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Rules of Induction: Achieve Ketosis with Low Carbs
The first phase of the Atkins diet, known as Induction, is designed to jumpstart weight loss and transform your body into a fat-burning machine. By limiting the amount of net carbohydrates you eat in this phase to 20-25 grams a day, your body will switch its main fuel source from carbs to fat through a Read More
The Role of Energy Expenditure in the Differential Weight Loss in Obese Women on Low-Fat and Low-Carbohydrate Diets
The following information is available at Pub Med and was not written by Atkins professionals. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Brehm, B.J., Spang, S.E., Lattin, B.L., et al., “The Role of Energy Expenditure in the Differential Weight Loss in Obese Women on Low-Fat and Low-Carbohydrate Diets,”Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90(3), 2005, Read More
The Role Insulin Plays in Obesity
Perhaps you’ve been overweight for a long time. Once there may have been a time when you could drop pounds pretty easily, if you sharply cut your caloric intake. You’d gain the weight back but, at least at the price of hunger, you could shed it again. Then, although your weight continued to yo-yo up Read More
The Most Effective Weight Loss Diet: And the Winner is….
Low carbohydrate diets with optimal amounts of protein, like Atkins, are the most effective diet for promoting weight loss and reducing hunger, at least in the short term, according to scientists at Aberdeen’s Rowett Research Institute. Researchers gave healthy but obese men one of two “high protein” diets. Protein was kept to 30% of total Read More
The Inconvenient Truth About Carbohydrates
The history of science is filled with brilliant discoveries that were not warmly welcomed. In fact, it’s almost a truism that it takes about 50 years before a revolutionary concept is truly accepted by the mainstream, particularly when that concept challenges prevailing dogma. Take vitamin C and scurvy. Although the first documented experiment showing that Read More
The Effects of Low-Carbohydrate Versus Conventional Weight Loss Diets in Severely Obese Adults: One-Year Follow-up
The following information is available at Pub Med and was not written by Atkins professionals. Annals of Internal Medicine Stern, L., Iqbal, N., Seshadri, P., et al., “The Effects of Low-Carbohydrate Versus Conventional Weight Loss Diets in Severely Obese Adults: One-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial,” Annals of Internal Medicine, 140(10), 2004, pages 778-785. BACKGROUND: Read More
The Crucial Phase of Pre-Maintenance
Prepare for permanent slimness as you internalize the eating habits you will follow for the rest of your life. You’re almost there! All your good work and healthy eating habits have paid off, and you now have only five to 10 pounds left to reach your goal weight. Congratulations are in order! Now hear this. Read More
The Atkins Advantage: “Back On Top”
It has been a tremendous month for us at Atkins. On March 7, 2007, the Journal of the American Medical Association published one of the biggest stories in the world of health with results of a study which compared four popular diet programs, executed by researchers at Stanford University, and underwritten by the National Institutes Read More
Short-Term Effects of Severe Dietary Carbohydrate-Restriction Advice in Type 2 Diabetes–a Randomized Controlled Trial
The following information is available at Pub Med and was not written by Atkins professionals. Diabetic Medication Daly, M.E., Paisey, R., Paisey, R., Millward, B.A., Eccles, C., Williams, K., Hammersley, S., MacLeod, K.M., Gale, T.J., “Short-Term Effects of Severe Dietary Carbohydrate-Restriction Advice in Type 2 Diabetes–a Randomized Controlled Trial,” Diabetic Medication. 2006 Jan;23(1): pages 15-20.. Read More
Saturated Fat, Carbohydrate, and Cardiovascular Disease
The following information is available at Pub Med and was not written by Atkins professionals. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Siri-Tarino, P.W., Sun, Q., Hu, F.B., Krauss, R.M., “Saturated Fat, Carbohydrate, and Cardiovascular Disease,”American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010, Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print]. A focus of dietary recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention Read More
