Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

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Summary: It Does Work!
Review: This plan worked for me.I have tried EVERYTHING short of surgery - phen fen,fasting,low-fat,vegan,dairy-free,sugar-free,smoking+coffee,grapfruit,weight watcher,fruitarian,juicing,slimfast-you get the picture!But this truly works.Eating good food,nohunger,fast results-all keep you motivated.Even faster results with consistent,moderate exercise.Those looking for non-comercial support: [online] Low carb recipies,tips,support that is not there to sell anything. Try this diet!

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Summary: Down 5 lbs in first 4 days
Review: I'm amazed!! While reading the book I started the diet. After 4 days I was on Chapter 6 and had lost 5 lbs. This is amazing because I spent the last three months in the Gym running 2 miles per night and I actually gained weight. This is a very impressive result for me and I strongly recommend the book.

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Summary: Physician-author: "Brain healthy diet"
Review: I have recommended this diet to several patients of mine. Do not misconstrue this as medical advice. It is obvious that the concept of the food pyramid needs to be re-evaluated. Carbs play games with brain serotonin and often result in further craving. Atkins diet is great and most of my patients and some fellow physicians who are on it report improved daytime alertness. Recommend making sure you get enough fiber while on it. All the best to Dr. Atkins...Ken Giuffre MD author "The Care and Feeding of Your Brain"

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Summary: *****Worst Diet on the Planet*****
Review: If you are a person who has digestion problems or doesn't like to eat a lot of meat or heavy foods, PLEASE do not go on this diet. You will be miserable and will be cursing Dr. Atkin's for printing such a ridiculous book. In the beginning, I was very excited to buy this book and start the diet right away. I thought it made perfect sense to cut out the carbs and watch the pounds melt off. So, I did my grocery shopping one Monday evening and began the diet the next day. I was so excited to be eating all the foods I had been avoiding for years. I never thought it would be possible. Sadly, I felt so horrible after three days that I just couldn't take it anymore. I know it takes a bit for the body to adjust diet changes, but this was too much. I hadn't passed any of the food I had been eating and the selection of "free foods" was horrible. I would rather do Weight Watchers and pay the money than follow this liver-blocking, bowel-stopping diet. How does Dr. Atkin's think this diet is actually good for people. Sure, ya may lose the weight, but what about fruit? The book says you may even be able to have an occassional fruit or potato. Yeh, right!! Not before my liver dies from too much protein and I have my gallbladder removed from too much fat. If you are desperate and need to lose a lot of weight, this may be for you. But, if you just need to lose a few pounds, don't bother. You'll have better luck getting on the tredmill a few times a week.

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Summary: wonderful, enlightening, helpful, easy to follow.
Review: My husband has diabetis and high everything--you name it, he had it! Now he has been on Adkins diet (way of life,really) for 2 yrs. and his doctor says "keep it up", all tests come up normal,what else can one say except"Thanks"!!

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Summary: I did it!!!!!!
Review: I have been trying to lose weight for 5 years, gaining over 100 pounds in those five years. Hey, it happens. I tried lo-fat, no-fat, starving, pills, you name it. At the insistence of my daughter (thanks and bless you, Sweetheart), I tried the Aikens Diet and since Monday, 10/11, I have lost over 7 pounds. It took me over two months to lose that with diet meds and walking over three miles each day. I was convinced that nothing, especially eating meat, cheese, eggs, butter, etc., would work for me. I can't believe this. I'm a totally different person -- I feel empowered and I have taken control of my weight instead of it taking control of me. Please, please, do yourself a favor and just try it -- IT DOES WORK! Skeptics: give it two weeks. If it doesn't work, what have you lost? If it does, you will have gained so much (and it won't be weight)!

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Summary: You don't have to be fat.
Review: I watched a colleague lose twenty pounds in a month and asked him how he did it. Being frustrated with starvation regimens recommended by professional dieticians, I bought Atkins' book and started the diet. In a couple of months I went from 250 pounds to 210 pounds. The weight loss was around the belly primarily and mostly fat. As Dr. Atkins said they would in his book, my cholesterol and triglycerides have went down (162, 66) and my HDL's have went up (60). My physician has seen these effects over and over in people who reduce their carbohydrates down to sane levels. Give it a try for a couple of months and as Dr. Atkins recommends have blood work done to build your confidence that you are doing the right thing. The only hard thing may be that food that you always thought was good for you (in my case potatoes and pasta) should be eaten in limited quantities (notice I didn't say eliminated). Filter out the shrieking dieticians for a couple of months; you won't regret it.

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Summary: This is the best thing that has happened to me!!
Review: The Atkins Diet is truley for a lifetime! My husband and I have tried alot of different ways to lose weight and nothing ever worked. According to the Blood Type Diet, my husband should have been a veggie eater....needless to say that book didn't come home! The Atkins Diet is awesome, however it really isn't for everyone. If there was a diet out there made just for everyone, weight watchers would be out of business. We have been on the Atkins PLAN since February 99 and I have lost 40 pounds and my husband has lost 20 pounds! I manage a health club and I have received alot of compliments and they all want to know what I did. My father is doing a version of the plan, his carb intake has cut in half and he is now exercising and he has lost 15 pounds, my father-in-law has also lost about 17 pounds. This plan works, you just have to READ the book through and totally understand it. Just remember that first of all, if you don't like meat..it won't work for you. We love it and plan to stay on it!

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Summary: Be Careful
Review: Following any of the low-carb, high-protein diets will definitely cause pounds to fall off. What these books do not stress, however, is the eight glasses of water a day. Actually 10 or 15 might be better. Much of the weight you lose right away will be water loss. After 10 weeks, a person could lose 35 pounds easily, leading him to be tricked into going off the diet. I did this. I lost about 18 pounds, but quickly gained 13 back. The net loss of five pounds wasn't bad, but had I done things properly, I can only imagine where I'd be. Do not be fooled by the rapid weight loss; let it inspire you to keep going.

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Summary: I Had Given Up All Hope of Ever Losing Weight!!!
Review: Thank you so much Dr. Atkins for standing up to all the criticism from the AMA and other "so-called" diet & nutrition experts! I thought there was something seriously wrong with me - that I lacked the discipline/willpower to eat "right" and lose the weight that had been steadily creeping up since High School. Then I read this book and realized I'm OK - it's the food we've all become accustomed to eating that's not OK. We've become a country full of carbohydrate and junk food junkies. We're being told that the only way we can lose weight is to follow the same old restrictive low-cal/low-fat diet that just doesn't work. Why are we all expected to metabolize food the same way? The AMA keeps recommending the same diet for everyone in the world & it's about time someone stood up and shouted "It's NOT WORKING!!!" We're getting fatter and fatter & so many people are dying each year from heart disease - it's truly frightening. Thank God and Dr. Atkins for this diet plan. Finally I am no longer craving junk food/bready stuff/sweets all day every day. I am eating normal meals and have seen symptoms I never would have attributed to carbs/sugar disappear. I no longer have headaches and neck aches. I am sleeping better and feel great. In the 2 mos. I have been on it I've lost 10 pounds and have gone from a size 22 to a size 18 and can honestly say I will get back to a size 12/14 without ever feeling deprived or hungry. This is one diet that never feels like a diet. After 2 days the cravings went away & I completely adjusted to my new and permanent way of eating. You couldn't pay me to go back to my old ways. This is too easy. If you're considering buying this book, I'd also recommend the low carb cookbook and the carb gram counter as well. They are a great help! I can't say this enough....thank you, thank you, thank you Dr. Atkins!