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According to Dr Atkins the diet is good for
managing many health disorders including
headaches, blood sugar disorders, slow or sluggish
metabolism, food intolerance's, allergies, and
many other health problems. Although the main
reason why people turn to Atkins Diet is because
it provides fast weight loss, many with high
cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and polycystic
ovarian syndrome had reported that they feel more
energetic than they have had in years after one
week on Atkins Diet.
While medical experts
were recommending low fat, high carbohydrate
diets, Dr Atkins suggested people who wanted to
lose weight should do the exact opposite. Dr
Atkins diet philosophy was that up to two thirds
of calories could come from fat - more than double
the usual recommendation - and people should eat
meats and cheeses rather than breads, pastas, and
even fruits and vegetables. Instead of
carbohydrate and sugar, Atkins Diet Plan highly
recommends plenty of fat and protein. The diet
specifically recommends animal proteins; therefore
vegetarians and vegans will have a hard time
following the diet.
How Atkins Diet Help In Losing Weight?
Atkins Diet is a system that
enables our body to lose weight in a natural way
by inducing a change in metabolism. Our body is
capable of burning both fat and carbohydrates to
provide the energy required to function properly.
Carbohydrate, in the form of glucose, is the first
fuel used to provide energy to our body. Dr Atkins
suggests that when we reduce our intake of
carbohydrates significantly, our body convert from
burning carbohydrates to burning fat as fuel.
Ketosis is a state in which our body burns fat as
fuel. When fat is burned for fuel, ketones are
released through the breath and urine, and their
quantities can be measured with Ketone Strips.
This is how we lose weight through Atkins Diet
Plan. Dr Atkins also says that ketosis will affect
insulin production which will prevent more fat
from being formed.
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