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Does anyone know anything about it? I am trying to decide what to do.
But had some issues with being constipated often due to the things that often contains carb are the very same, that contains fiber.
I don't mind that It's good to clean out colon.
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The diet is very effective. Rapid weight loss.
I know of a person that was on it and lost a lot of weight. But had some issues with being constipated often due to the things that often contains carb are the very same, that contains fiber.
Yay! rapid weight loss is good. Thanks for all the info.
It's a gimmick diet at best. Resuming eating a HEALTHY diet in which carbs are the staple of all your foods will more likely than not cause you to regain the weight, not to mention the ill effects you may suffer from not consuming nearly enough carbohydrates to keep a human body healthy while on the diet, and overloading on fatty and cholesterol laden foods instead. It is neither a healthy, nor sustainable, diet. It goes against the basic logic of what humans need to eat to survive.
The only way to lose weight in a healthy and long term fashion is to control calories, choose foods that give you better nutritional value for your calorie, and work out.
Weight loss is nothing but making your input (calories consumed through food/drink) less than your output (the calories your body spends functioning, as well as those you burn working out.) Rapid weight loss feels good when it happens, but you're going to feel pretty bad when you put it back on and then some. The key to KEEPING weight off is following a diet that you can stick to long term- one that produces slow and sustainable weight loss.
I would not follow this diet. I did once follow this diet and lost weight then I gained weight plus more. Now I am following my own doctor's order. 60 carb per meal( three times) plus protein and alot of fiber food so far I have lost 15 lbs.
wish u alot of luck.
Study backs worth of Atkins diet
Meat counter
Atkins is easy to follow
The controversial low-carbohydrate Atkins diet has scored well in a major US analysis.
The Stanford University study, of more than 300 women, rated Atkins ahead of three other popular diets.
Those who followed Atkins for a year lost the most weight, and recorded the most beneficial effect on their cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
However, the Journal of the American Medical Association study did not look at possible long-term health problems.
It seems to be a viable alternative for dieters
Dr Christopher Gardner
Stanford University
Critics of low-carbohydrate diets say they can store up problems for the future.
The Stanford team found no evidence of such problems emerging after a year on the Atkins diet - but admitted potential long-term problems could not have been identified in a 12-month study.
They also accept that several basic vitamins and minerals can be difficult to get in adequate amounts from a very-low-carbohydrate diet.
However, researcher Dr Christopher Gardner said: "Many health professionals, including us, have either dismissed the value of very-low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss or been very sceptical of them.
"But it seems to be a viable alternative for dieters."
The researchers randomly assigned 311 women to one of four diets:
* Atkins diet: the lowest carbohydrate diet
* The Zone diet: also low-carbohydrate, focuses on a 40:30:30 ratio of carbohydrates to protein to fat, a balance said to minimize fat storage and hunger
* The LEARN diet: Low in fat and high in carbohydrates
* The Ornish diet: Very high in carbohydrates and extremely low in fat
The study was set up to mimic real-world conditions. The participants attended weekly diet classes for the first eight weeks, and received a book outlining how to follow their specific diet.
They were then left to their own devices to follow the diets as best they could.
Easy to follow
At the end of the year, the 77 women assigned to Atkins had lost an average of 10.4lbs (4.7kg).
Our concern about low-carbohydrate diets is that they severely limit the amount of healthy wholegrain foods that people can eat
Dr Frankie Phillips
British Dietetic Association
The LEARN group lost an average of 5.7lbs (2.6kg), the Ornish group 4.8lbs (2.17kg), and the Zone group 3.5lbs (1.59kg).
The Atkins group also registered larger decreases in harmful cholesterol, and blood pressure levels, and a larger rise in beneficial cholesterol levels.
My mom did really well with atkins until she modified it just a bit and then she gained all her weight back. My mom has been doing LA Weight Loss and loves it. No certain foods just mostly moderation and such. She has lost 110 pounds (she gained all her weight with my brother and I and then she was depressed after my brother died so she gained alot of weight)