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Atkins Diet: Carbohydrates
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The Atkins diet places no limit on the amount of saturated-fat-laden products one can have each day. Large portions of foods like butter, red meat and bacon are advocated and encouraged. A limited amount of carbohydrates can be introduced in the maintenance phase.
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In fairness, the Atkins diet has been unfairly painted as an "all cheeseburgers, no vegetables" plan. True, the early "induction" phase (2 weeks) drastically restricts carbohydrate consumption - a few leafy greens and no fruit - but then more carbs are allowed. So within 6 months you may end up eating a reasonable amount of carbohydrates, even though the diet counsels you to avoid certain carb-foods, like white breads, white potatoes, and white rice, forever.
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Unlike the Zone diet which states specific proportions of carbohydrate, protein and fat (40%-30%-30%), the Atkins diet simply limits carbohydrate intake to between 20 and 60 grams per day. Elevated levels of protein and fat consumption are both encouraged.
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This is a concise introduction to the Atkins diet plan, which would require careful carbohydrate tracking (counting) to be the most effective. It ... explains in the last paragraph why other diets work, if processed foods that break down into sugar are eliminated from the diet. Keeping insulin levels at an even keel prevents energy highs and lows and helps one benefit from satiety. A nearly boundless energy supply is a wonderful reward. Lowering the bad cholesterol and raising the good cholesterol levels can also be done with a high protein diet less the carbohydrate tracking, providing enough exercise is maintained. Obviously, the key is ELIMINATING PROCESSED FOODS THAT BREAK DOWN INTO SUGAR.
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What Atkins diet does is that it places a restriction to your daily carb intake to 40 grams of carbohydrates daily max. The result that this has on your body is that it places it in a state of ketosis.
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The 22 May 2003, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published two scientific, randomized studies comparing standard low-fat diets to low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins Diet. In both studies, subjects lost more weight on the low-carbohydrate plans at 6-months but not at 1-year. The editors noted that "Adherence was poor and attrition was high in both groups. Longer and larger studies are required to determine the long-term safety and efficacy of low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diets."
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