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Summary: Good for a Lifetime!
Review: Not only does this "diet" WORK, but it's GREAT for "maintenance!" My friend and I both lost 35 pounds within 4 months two years ago. I lost 15 the first two weeks! Felt great, no problems (you have to exercise & take vitamins, yes, and LOTS of water please!). LOTS OF ENERGY!!! We now use it to offset those "naughty weekends" when we suddenly gain 5 pounds and want to shed it in a week or two. WONDERFUL and LIVEABLE! People who don't like it should just do something else ... like we have! :)
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Summary: The only "DO-ABLE" diet
Review: The Atkins diet works. For the first 3 days, Ill admit, I was lethargic and craved carbohydrates but on the 4th day, I had more energy and I noticed a signifigant difference in my appetite. I used to fantasize all day at work about bagels and muffins, now when I think about food its because Im planning some delicious low-carb meal for dinner. And if you like to cook, there are SO MANY options!
I have been following the plan for just over a month now and I have lost 15lbs, it cant all be water! I have tried so many diets but the hunger that they caused has always got the better of me. Not this time - Im never hungry.
Honestly, I know that this diet may not be for everyone but I would encourage anyone who is trying to lose weight to at least give it a shot. And dont say to yourself 'oh I could never give up bread, rice, pasta etc.' because you can. Your body doesnt need it and after 3 or 4 days you wont even miss it.
I cant say enough good about the Atkins diet. I am now in control of my eating habits, which puts me in control of my weight which translates to a much more positive self image and better health. Do yourself a favour and try the diet - Im sure you wont be disappointed!
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Summary: Bottom Line -- It WORKS!
Review: I have struggled with weight all my life. Tried all the diets and couldn't make them work. Low-fat diets were especially hard because I was always hungry. Then I started watching friends and coworkers drop significant weight from Atkins. So I got the book and read it cover to cover. Then I started the diet. After 1 year, I had lost 65 pounds. That was 18 months ago. I've now put 5 pounds back on (over the holidays), but I'm not worried, because I know I can go back on the diet and be back to my desired weight in a couple of weeks. My blood pressure went to normal after years of being high after just two weeks on the diet. I was able to eat as often and as much as I wanted of the non-carbohydrate foods, so I was never hungry. No, I never went for the pork rind thing that so many no-carb people resort to, but I found other creative ways to get crunch (nuts!) without lots of carbs. Yes, you miss bread, rice, potatoes ... but you don't have to eliminate them forever ... just until you reach your desired weight. In my experience and knowledge of friends' experience with this diet, men typically lose weight on Dr. Atkins' diet much more quickly than women. So don't compare yourself with others. Just watch your own scale. But as with any diet, it won't work if you don't follow it, and if you're really not ready to get serious about losing weight. If you are ready, I highly recommend this book and this diet. Good luck!
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Summary: Change your life - Now
Review: If you are like me, you lived between bouts of painful dieting and carboheaven. I grew up in the most toxic environment in the world for a carbojunkie: a bakery. I have lived for years with baked goods burning a hole in my mind when I ought have been concentrating on my work, my marriage, my child. I started living a low-carb, high protien life, and I feel that I've had an enormus weight lifted from my shoulders. I'm losing the weight that has been my worst companian since childhood, my chemistry is perfect, and I'm more productive than I have ever been. Read this book, understand why the Atkins diet works, and then follow it. Don't forget to exercise.
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Summary: People People People
Review: If you like it and it works for you then that is wonderful. If you don't then what are you doing on this page? Sounds like to me you are a vegetarian who likes to preach the dangers of red meat. Eat your carrots and soycurd and let us meat eaters for once enjoy our dinner. It is medically proven that a majority of people do not need to consume carbs. Our bodies simply do not process them like others. We are all different. Embrace what works and go with it. Don't scare people off with your veggie nonsense. We will leave the corn, potatoes and peas for you.
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Summary: You may gain all the weight back and more if you quit
Review: I have tried Dr. Atkins diet before.
Here is my expereince: I lost weight very quickly and was pleasantly surprised. Then towards the end of the first month I noticed that I had more energy (don't know why). In the third month, I couldn't really eat the food I was 'allowed'. Just looking at a beef pattie made me nausous! I did some reading and found out that our taste buds require some carbs to make our food feel palatable. Now I don't know how much of that is true but I couldn't look at or eat that food anymore. It just made me feel turned off from food and sick all the time. So I stopped the diet with a gradual introduction of carbs in my diet.
I found that I gained back all the weight and more on stopping the program.
I suggest you try other Balanced diets (that are recommended by most nutritionists and doctors) first before you try this. Balanced Diet and exercise has made me lose pounds and I haven't gained it back in a year.
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Summary: One Of The Worst Diets
Review: From personal experience with an Atkins type of diet I have to say this is one of the worst diets out there. Not only is it VERY unhealthy, high animal protein (which is full of saturated fat)with little or no essential carbohydrates. You loose muscle and have little energy with a low carb diet which can have serious negative health effects. After loosing weight --the diet was so restrictive that when I reached my goal weight I quickly gained all the weight back and then some, which all landed in the unhealthiest areas -- my midsection I suggest anyone looking to loose weight should exercise, eat in moderation and try a vegetarian diet which is the healthiest. By doing this I have lost weight and have kept it off with no feelings of depravity at all. Read These Books: Turn Off the Fat Genes : The Revolutionary Guide to Losing Weight --by Neal, MD Barnard Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight : The Negative Calorie Effect -- by Neal D. Barnard Eat More, Weigh Less : Dr. Dean Ornish's Advantage Ten Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly by Dean Ornish,
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Summary: Great diet! - Really works
Review: I've had no problems losing weight on this diet. Roughly following it for about 3 weeks and I've lost about 12 pounds.
