I am a boy of 16 years of age. I have heard that the carbohydrate consumption less will help him to lose weight. Game to basketball and the baseball, so to stay active, but even so you want to lower of weight. - Horseradish tree * First that must become it is: " I have too much fat? " A great amount of adolescent athletes, especially the boys, can weigh more than the average for its age because they have extra muscle - not too much fat - in his bodies. Only the people who have excess of corporal fat must consider to reduce the calories and to try to lose weight. If people with a normal amount of fat in the body go a low diet in calories, lose muscular weave, that only makes weaker, slower, and the juice of the energy. She is not exactly what you wish if you are leading towards the hoop or to try a blow outside the park. So it consults with his doctor about if the loss of weight is the adapted one for you. If you discover that you really have excess of corporal fat, the best way to undo of him is through a combination of exercise and eating less calories. In spite of all the mass media scandal by the low carbohydrate diets, the investigation on its effectiveness (mainly between the adolescents) still is limited. There is not much evidence of which reducing in a certain group food, like carbohydrates, it is one better way to lower more of weight than to eat less calories altogether. In fact, no diet that restricts the calories drastically or cuts foods in particular has demonstrated that to maintain the weight in the long term. One of the changes can be useful to cut to the refreshments and juice, that contains great amounts of sugar and empty calories. So if you need to lose excess of corporal fat, the regular exercise along with eating less calories until arriving at its goal is the way to follow. Reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, Md Date of revision: July 2009 It has some question? Envíenos an electronic mail. Although we cannot respond personally, can see its question sent to this page in the future. If you are looking for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, she consults to its doctor or another described medical professional. If this is a emergencia, the services of contacts of emergencia in its area. * The names have been changed to protect the privacy of the user.