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Atkins Diet: Weight Loss
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DURHAM, N.C. – The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins has been the subject of heated debate in medical circles for three decades. Now, preliminary research findings at Duke University Medical Center show that a low-carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained weight loss.
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The diet prescribes limits for only carbohydrate intake - this includes fruit, vegetables, bread and pasta. Under a high-carbohydrate diet an average man eating about 2000 calories a day may have a daily carbohydrate intake of 300 grams, says Foster. Under the Atkin's diet this would be restricted to as little as 20 grams per day for the first two weeks, increasing slowly on a set scale depending on the amount of weight lost.
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The claim made by the South Beach Diet is that it is a scientifically proven plan that will definitely assist you in fulfilling your goals to lose weight safely. The South Beach Diet will help you to drop pounds quickly as well as increase your heart health. Most individuals average a weight loss between eight and thirteen pounds after the first two weeks of participating in this diet.
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The regimen is a low-carbohydrate, or ketogenic diet, characterized by initial rapid weight loss, usually due to water loss. Drastically reducing the amount of carbohydrate intake causes liver and muscle glycogen loss, which has a strong but temporary diuretic effect. Long-term weight loss is said to occur because with a low amount of carbohydrate intake, the body burns stored fat for energy.
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Weight loss can be very rapid in the 14-day induction phase of the Atkins diet, and a lot of this seems to come from fluid loss. A weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds a week is expected in the ongoing weight-loss phase.
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An interesting feature of this diet is that there is no induction phase. Once the desired weight loss has been achieved following the initial ratio of carbs, fats, and protein, the ratio is shifted towards the fats to prevent continued loss. Otherwise, you eat the same from the beginning.
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