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The Atkins diet, on the other hand, is carbohydrate restrictive. It creates a state of ketosis in your body that burns only fat, and not muscle. The primary source of your energy for your body will be fat in the form of ketones. Your liver will convert fat into ketones and it cannot be converted back. It will be excreted naturally.
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Despite the resurgence Atkins is undergoing, it is still misunderstood by a lot of the critics. The final stage of the diet is working out how many carb you can eat without gaining weight, a different number for everybody.
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In the Atkins diet book, Dr. Atkins suggests using ketone-testing strips to determine your state of ketosis during dieting. These small plastic strips are held in the urine stream and contain a special chemically treated absorptive pad. This pad will change color if ketones are present in the urine. With the presence of ketones, the strip will change varying shades of pink to purple. There is a color scale on the label of the bottle that will help you determine your ketone levels.
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At the end of the study, women following the Atkins diet had larger decreases in body mass index, triglycerides and blood pressure compared to women in the other three groups. As well, their high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good kind of cholesterol, increased more than that of women on the other diets.
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Biochemist Dr. Gregory Petsko from Brandeis University decided to conduct an experiment using the Atkins diet--ON HIMSELF! He said of all the diet plans to come out, this one made the most scientific sense from a metabolic vantage point....
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