Atkins Diet is Not for Everyone

The Atkins diet has much influence on diet world for over the past few decades. This health phenomenon is based on The Atkins Diet, a book by Dr. Robert C. Atkins. His concept involves about consuming carbohydrates rather than fat for weight loss. Many people have found great success using the Atkins diet. What I mean by many people is that not everyone can achieve success with this diet so you better talk to your doctor to make sure it is a good idea for you.

Atkins diet will make you do a little calorie counting and free from junk foods and processed foods. You will also be eating few carbohydrates and many foods high in protein. The Atkins diet is a low-carb diet which will require you to reduce the intake of these foods so that your body will enter a phase called ketosis. During ketosis, your body will burn fat in the body for fuel instead of using the foods in your diet, which will in turn stop insulin production, which will in turn prevent more fat from being stored.

There are four main stages to the Atkins diet: induction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenance, and maintenance. The induction stage will take place in the first two weeks. During this time, many people report losing 15 pounds or more, simply because carbohydrate intake is cut down to 20 grams every day. You only get very limited carbs from low-carb vegetables. The second stage, known as ongoing weight loss, will let you have 25 grams every day. You will then move on to pre-maintenance, in which you can try out other foods to see what carbohydrates you can add into your diet. After you’ve reached your weight loss goals, you may eat all good carbs, but the actual goal of this diet is that you will not choose these foods. In fact, choosing healthy carbs will become a way of life.

As with any diet, you’ll have to exercise in order to lose weight. Healthy lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking, are also important. For the contra part, many people have called into question the safety of the Atkins diet due to its severe methods, and some say that the plan only makes you bounce back to your original weight as so as you hit the maintenance level which is of course the true character of nature: stability; and that proves that Atkins diet is nature’s way to be healthy. The key is to find something that works for you and your weight loss goals and that is healthy for your body.