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Atkins Diet: Weight Loss
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Whether you are in the Atkins Induction Phase, Ongoing Weight Loss, Pre-Maintenance, or Lifetime Maintenance Phase, you can maximize the benefits of your Atkins diet only by removing the uncertainty of guesswork from your daily nutrition. An example: in your Ongoing Weight Loss Phase, you add just 5 grams of Net Carbs per day in weekly increments until weight loss ceases. Five grams of anything is just over one-sixth of an ounce! If you inaccurately guess your Net Carbs consumption, you might think that you are on the Atkins diet but, in fact, you are not.
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A review of some of the more popular fad diets, such as the Atkins Diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet, the South Beach Diet, and the Zone Diet. Typically fad diets make promises of improved health, greater life expectancy, and/or weight loss. While some of those diets are recommended by nutritionists, others can undermine your health.
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Gary D. Foster, PhD, clinical director of the weight and eating disorders program at the University of Pennsylvania, repots "The Atkins diet works at producing weight loss. If you are looking for weight loss, yes, it works. If you are looking for improvement in triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, yes, it works.
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Before you begin the Atkins Diet, take your measurements and write them down to help track your progress. Sometimes the tape measure is more helpful in showing your weight loss than the scale. Keep a weight loss journal to record what you are eating.
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The researchers discovered that during the first six months, those on the Atkins diet lost twice as much weight (21.2lb) as those on the low-fat regime (11.5lb). However, after a year, weight loss in the Atkins group had slowed down significantly.
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Even at the height of its popularity, a Weight Loss Resources poll in October 2003 revealed that nine out of 10 members thought there should be guidance from the Department of Health about any potential problems linked to the Atkins Diet. Now it seems, the diet will lose many of its fans before official guidelines can be developed!
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