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Atkins Diet
Atkins Diet is the brainchild of Dr. Robert Atkins, who introduced this diet as “Dr. Atkin's Diet Revolution” in the 1970’s. At that time, people believed that eating fatty foods was the main contribution to obesity in people. But statistics prove that excessive eating of carbohydrates causes fat build up in the body if it is not utilized quick enough. So what does Dr. Atkin’s famous diet work?
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The diet begins with the induction period. During the two weeks of this diet, dieters are permitted to ingest a maximum of 20 grams of carbohydrates. Then their diet will consist of unlimited amounts of meat, sausages, poultry, seafood, eggs, cheeses, oils, butter, margarine and bacon. During this period food rich in carbohydrates are eliminated from the diet. Such foods involve milk, cereals, fresh fruits, and also vegetables like potato, peas, grams and carrots. But, since these are carbohydrate-enriched food items, small amounts of these nutritious staples on the Atkins Plan are provided to the dieters in the form of additive pills. After the initial 2 weeks on the diet, patients are allowed to add 5 grams to their carbohydrate intake on a weekly basis. People who follow Atkins Diet for an extensive period, are allowed consume carbohydrates in a range of 40 to 90 grams. This is called the maintenance phase of the diet. This range of carbohydrate consumption is considered safe by major health organizations and health experts.
In comparison to the diets suggested by doctor’s to prevent cancer, Atkins Diet is somewhat the same, only scaled down to minimize carbohydrate intake as much as possible. Cancer preventing diets consist of 3 to 4 extra helpings of fresh fruits, helpings of beans and grams and consumption of lesser amounts of red meat as compared to Atkins Diet. Eating carbohydrate causes the population to become fat and a number of diseases are related to obesity. If they follow Atkins Diet they would probably see the difference in 4 weeks time. Basically Atkins diet promotes the decrease in serum triglyceride levels, it increases the amount of HDL in the blood and decreases the amount of LDL, the cholesterol which can cause harm to the heart. Atkins Diet really makes it obvious to the dieter that carbohydrates are weight gaining edible substances whose intake has to be limited. The lesser amount of carbohydrates you eat and the more weight you loose, the more successful Atkins Theory is.
Atkins Diet also possesses health risks to those who follow it strictly. High intakes of protein cause the dieters urine to become acidic. Acidic urine in turn, washes away valuable calcium with it when it is being excreted. Loss of calcium in the body makes the bones brittle and susceptible to injury. Depleting body calcium also significantly increases the risks of kidney stones and osteoporosis. Calcium aids in blood clotting, unavailability of calcium near a wound, causes prolonged bleeding, in the case of an accident, and may cause death by bleeding. Tragedies have occurred to those who did not manage the great calcium deficiency, like a woman in Florida, whose blood pressure rose drastically, causing her to suffer and die after a severe heart attack. The American Heart Association does not recommend high protein and high fat diets, such as Atkins Diet suggests, because of the increased risks of colon cancer, heart diseases and high blood pressure. Hardly any carbohydrates spell out that there will be less fiber, glucose and cellulose, which form the basis of our energy levels.
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