Simple explaination of the Atkins diet?
I/ve look on the net but it doesnt give me a direct explaination of what the atkins diet is. So can someone explain wat it is in a couple of sentences.
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it works and u have to eliminate the carbs u eat but my physio teacher also says it is dangerous
Replacing carbohydrate intake with protein. Off limits food includes bread, pasta, certain fruits and grains. Vegetables and meats are promoted.
A certain number of carbohydrates are needed for your body to function. You’ll still have to eat some while doing the diet.
It has been shown to be very effective in the short term. But once off the diet followers will most likely gain it back.
The first 14 days is called the “Induction period.” This is when you completely take out all sugars, junk, milk, fruit, berries, and carbs (which pretty much turn into sugar) — so all that including grain products, and dairy products.
So that leaves you with a few good and healthy choices…. chicken breast, salad, vegetables, seafood, steak, wings, lol etc.
On this diet it’s low-carb, calories don’t really matter… you cannot have sugar but you can have high-fat things. So cheese, nuts, etc.
Your body will go to your fat-stores to get energy, since there are no sugars to burn off.
…After the 14 days you can slowly bring back fruits, while berries are better, and not only “better” but filled with much needed antioxidants.
Like the guy above said, it works better long-term… but I’d suggest getting off of such high-fat foods so that you can maintain a good cholesterol the rest of your life.OH, and once a week you can let off and have a treat. It’s what you eat 80% of the time that counts.
Not true, it is not dangerous.
The basics are thus, protein only and absolutely no carbohydrates whatsoever. That means all of the meat cheese and diet soda you can handle.
However, I have used it and had moderate success. I no longer personally recommend it because once you go of of the diet you tend to gain all of the weight right back, unless you actually read Dr. Atkins’s book and follow the “Atkins Lifestyle”. The other reason is that I believe in a balanced diet, and that diet puts a lot of processed chemical crapola into your system.
What I did was go to http://www.spartanhealth.com and buy the plan. I have lost a ton of weight, kept it off, and never felt better. It is a real eye opener about the diet and health food industry along with a clear concise no-nonsense path to a healthy lifestyle.
Good Luck.
Short answer…
1971- Doc Atkins / cardiologist / writes for Journal of American Medicine an article in which he outlines a diet for his MORBIDLY OBESE multi-bypass patients , who seem to be dropping like flies. he calls it a protein sparing diet.
in a nutshell it is designed to train the body to use its fat stores FIRST instead of last. This involves keeping the body in a state of ketosis…WARNING…UNLESS YOU ARE MORE THAN 50 #’s over weight , DON”T !!! KETOACIDOSIS WILL KILL YOU UNLESS UNDER A DOCTOR’S SUPERVISION!!!!!!!
I don’t care what you may have read , whose stories you have heard…..this is SERIOUS SH*T…..i have had clients
do themselves GRAVE HARM , trying the latest cowboy-diet.
Atkins found his patients had trained their bodies to effectively store carbs as glycogen…a fat like substance.
Since the body , when given a choice, uses carbs. , protein , and fat in that order (it really wants to store fats for the future)…he wants you to load up on protien (helps you keep your lean tissue) and train the body to USE fats ,rather than store them. He also keeps carbs out for 2 reasons:
1- we eat WAAAY to many…
2-body has nothing to store / Has to use it’s fat reserves…
hence the ketoacidosis. Ketones…they give diabetics that
lovely fruity breath just before they drop dead , Ben.
Also keep in mind , Ben …this is a specific diet , designed specifically for a specific subset of people, with a VERY SPECIFIC problem….a diet that they are to maintain for THE REST OF WHAT’S LEFT OF THIER NATURAL LIVES…
NOT just a month or two , Ben.
Ben didn’t read the fine print.
want fries with that?
Here is some info about low carb diets:
http://www.spartafit.com/articles/low%20carb%20diets.php
I hope that you find this info to be useful.
P.S. I have had to give first aid to strangers on 5 separate occasions because they became hypoglycemic when they tried to workout while on the Atkins diet. I also know of 2 other that contracted gout from it.