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. 2016 Aug 9;8(8):486. doi: 10.3390/nu8080486

Table 1.

Classification of diets based on carbohydrate content (modified from Liebman, 2014 [26]).

Carbohydrate Diet Classification Amount of Carbohydrate Example of Dietary Pattern
Typical/high-carbohydrate diets 45%–65% of total calories Low-fat diet, STOP/Traffic light diet, Standard-protein diet, lower-GI diet
Moderately restricted carbohydrate diets 26%–44% of total calories Intermittent fasting diet, increased-protein diet
Low-carbohydrate diets 51–130 g/day (or approximately 16%–26% of calories of a 2000 calorie diet) Low-carbohydrate diet, Paleo style diet
Very low-carbohydrate diets [27,28,29] Typically 20–50 g/day or 5%–15% of total calories Very low-carbohydrate diet, very low-energy diet, Atkins diet