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Your Personal Carb Balance in Greater Detail
Your personal carb balance is your own very personal carbohydrate threshold. It’s the number of Net Carbs you can eat each day to meet either your weight loss or weight maintenance goals. Your personal carb balance is influenced by age, gender, physical activity, hormonal issues, medication and other factors – all of which can raise Read More
Between-meal Nibbling
Snacking can be your secret weapon for weight control, but you must replace those high carb, low-nutrition snacks with better choices. Snack foods. They’re high in calories, full of empty carbs and practically devoid of nutrition. Americans love them so much that today they get about 25 percent of their daily calories from junk food Read More
Bake for Family Fun Month
Try baking this fun and easy breakfast! Our community has a wonderful breakfast solution for your family on busy weekday mornings! Muffin in a Minuteaka MiM Recipe: Serving Size: 1 1/4 cup flax meal (8.09 total carbs, 7.6 fiber) (30 g)1/2 teaspoon baking powder (0.64 net carbs)1 Splenda packet (0.9 net carbs)1 teaspoon cinnamon (1.84 Read More
Atkins, Family-Style: 8 Atkins-friendly tips for the whole family
Losing weight can be a challenge all by itself, let alone if you are trying to stick to Atkins while juggling the demands of work and your family’s hectic schedule of homework, sports and other commitments. We put together the following eight tips to help you shed the pounds while making some healthy and positive Read More
Atkins on a Budget: How to lose weight while saving money!
If you think following a program like Atkins means breaking the bank on your food budget, think again. Watching carbs to stay healthy or lose weight doesn’t have to cost you a fortune. Sure, if filet mignon and lobster are your low-carb staples each week, it’s going to cost more. But regularly including such high-priced Read More
The Five Core Elements of Atkins
Atkins is all about proactive nutrition — providing you the information and inspiration you need to take charge of your health and enjoy your life to the fullest. Atkins consists of five core elements designed to help you keep your energy levels steady and strong from morning till night. These principles are easy to understand Read More
Atkins Is Different from Other Diets
To succeed on Atkins, you may need to forget what you’ve learned on other diets. Here’s why: Read More
Atkins Heart Health Fact #3: Low-Carb beats low-fat when it comes to cutting your risk of metabolic syndrome
In four studies, authors specifically recommend that low-carb diets may help treat metabolic syndrome (risk factors associated with heart disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes) even better than low-fat diets. Here are the facts: In a study of 122 patients in an outpatient weight and metabolism management program published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, patients Read More
Atkins Heart Health Fact #2: You can lose more weight on low-carb than low-fat, and meanwhile cut your risk of heart disease
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) a group of obese and overweight women were assigned to one of four diets—Atkins (low-carb), Zone (30% protein, 40% carbs, 30% fat), Ornish (low-fat) or LEARN (55-60% carbs, less than 10% from saturated fat). Each group followed their assigned diet for one Read More
Atkins Heart Health Fact #1: Low-Carb Diets Decrease Fat in your Bloodstream and Increase Good Cholesterol Better than Low-Fat Diets
We have a large number of studies that show that low carb diets improve triglycerides and good cholesterol (HDL) levels better than low-fat diets. In fact, a 2008 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who followed low-carb diets had more favorable improvements on triglycerides and HDL levels better than Read More
