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Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution - Robert C. Atkins |
| Date: |
02/04/04 (97 review reads) |
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Advantages: Loose Weight, No need to starve, Easy to follow
Disadvantages: No Domin's pizza allowed, No Jo's ice-cream allowed, No full sugar coca-cola allowed
Most people have heard of the Atkins diet, but often not that much about it. I used to be the same, here?s how that?s changed after buying the ?diet revolution? book cheap on ebay. I recommend if anyone is thinking of it, to buy the book, as it has so much information to guide you and make sure you follow the diet healthily. The diet has 4 phases ?
INDUCTION
There was a 2-week "induction" period that should be thought of more as a detox then the actual Atkins diet itself. This period allows you to eat 20 grams of carbs a day. There is a few days into the diet that you go through a difficult phase, created by the alleged "withdrawal" from carbs, I felt tired for a day or two, but since then I have had massively increased energy and lost the niggling aches & pains that used to annoy me.
ONGOING WEIGHT LOSS
This is the longest stage of weight loss and the stage that I am in now. You increase your carb levels 5 carbs per day each week, until you get to the point where your weight loss stops, you then drop 5 carbs and continue at this level until you near your target weight
PRE-MAINTINANCE
This is a fairly short stage at your last few pounds, slowing your weight loss down and preparing your body for maintinance.
MAINTINANCE
Here you increase carbs until you find the amount you can eat without gaining, this is the level of carbs you will then always be able to eat to maintain your new weight
WHAT CAN I EAT?
You can eat as much fish, poultry, meat & eggs as your like, you can eat a significant amount of cheese, double cream & mayonnaise. You can also eat plenty of salad & vegetables, fruit and nuts as long as you stay within your allowed carb level. IS IT HEALTHY?
WHAT ELSE DOES THE BOOK HAVE?
This book has advice, plenty of recipies and a carb counter, it really is the only thing you need to get started.
IS IT HEALTHY?
The book provides plenty of evidence to cou
nteract the negative claims made by the competitors and I?ve also found quite a bit of independent research backing this up too, such as the decreases in cholesterol level most people get. The only area that lacks research is the kidneys, but I?m sure someone will change in the near future.
SUMMARY
From reading the book a went from sceptic to convert, and after reading independant research on line backing it up I've gone from convert to convinced.
The best advice I can give anyone is buy a copy of this book, you will probably then feel the same way as me.
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- 06/04/04 I've had several friends try this diet. It works really well for some, and is an absolute disaster for others! It's not as if some aren't following it properly, either: I know one husband-and-wife couple who followed it in exactly the same way. The wife lost pounds, and felt much healthier as a result; the husband *gained* weight and felt lethargic all the time. Different people have different metabolisms - and this guy did much better on a more traditional low-fat diet with plenty of fruit & veg, and a fair amount of other carbs. Sue |
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- 03/04/04 Hi and welcome to dooyoo. I'm a bit puzzled by the cholesterol bit. My mom has high cholesterol and the biggest things she has to avoid are red meat and meat fats. Otherwise this diet has been around for ages, my dad tried it in the 1970s. He liked it, but I found it too much meat for my liking, plus I hate eggs. |
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- 03/04/04 Hi and welcome to dooyoo. My brother tried this diet but couldn't get along with it. |
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