The Atkins Diet

The principle of the Atkins diet

According to Dr. Atkins, who created this diet in the '70s, excess weight is not due to a diet that is too rich but to an imbalance of the metabolism or, more precisely, to an incorrect assimilation of sugars, which the body uses as a source of energy.
The Atkins diet is based on a simple rule: reduce carbohydrates in your diet to force the body to draw on fat stores and burn them, making you lose weight. What is fundamental is the "exclusion from the diet of all carbohydrates, whether they are" slow "as in starchy foods and dried legumes, or" fast "as in fruit, sweets and alcoholic beverages.
The calculation of calories is not important and you can eat foods rich in proteins and lipids, such as meat, fish, seafood, eggs, unsweetened dairy products, mayonnaise, butter, oil. and cheeses. The meals provided by the Atkins diet are therefore essentially based on meat, fish, eggs and cheeses, to which fruits low in carbohydrates, small quantities of vegetables rich in fiber and aromatic herbs can be added.
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Typical day

• Breakfast: a fried egg, emmental, tea or coffee without sugar.
• Lunch: a salad with lettuce, ham, chicken, celery, cheese and olive oil.
• Dinner: trout, a lettuce salad, 1 avocado, olive oil, 1 low-fat white yogurt.

Results

Weight loss is rapid at the beginning (2-4 kilos in the first week). Then you lose up to 6 kilos per month.

The pros

The Atkins Diet:

• allows you to lose weight quickly and without going hungry; you can eat more than a "classic" diet.
• low in carbohydrates, limits nibbling and curbs appetite.
• it has fairly easy rules to follow because you don't have to do the calorie counting.

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The cons

The Atkins Diet:

• it is heavily criticized because in the long run it is dangerous to health. The high consumption of fats raises cholesterol, endangering the heart and arteries.
• it causes nausea and fatigue because the body, not being able to use carbohydrates, not only draws from fats to create energy but also affects the muscles.
• like all diets based on the exclusion of a food category, it carries high risks of deficiencies in vitamins, fibers and mineral salts.
• causes constipation (due to the absence of fiber).
• it causes you to lose a lot of kilos but these always risk reappearing when you resume a normal diet.
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