Atkins Diet - Nutritional Approach(Submitted by: atkins-diet.truecontent.info)
The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known of the low-carbohydrate diets. It was adopted by Dr. Robert Atkins (1930-2003) in the 1960's from a diet he read in the Journal ... Read article
Nature of the Atkins diet(Submitted by: atkins-diet.truecontent.info)
The Atkins Diet represents a radical departure from prevailing theories. Atkins claimed there are two main unrecognized factors about Western eating habits, arguing firstly that the main cause of obesity is eating refined carbohydrates particularly ... Read article
Phases of Atkins diet(Submitted by: atkins-diet.truecontent.info)
Induction
The Induction phase is the first, and most restrictive, phase of the Atkins Nutritional Approach. It is intended to cause the body to quickly enter a state of ketosis. Carbohydrate intake is limited to 20 net grams per day. The allowed ... Read article
Positive views on Atkins diet(Submitted by: atkins-diet.truecontent.info)
When the Atkins diet was introduced in the 1970s, it was immediately attacked by existing experts, who claimed it was unhealthy and would fail. Some short-term studies indicate the contrary or indicate that the long-term safety needs more ... Read article
Criticism of Atkins diet(Submitted by: atkins-diet.truecontent.info)
An analysis conducted by Forbes magazine found that the Atkins Nutritional Approach (the boxed retail food product created by Atkins to facilitate the Atkins diet) is one of the five most expensive diet plans of the ten plans Forbes analyzed. ... Read article
The Good and the Bad of the Atkins Diet(Submitted by: Shauna Hanus)
Here is a break down of the Atkins diet, via three good points to the Atkins diet and three bad points of the Atkins diet.The Atkins diet three good points.1. The Atkins diet burns fat. When you begin the Atkins diet your body is ... Read article
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