His main point seems to be that when you are eating carbo's your insulin level is up and you are more likely to store fat. Carbo's seem to be eaisly converted to fat. Protien is not and fat you eat in the absence of carbos does not seem to get stored. Whats the big deal about ketosis? As I understand it your body will convert carbos to glucose and use it for energy first. In the absence of carbo's you've got to burn fat. This is what happens when you exercise a lot. - You burn off the carbos and then when they are gone, you burn the fat. If you don't have any carbos, then you just burn the fat.
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Summary: Atkins is a Quack
Review: It is true that people with certain medical conditions (such as diabetes) need to control their carbohydrate intake. My best friend has Type II and is encouraged to eat carbs but only up to 60g per meal. However, the idea that anyone and everyone should virtually eliminate carbohydrates from their diet is insane. You may "lose weight" but you are probably damaging your body in the process. If you are overweight or just unfit, it's not the number on the scale that counts, but body composition. Limiting calories to a reasonable level (based on your current weight, height, gender, age, & activity level) while eating a wide variety of healthy food, will encourage your body to burn stored fat for fuel. Eating regularly (preferably three meals or 3 meals and several snacks) per day will help boost your metabolism, causing your body to burn even more fat. When this happens you will see the scale drop. If you add cardio exercise, you'll build a little muscle, increase your overall heart/lung health, and burn additional fat. If you add weight-bearing exercise, you will actually increase muscle mass significantly, which will increase metabolism further. Your actual body size will be smaller than the scale might indicate, because muscle mass takes up less room than fat. Your body fat % or BMI will drop, and THAT is a better indicator of fitness than the scale. With low-carb plans, your body doesn't get enough "ready" fuel, and thus turns to your MUSCLE TISSUE to get extra fuel. This state is known as ketosis. Ketosis occurs when your body thinks you are starving, and the brain tries to protect itself by sacrificing other body tissues to save itself. Ketosis is a BAD thing. Atkins and other low-carb gurus try to spin this as a positive indicator, but the truth is that if you are in ketosis your body is in crisis survival mode. You are losing "weight" but only part of that weight is fat, so your body composition could actually be in worse shape than when you started. In addition, because you are killing off muscle tissue, your metabolism will actually DROP. What does this mean? It means that those pounds will be harder and harder to lose, and if you ever go off this excessively restrictive regimen (and who doesn't?) you will regain fat at a faster rate, because your body needs fewer calories to sustain itself than when you went on the diet in the first place. Then you go on this diet, or another fad/crash program, and the cycle starts all over again. Don't do it. Find a well-balanced program based on a variety of healthy foods that doesn't promise unreasonable miracles. Increase your activity level, even if you start very small, with very modest goals. Just don't fall for this snake oil.
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Summary: Proof that low fat diets are a death sentence and not atkins
Review: I am really upset at the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) advocating a low-fat diet based on eating mostly breads and grains (food pyramid). Thinking that eating vegetables and fruits and staying away from fats was the "healthy" way to eat, 4 years ago I wanted to lose weight I excercised 5 times a day ate salads with lemon juice instead of any dressing lots of fruits and vegetable low fat milk, cheese and ground turkey for meat. 6 months after eating this way, yes I lost weight, but I also ended up in the hospital with gall stones and a badly inflammed pancreas. After doing research on gall stones I found out what Atkins also speaks shortly about on gall stones, YOUR BODY NEEDS FAT ... your gall bladder is kept active by digesting fat and since I didn't know this at the time I basically left my gall bladder inactive and stones where formed. My gall bladder was removed, and my digestive system has never been the same until Atkins. Yes Atkins, eating food such as crab dipped in pure butter, savory ribs, chicken, vegetables...etc. I have lost 20lbs (After just 6 weeks), weight loss was initially the main reason for trying the diet and yes it does mess with your head when buying groceries becasue it goes against that stupid food pyramid and what society believes is "healthy". It was years of low-fat dieting on and off that made my weight yo-yo with steady increases in weight gain overall, and also ended me up in the hospital. Atkins has changed my life literally my disgestive system is back to normal I no longer have stomach pains with every meal I consume. My hair is healthier because of the protien, more energy and this diet actually makes you want vegetables since it helps to break to monotony of meats, eggs, and cheese...eating vegetables was always a chore but not anymore (3 cups a day, may not seem like much to some but is more than what the fast food american dieters consume). Luckily I never did consume the mass products of sugar-free items such as diet coke, pepsi, jello ...etc that contain aspartame "Equal", which is something alot of people on low-fat diets are consuming now and is pushed by the FDA along with the food pyramid. Aspartame is a real problem, do research on it, it is another thing that is going to kill people who think they are eating healthy, and I am glad that Dr. Atkins is against this sugar free product, he offers better alternative such as sucralose "Splenda" and Stevia "a natural herb". If people didn't fight this nutritional approach so hard years ago and still, I would still have a gall bladder since all I was trying to do was eat "healthy" and now thanks to Atkins I finally feel healthy.
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