Low-carbohydrate diets restrict carbohydrate consumption relative to the average diet. Foods high in carbohydrates are limited, and replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of fat and protein, as well as low carbohydrate foods.
An example of a low-carbohydrate dish, cooked kale and poached eggs
Like other leafy vegetables, curly kale is a food that is low in carbohydrates.
A low-carbohydrate diet restricts the amount of carbohydrate-rich foods – such as bread – in the diet.
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Potato
Morphology of the potato plant; tubers are forming from stolons.
A variety of S. tuberosum tuberosum, the Chilean potato
Potatoes of different colors