I know this diet is controversial- people either love it or hate it. I find, personally, that it works very well for me for a number of reasons I shall outline after explaining the basics of the plan. Essentially the diet was borne out of the understanding that refined carbohydrates cause weight gain. I know I used to rely heavily on carbs for quick energy-providing food. But Atkins explains that sugar from the carbohydrate enters the bloodstream quickly and to prevent our blood sugar rising too high, the body produces insulin. This allows the excess sugar to be stored in the liver and muscles, but then it converts the rest to fat. When we exercise we burn ...  Read the complete review

The Atkins diet is like one of those 'Get Rich Quick' schemes. The prosects are so enticing and seem so easy to attain, that you want to get stuck in and shed those pounds (or gain those pounds, in the analogy of the Get Rich Quick scheme!). The Atkins diet seems so amazing, with such quick results, that it seems almost too good to be true. In short, it is. As soon as you stop the diet, your weight increases again. And then you have problems to contend with such as 'have I damaged my pancreas?' Let me explain how it works. When carbohydrates enter the body, they are broken down into glucose by an enzyme called ...  Read the complete review

OK, so I admit - I have tried this diet myself - but I was intrigued and wanted to know if the claims were true - i.e. that I would eat a ton of food and still lose weight. Well here is my experience and what I think? GETTING STARTED - PHASE 1 Phase 1 of the diet allows liberal amounts of meat, poultry, game, fish, eggs, 4oz cheese daily, a little cream, butter, oils and 20 grams of carbohydrates per day in the form of green vegetables such as kale, spinach, pepper, spaghetti squash to name but a few. Limited salad is also permitted ...  Read the complete review

A great cooked English breakfast namely bacon, egg and mushrooms to start the day and finish my meal off at night with coffee and cream, who’s complaining. I am living proof that this diet works. All it needs is conviction, willpower, bit of imagination and a little cooking and preparation. This has renewed my interest in food, cooking, eating and health. I completed the two week detox crash diet and lost 12lb and 2 inches in the waste line. Over the next two months I had hit my target of losing 21lb, the ideal weight for my height, and lost four inches. I appreciate I was only moderately overweight and had gained a few inches around the midriff over the ...  Read the complete review

Well, i've been dieting for years, almost since i was 16 and i've never been monstrously over weight. I'm just one of those people who'se weight fluctuates and not one of the lucky few that can eat just exactly as they please. As i've got older,(i'm only 28 so not pretending to be wordly wise or anything) losing the pounds after a period of scoffing has got harder and harder. Presumably my body has got wise to the pattern and changed my metabolism to suit! A few years ago, i did atkins (militantly) for the first time and lost about a stone, felt fantastic and couldnt imagine ever putting weight back on again. And then it ...  Read the complete review