Dr. Atkins Low Carb Diet revolution
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Dr. Atkins Low Carb Diet revolution
The Atkins diet – when it first was published in public in 1972, more than 30 years ago, many nutrition and diet experts was stunned to read recommendations of this popular plan and named it as Atkins Nightmare Diet. It’s hard to tell how successful it is or was butthere is no doubt about a popularity and an advertisement it has got.
Millions have tried and still are trying it around the world even today. It’s estimated that about 3 million people have tried it in 2003 in the UK only.
The Atkins Diet Plan
The main idea of this diet is based on taking out of carbohydrates from menu. The whole diet is divided to four phases:
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Induction Phase
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Ongoing Weight Loss
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Pre-Maintenance
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Lifetime Maintenance
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The Atkins Diet Phases
In the first Introduction phase which continues about two weeks user may consume freely high fat foods as cheese and stakes, eggs, cream, mayonnaise, fish, chicken, red meat and butter. Although it looks like dream diet but in fact it’s far from being so. Eating all the food above sounds maybe great but the user is not allowed to have no bread or salad, no fruits and no vegetables in his meals — And that’s the meaning of carbohydrate free diet.
According the Atkins theory taking carbohydrates out off the menu will force our body to burn stored fat to obtain energy needed during the daily activities. This means that you have to forget about bread and pastries, potatoes, pasta, milk, rice, fruit, vegetables (well, there are a couple you can still eat) and, obviously, junk food and soft drinks.
And all this is going to be your only food for the first two weeks during the First *Induction* Phase.
On the second, *Ongoing weight loss phase*, user increases carbohydrate intake, from his starting amount of 20 gram per day, by 5 grams per day. The user have to find how much carbohydrates may be added before the body stop Ongoing weight loss phase has to last until almost desired weight is achieved.
The third stage Pre-Maintenance is started when 5-10 pounds left to achieve the desired weight. In this stage the user increases carbohydrate intake by 10 grams per day to slow down weight loss process.
On this stage the user have about 30 grams per day of pasta and that is really not so great.
Final, the fourth stage is called Lifetime maintenance. On this stage user have to eat no more than 90 grams of carbohydrates each day and that’s for rest of the life. Lowering carbs from 250-300 grams per day to less than 100 may turn life time to real challenge for many people.
And that’s the so called Atkins “nightmare” diet in short.
Atkins Diet Health Risks
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