Posted by Michelle Johnson

A dieter often has problems with self-esteem. He or she might well be highly conscious of the fact that his or her figure offers evidence of past indulgences. If that dieter then “cheats” while dieting, that “cheater” could well suffer even more problems with self-esteem.

When someone has attempted to stay with a low carb diet plan, the act of “cheating” involves the ingestion of something with refined carbohydrates. That act can cause the dieter to suffer from a decline in self-esteem. Recovery from such cheating demands an improvement in …

Posted by Phillip Richards

There are two types of substitutions that deserve consideration by anyone on a low carb diet plan. One of those is recipe substitutions. Some recipes call for forbidden carbohydrates. A dieter can try that recipe, if he or she finds an item that can substitute for the unwanted carbohydrate.

In these low carb pages you will find other references to diet foods. If any diet food is a sweet food, then it is usually made with a sugar substitute. The home cook can use sugar substitutes in the preparation of …