



Select green, leafy vegetables and broccoli. A leafy vegetable, like kale for example, paired with broccoli will give you some great nutritional value. While it's best to eat a variety of vegetables, you can not go wrong if you stick with green, leafy vegetables instead of cutting vegetables completely out of your diet.

Add fruit sparingly. Eat a few fruits from different color groups to get the best nutrition. For example, eat one strawberry, a piece of melon and a handful of blueberries. While this will not add too many extra carbs, it will help you get the vitamins and minerals you need.


If you cut out these foods from your diet just to lose weight quickly, you're likely to put the weight right back on later. This is called a “yo-yo” diet. That's because your body will be so nutrient-deficient during the diet that you'll crave the foods and eat too much of them later. It's better to cut out food that is bad for you completely, like junk food, and just slightly reduce your intake of food that is good for you, including grains, fruits and vegetables.

The worst thing you can eat while on low carb diets are sugary drinks, snack foods and desserts. Cut these out of your diet before you cut out whole grains, fruits or vegetables. Also, it is important to realize that low carb diets will result in a decrease of energy. That's because your body needs carbohydrates to produce energy. If you find you do not have enough energy to keep up with your regular lifestyle, sometimes you cut out too many carbs. Add them back in until you feel prepared to meet your daily responsibilities, or consider changing your diet.