Not all fat in your body is the same. Where fat is stored determines how it affects your health and risk of disease. The two main types are subcutaneous fat, which is under your skin, and visceral fat, which accumulates in your abdominal cavity. Low-carb diets are very effective at reducing this harmful abdominal fat. 

Hunger tends to be the worst side effect of dieting and is one of the main reasons why many people feel tempted to eat the wrong things and give up. Low-carb eating automatically reduces your appetite and by cutting carbs and eating more protein and fat, you end up eating far fewer calories.

Low-carb and ketogenic diets can also be particularly helpful for people with diabetes and insulin resistance, which affect millions of people worldwide. Studies prove that cutting carbs lowers both blood sugar and insulin levels drastically

Cutting carbs is one of the simplest and most effective ways to lose weight. Studies illustrate that people on low-carb diets lose more weight, faster, than those on low-fat diets — even when the latter are actively restricting calories. People restricting their carbs sometimes lose 2–3 times as much weight — without being hungry

Elevated blood pressure, or hypertension, is a significant risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, stroke and kidney failure. Cutting carbs leads to a significant reduction in blood pressure, which should reduce your risk of many common diseases.

Your brain needs glucose, as some parts of it can only burn this type of sugar. That’s why your liver produces glucose from protein if you don’t eat any carbs.

Low-carb and keto diets have proven beneficial in treating epilepsy in children and are being studied for their effects on other brain conditions as well, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease