The Atkins Diet the Controversy and the Results
If you ever studied biology you know that the bodies cells take sugars and turn them into energy, making carbohydrates our primary energy source. If you eat too many carbohydrates and fats the body stores these as body fat to be used later in case of an emergency. It usually takes a considerable effort to get the body to use this fat, making weight loss a bit of a balancing act- if you eat too little the body slows down its metabolism and hangs on tighter to its precious fat stores- but in order to lose weight you must use more calories than you consume.
The Atkins diet trains the body to use fat as its primary source of energy. Initially this is done by depriving the body of carbs and giving it abundant fat. The body adapts by adjusting its metabolism to use fat and the body seeing that there is plenty of fat stops hanging on to its fat reserves making fat loss much easier.
Now this works miracles for a great number of people making weight loss easy, where they had struggled up to that point. For that reason many people swear by low carb diets. There is much controversy over the long term health ramifications of the diet, primarily because we are talking about changing the bodies normal metabolism and the fact that the diet has an acidic effect on the body. Traditionally a healthy is slightly alkaline and intentionally making it acidic is not seen to be a good thing.
Now I personally have lost more than 100 lbs using low carb diets so I know that they work extremely well- at least for me. I can not say anything about the long term health effects, but I have always felt very healthy when on a low carb diet. You never get “hungry” because your body just goes to your body fat reserves when it gets “low” on food. So I definitely could recommend this diet for weight loss though my vote is still out for making it a life style. Many swear by it though so it can’t be all bad.
If would like more information on this diet you can go to the Atkins.com website
The book below will help you get started if you would like to give the Atkins Diet a try. If you like meat and heavy protein it is a great diet and as I said before it is very effective. If you are like my wife and too much protein repulses you, I would keep on looking.
Atkins int the News:
Atkins Survey Finds Americans Are Confused About Carbohydrates MarketWatch press release
Atkins Survey Finds Americans Are Confused About Carbohydrates. MarketWatch press release Consumers can visit Atkins.com to learn more. According to a study by the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center carb consumption and the rate of overweight adults have been rising steadily since 1977. A diet high in simple carbohydrates puts and more.…
Ask the Doctor Is There a Diet That Works Patch.com
Independent Online. Ask the Doctor Is There a Diet That Works Patch.com. Which diet plan do you recommend Well you might be surprised by this response I don’t recommend any diet plan at all. What I advocate however is eating with proper nutrition in mind. There are all kinds of diets out there Atkins Ornish Now it’s the Not Rocket Science dietIndependent Online. all 23 news articles.…
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