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Atkins Diet: Proteins
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Atkins quickly recruited millions of converts and eventually spawned a legion of imitators, including the Zone, Protein Power, and South Beach diets. Conventional dietary opinion, funded by the farming lobby, was scandalized. Then the dietary world was shaken to its foundations when the New York Times proclaimed that the latest medical research demonstrated the efficacy of Atkins.
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The diet is not recommended for lacto-ovo vegetarians, since it cannot be done as successfully without protein derived from animal products. Also, vegans cannot follow this diet, since a vegan diet is too high in carbohydrates, according to Atkins. Instead, he recommends vegetarians with a serious weight problem give up vegetarianism, or at least include fish in their diet. In 2003, a physicians group warned that high-protein diets may cause permanent kidney loss in anyone with reduced kidney function. They ... can increase people's risk of colon cancer and osteoporosis.
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Although the use of this diet started at Johns Hopkins, it has increased in popularity around the world. Benefits of this diet include an absence of protein, fluid, or calorie restriction, as well as an outpatient, non-fasting initiation. The major drawback in 2007 is a lack of published evidence…but this appears to be changing rapidly.
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Can you be more disciplined and make almost 90% of your diet exclusively protein (eggs, meat, nuts, etc.)? Can you give up carbs almost totally, including coffee, for the satisfaction of losing a lot of weight very quickly? It's simply the fastest way to lost weight but the one that requires the most discipline.
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A ketogenic diet “ratio” is the ratio of fat to carbohydrate and protein grams combined. A 4:1 ratio is more strict than a 3:1 ratio, and is typically used for most children. A 3:1 ratio is typically used for infants, adolescents, and children who require higher amounts of protein or carbohydrate for some other reason.
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Importantly, the protein and fat-laden diet did no harm, with no increases in levels of "bad" cholesterol. In fact, subjects on the Atkin's diet ... lost more weight, although this did not remain statistically significant after a year.
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