There are many diets out there to choose from. The reason Dr
Atkins diet is such a popular and successful method is that it
does not require you to give up “fat” foods which,
let’s face it, many of us love. Rather, it manipulates your
body chemistry so that you burn your own fat for energy rather
than carbohydrates you take in from your diet. With the Dr. Atkins
diet, then, you can diet and still enjoy eating. Furthermore,
you change what you eat, not how much you eat. So, unlike other
diets out there, the Atkins diet plan does not require you to
starve!
• Learn a lifelong way of controlling your weight
• Choose from a variety of delicious, nutritious food
• Control blood sugar
• Burn existing body fat for energy
• Lower blood pressure
• Design a meal plan that fits in with your lifestyle
Also, because the Dr. Atkins diet is so successful, you’ll
find plenty of Atkins diet support both from your friends and
from Atkins diet online enthusiasts to keep you motivated throughout
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The Atkins diet is not a diet without vegetables. It encourages,
indeed it requires, fairly large amounts of green vegetables:
salad, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, all that. Nor does it
require large amounts of saturated fats; indeed, it explicitly
says not to go overboard with the butter and heavy cream. And
it requires regular physical exercise. Read the poor man's book.
It just doesn't worry about saturated fats all that much. (In
fairness, it's hard to work up a major fear of animal fat, which
is a key source of calories in most of our primate relatives.)
It's worth remembering that the body produces the great majority
of cholesterol itself (not surprising, since it's needed for proper
health). Accordingly, a diet high in cholesterol that lowers weight
will lower blood cholesterol.
What it does prohibit are breads, potatoes and the like. Some
"vegetables" are actually starches -- so yams are not
included. Some fruits are really sugar juice with vitamins --
so bananas are not allowed. But once one finishes the very early
"induction" phase, one essentially eats a balanced diet
full of fruits and vegetables but without starch.
Why is that so scary? It isn't. The "Atkins diet" that
is criticized simply isn't the diet that poor Dr. Atkins invented.
The medical data are actually very clear: The healthiest thing
you can live on is a low-calorie, low-fat diet. However, the only
human beings who actually do live on such a diet are either too
poor to eat anything else or have amazing will power. The second-best
choice is a low-calorie, higher-fat diet... which apparently human
beings can maintain. A low-fat, high-calorie diet, which is what
real humans actually eat when they reduce their fat consumption,
is a very poor option -- and may indeed be the cause of the current
obesity epidemic.
People who disparage the Atkins diet -- the real one, the one
he wrote -- have an obligation to present a healthier diet that
humans can actually stay on.
-- Alan Kornheiser
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