Many diets stress eating a low carb, low fat and high protein diet. This can be the worst thing for you. If you consume too much or fat or carbs, your body can store it as fat. Where does the body store the excess protein that you eat? Since it cannot be stored, the body has to break it down. People consume too much protein. Toxins and acids are created when your body breaks down protein.

The acids cause your body to remove calcium from your bones to neutralize the acids. The toxins from the breakdown of protein, attacks your arteries and can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. College textbooks on nutrition say that protein deficiency is rare in the world and does not exist in this part of the world. That means that while there are millions of people starving because they are not getting enough carbs and fats, it is rare to get enough of them but not enough protein.

The brain needs lots of carbs. If a person does not get enough, he can get depressed. This can lead to someone killing themselves. It is not a good exchange to end up dead because you wanted to lose weight. Also the brain needs plenty of carbohydrates for you to sleep well. If you are not getting enough carbs, that can make it hard to sleep leading to mental problems and even a nervous breakdown.

Of course the good carbs from foods made by nature like fruits and vegetables are good for you. The foods that are made by man have bad carbs like with candy, cookies and cakes. These foods are designed to make you fat and addicted to food. Rice and wheat are unholy grains that are bad for you. The carbs that are good for you include the whole grains like millet, kamut, brown rice, whole wheat, wild rice, buckwheat, spelt, quinoa and spelt.

Fats are needed to lubricate the brain, arteries and skin. A lack of good fat (like omega-3) can cause you to become depressed. It can also lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. Also it can cause skin problems. The bad fats are bad for you. But the good fats are good for you. Fish cannot be included as good fats since there is too much mercury in them from pollution. But you can get good fat from avocados. It is 60% fat and it is great for you. It is even anti-inflammatory which can help your joints.

When they are soft but not mushy, they are good to eat. Sometimes they have brown in them and they are not good so it is like a gamble buying them. But it is well worth it. Olives, nuts, seeds, canola oil and olive oil are other good fats. Studies with olive oil show that it helps your arteries and helps you to be thinner. Flaxseeds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds are good sources of omege3s, a fat that people do not get enough of.