Everybody has heard of “low carb” diets. It's a diet trend that has been around for quite some time now. But do they really work? If so, are they the solution to weight loss that everybody is looking for? Over the course of a long-term basis, the answer would have to be no. Most low carb diets have several problems that make it very difficult for the average dieter.

For example, if you follow the very popular Atkins diet, there is a ridiculous restriction on carb intake. The Atkins diet allows just 20 grams of carbs per day during the first phase of the diet. Just to give you an idea of how few carbs that really is, even a large apple has more than twenty grams of carbs. Many other low carb diets, although not as severe as the Atkins, still remain difficult to follow.

A successful diet needs to be easy to follow. That's the only way people will stick to a diet and lose weight. Diets should not make people feel miserable and weak. Most of these diets leave you feeling hungry and weak all day long which make them hard to stick to.

Our bodies need more carbs for energy than what these diets allow us. We need all three types of calories to lose weight consistently. Yes that's right, we need a reasonable amount of protein, carbs AND fat calories. To lose weight quickly you must eat all three types of calories in the right proportions. Most dieters fail because they don't know what the right proportions of calories should be. The Canadian Food Guide is a great place to start. Yes, it's that chart you learned in grade three and completely forgot existed the following year.

Take it from someone who has done the low carb routine several times. It's the quickest way to transform your self into an irritable bitch. There's a reason why we're more fun when we're fatter.