Summer Fruits for Low Carb & Keto
When you’re following a low carb or keto diet – you quickly learn that fruit is generally high in sugars Read More
Comment améliorer la qualité de votre sommeil
Le mois de mars risque de chambouler complètement votre routine de sommeil. En effet, nous perdrons une heure de sommeil le dimanche 13 mars prochain, puisque nous passerons à l’heure avancée. Heureusement, le 18 mars, vous pourrez dormir autant que vous voulez si vous célébrez la Journée mondiale du sommeil – eh oui! –, dont Read More
Atkins vs. Other Diet Programs
There are plenty of diets out there to choose from, and you may have tried quite a few during your quest to lose weight. Here’s how Atkins compares to other popular weight loss programs, plus more reasons why you should choose Atkins: Atkins How it works: When you control your carbohydrate intake, you start burning Read More
How Atkins 40® Works and the Science Behind It
Carbs and fat are your body’s two sources of fuel. A low-fat diet is high in carbs, so when you eat more carbs than your body needs it stores them as fat. Atkins is an effective diet that transforms your metabolism from one that stores fat into one that burns fat. High-carbohydrate diets raise blood Read More
New Research Study Supports Low-Carb Over Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss
It’s no question that the US has been facing an ongoing epidemic—obesity. The Food Research and Action Center reports that more than two-thirds of US adults are obese or overweight (Ogden et al., 2014). This month, Trust for America’s Health Organization disclosed that adult obesity rates have remained high nationwide and no state has experienced Read More
Low-Carb More Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure than Low-Fat and Orlistat
A study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has demonstrated that a low-carb diet is more effective at lowering blood pressure than the weight–loss drug orlistat in concert with a low-fat diet. William S. Yancy, Jr., an associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and the lead author of the study, Read More
Atkins Diet Beats Low-Fat for Improving Metabolic Syndrome
Over the years, thousands of people have turned to the Atkins dietary strategy of reduced sugar and carbohydrates for its demonstrated ability to help people lose weight and keep it off. But in the last decade, emerging research has shown over and over again, that the Atkins diet can actually accomplish even more than that. Read More
The Cholesterol Myth
Eating fatty foods raises cholesterol to dangerous levels, endangering cardiovascular health, right? Not necessarily. Let’s take this step by step: What is cholesterol? Like fats, cholesterol is a lipid, and like them, it’s essential for life. How so? Cholesterol, along with fats, is essential for normal cellular function, hormone production, and infection fighting. How is Read More
Low-Fat Diets Don’t Deliver on Heart Health
Unless you’re living on another planet, you’ve heard this message: reduce your intake of fat and cholesterol to achieve a healthy weight and decrease the likelihood of developing heart disease. In fact, the terms “healthy” and “low fat” seem inextricably linked. But now we know that the rationale for a low-fat diet is based on Read More
Waist Size Predicts Heart Failure (more reasons to reduce your waist size)
The main reason people over 65 wind up in the hospital is heart failure, also known as “congestive heart failure.” And the very best predictor of whether or not you’re likely to get heart failure might surprise you. It’s waist size. A new study published in the journal Circulation(1) tracked data from two Swedish population Read More