low-carb

or lo-carb

[ loh-kahrb ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. containing few or fewer carbohydrates:

   a low-carb diet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-carb¹

First recorded in 1970–75; low ¹ + carb(ohydrate)

Example Sentences

Atkins, a WeightWatchers rival, also wants a bite of the lucrative market and has adopted similar language: We’re “your ally in a new era of weight loss,” the low-carb diet program says on a dedicated GLP-1 page on its website.

From Los Angeles Times

He signed up for WeightWatchers and bought “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution” to try the low-carb regimen.

From Los Angeles Times

However, keto aficionados may not need to chuck their low-carb recipe books just yet.

From Science Magazine

A stricter version of high-fat, low-carb regimens like the Atkins diet and keto, the carnivore diet consists of meat, seafood and eggs — period.

From New York Times

Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Notre Dame found.

From Science Daily