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Summary: Looks like a great ideabut having trouble getting started
Review: I think the book is great and Dr. Atkins has some very interesting theories but I am having trouble getting started on this way of eating. I think it needs to have more of what you can eat.
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Summary: Has become a way of life
Review: I have lost 65# in 4 1/2 months, have dropped 6 sizes and have never felt better. I read the complaints of others and want to advise them about two things. Get a prescription for potassium from your doctor - you can't get enough in the over the counter variety. Take the vitamins and essential oil capsules that Atkins recommends and eat as much allowed food as you want. The mindset of lifetime dieters is that we must deprive ourselves of quantity. That isn't true of this way of eating. I am never hungry and, in addition, eliminating sugar has killed all the food cravings I used to have, so it isn't much of a feat to resist anything anymore. The temptation just isn't there. Most of the failures I hear about on this plan are the result of people who don't read the book or are just doing part of what is needed to succeed. Of course, every diet isn't for everyone, but even Cardiologists are recommending it to their patients. I have booked the Atkins cruise in April because I want to investigate further the possibility of maintaining this health plan for life.
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Summary: Ideas on Maintenance and Recipes
Review: I love this diet but was finding it difficult to make meals interesting. I then bought Suzanne Sommers diet books, which have lots of great low carbohydrate recipies that taste fabulous. I also like the concept of food combining which makes it a little easier to introduce Carbs back into your diet and you feel great. I recommend both of her books "Eat great, loose weight" and "Get skinny on fabulous food". Her second book "eat great..." is geared toward more protein meals but both have great recipies that are easy. I am back on the Atkins Induction Diet after a relapse, and am determined this time to reach my ideal goal. Wish me luck!!
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Summary: Atkin's diet and olive oil.
Review: I've been on the Atkins diet going on 9 months & I've lost my first 107lbs which is no small onion! I did it eating for four people, but stumbled on something by accident. With all diets one runs into plateau's. A few shots of gin before bed would "jolt" me back into ketosis (the next day sometimes sooner). But olive oil made my hands and feet warmer (thermogenesis). I don"t know about other diets, but on this one olive oil burns everything I put in my mouth resulting in a higher ccl. All because of extra virgin olive oil. It's been a month with no plateau since I started taking olive oil. My CCL went from 46 grams to 58! I had to give up all caffeine because I started to have too much nervous energy. What's in olive oil? Also, I want to say thank you Dr. Atkins for saving my life in January of 1999. I almost died in the emergency room due to high blood pressure. The diet totally cured it in four months! If anyone wants to email me, my email address is DesertPhantom@webtv.netThanks, Ken Gamache
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Summary: A different approach
Review: I was curious about this book to improve longevity. I got much of my previous information in another book, The Secrets of Staying Young which talked about some herbs from Russia that keep them healthy to 120. I am interested to get other long term opinions on this diet. It seems to be OK for short term result. The herbs and information on minerals and EFAs in the other book, seem to be good for long term. Dr. Atkins book is thought provoking.
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Summary: Update from 7-18-99
Review: Well, I am still on the Atkins diet. My total weight loss is now 72 lbs. I have basically stated into the pre-maintance part of the plan. I still want to lose another 10 lbs, but I'm in no hurry. I really enjoy reading all the comments that are left on this site. Some feel the diet is just a fad, I on the other hand, and I'm sure that there are many others like me, know that this is a new way of eating. I know that I have to add additional carbs as I get closer to my goal, and that is exactly what I am doing. But I also realize that sugar and starches are NOT good for your body and that they should be avoided as much as possible. After you have taken these foods out of your diet for a period of time and then you eat a food high in sugar or statch, it really doesn't taste as good as you remember. I truly believe that these are foods that we learn to like and after we like them our body states to crave them. I now don't have a problem passing up the big piece of cake or that jelly donut. For I know that in 2-3 mins it will be gone and I will be left with the extra fat that it causes my body to hold onto. I would like to chat with anyone who has successfully gone through this diet and have been able to maintain.
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Summary: A diet that really works, if you put your mind to it.
Review: I started this diet 5 days ago and boy, were the first three days hard. I never realized how addicted I was to sugar. But I stuck to it and I have lost 7 pounds, and I feel great. I am well on my way to reach my goal of 35 pounds. The book really gives you incentive to stick to the diet. You do have to be willing to cook and have many ideas for cooking eggs different ways, or you can easily get sick of them. I am a very picky eater, but I am finding a variety of foods to eat low in carbohydrates. If you want to lose weight, don't hesitate.
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Summary: Support for Insulin-Conscious Eating
Review: I read "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" while researching my own book, "The Gourmet Prescription: High Flavor Recipes for Lower Carbohydrate Diets." Dr. Atkins has done us a tremendous service by clarifying the relationship between carbohydrate abuse, insulin resistance, and weight gain. As a physician, fellow advocate of insulin control, and author of a lower carbohydrate gourmet cookbook, I applaud his willingness to take on the nutritional establishment!
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Summary: Carbo Starving! 60 Carbs a day is the lowest
Review: Hello. I am just reading this book. My flatmate said she has tried this diet over a decade ago with not such great results. She said just after the book was written the "experts" came out with a finding that less than 60 carbs a day will result in long term brain affects. After all she points out that your brain works on sugar. No sugar-no brain. It won't really effect your intelligence per say, but it could possible have adverse effects when you get older. You could suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other health related problems. I am still going to give the good doctor a try, because while these things "may occur", being over weight is also a health hazard and considering it's more relevant now than later, the risk seems to be just like any other risk; like driving to work or flying on a plane. Good luck to you all. Ps. I will let you all know my findings in the months to come.
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Summary: The Book and diet is simply great.
Review: I find this diet just great. It is the first time i actually see where I have lost weight. I have a very bad back and since i lost some weight i notice my back does not hurt that much. However I ran out of the essential oils and i am new to california i am only here two weeks and dont know where to purchase these gels can you help me. I am on the diet 3 weeks now. Dr atkins office shipped the stuff to me just before i left newyork. Both my daughter and myself shared the tablets but my gel ran out since two days ago. The diet is just fantastic.
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