off the diet. In face, they found the longer a person had been on the low carb diet the more carbohydrate sensitive they became. The person notices a fast accumulation of body water that's followed by an abnormally fast body fat gain. The person notices that he gains body fat very easily but loses it more slowly in the future.

The best diet for fat loss is a diet that includes lean protein, pleantly of vegetables and fruit with some good fats.

For a great book I suggest "You, On a Diet" by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen