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Dr Atkins Diet And Low Carb NutritionLow Carb Diets and Info
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It seems as if nothing in nutritional research today has people so divided, so absolutely polarized on an issue, as that of low carb diets, high protein diets, or especially the Dr Atkins diet plan. Whatever name you decide to call it, these low carb diets stir up controversy.
Many people will tell you that not only was the Dr Atkins diet, the only way they found to lose weight and keep it off, but it dramatically improved their health - lowering their bad cholesterol, lowering the deadly triglycerides, improving HDL (good) cholesterol, etc.
Those on the flip side scream out about the high fat content of the Dr Atkins diet and all the possible ramifications, such as heat disease.
What's the basis of the dr Atkins diet plan? Why do low carb diets work?
At the beginning of low carb diets, your carbohydrates are severely restricted to less than 20 or 30 grams per day. How low is this? There are about 23 grams of carbs in one tiny cup of Cheerios.
The Atkins diet detractors will yell and scream about needing vegetables and fiber, etc. etc.
However, it would seem to me that these people have never actually read the literature on the Atkins diet plan.
If they had, they would realize there is more to the Arkins diet than just eliminating carbohydrates.
First, this extreme reduction of carbohydrates in the Atkins diet is only temporary, usually lasting about two weeks, or what Dr. Atkins calls the Induction Diet.
Carbs are severley restricted in the first section of the Dr Atkins diet for one reason and one reason only...
To get the body's insulin secretion system back on track. Simple carbs can cause the body to become insulin resistant. In short, this leads to wildly vacillating blood sugar levels causing weight gain, fatigue, moodiness, and un-productivity, to name a few. Restricting carbohydrates gets the body back to working properly again.
It is important to understand that at a basic level, our genetic traits have not changed over thousands of years. Our bodies are not designed to funtion properly on a modern diet - i.e., an over abundance of simple carbs and processed foods.
The Dr Atkins diet allows you to get your insulin levels under control.
Once you've gotten your insulin levels under control, you begin adding back carbs into your diet slowly. However, these are very specific carbs, mainly fibrous carbs and salads and NO processed foods or simple sugars.
The Atkins diet has been validated again and again in research study after research study as not only being effective for weight loss but for improved health as well.
Does it take a little planning and preparation to stay on a low carb diet? Sure it does, but no more so than any other nutrition plan, except maybe the one where you eat anything handy, get fat and unhealthy and sit on your couch your whole life.
In addition, there are more and more nutritional products available to make the Dr. Atkins diet plan even easier.
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