Benefits Of The Atkins Diet

The Atkins Diet: Is it healthy?

Dr Robert Atkins

Born: 17-10-1930

Died: 17-04-2003

[IMAGE]Dr Atkins, the creator of the Atkins Diet. His unconventional

theories on nutrition have changed the way Americans think about

eating. Atkins low-carbohydrate approach and 4 step program have

become an obsession for many people at a time when two thirds of

Americans are overweight or obese. But the Atkins diet has its

disagreement, some of whom say that its emphasis on high cholesterol

foods can make it dangerous.

The Atkins diet promises that not only you will lose weight and not

be hungry with a low carbohydrate diet, but you’ll also be on the road

to better heart health and memory function, as well as other wellness

benefits.

Dr Atkins’ philosophy is that if you follow his diet and eliminate

highly refined carbohydrates, you will:

· Burn fat fast, instead of carbohydrates, and lose weight quickly.

· Stave off hunger between meals because high-protein diets are more

satiating than high carbohydrates ones. As protein digested slowly in

the system, high protein diets also stabilise blood sugar levels,

which can prevent common conditions such as fatigue, depression,

headaches, joint and muscular pains.

· Improve your health; because as you burn fat you will eliminate

toxins stored in fat cells.

The diet plan allows you to eat foods that many dieters have only

dreamed about. The diet plan is said to work even if other diets have

left you feeling depressed and deprived. The diet Atkins at a glance:

* Sets few limits on the amount of food you eat but instead severely

restricts the kind of food allowed on your plate: no refined

sugar, milk, white rice, or white flour

* Allows you to eat foods traditionally regarded as “rich”: meat,

eggs, cheese, and more

* Claims to reduce your appetite in the process

* On the Atkins diet, you’re eating almost pure protein and fat.