I did Atkins for several months about 20 years ago. Not only did I lose tons of weight, gain tons of energy, achieve mental clarity, eliminate my low grade depression, reverse prediabetis, lower cholesterol but the greatest benefit was that sense of euphoria I was able to achieve. These days, I’ve been researching all the latest diets like keto or lchf etc. After all of this, I’ve come to the conclusion that for insulin resistance, hypercortisolism (Cushings), Atkins is still the best way to go along with fasting. Ty Dr. Atkins. RIP
Well said. My experience with Atkins is very similar. So many benefits. Like many others Ive tried it and then back to eating carbs. But my goal is to make it a lifestyle now.
My husband and myself were personal patients of Dr. Atkins. My husband had malignant hypertension and was on all kinds of meds. After six weeks on the diet, we had both lost considerable weight and my husband was able to get off his meds. I was pre-diabetic before the diet but my sugar numbers plummeted on this diet. This diet works!
Margo Glicksman Best wishes on your journeys Margo and hubby. You are not only banishing mentioned probs, you are banishing cancer, Alzheimer's, and the other horrors of sugar diets. Namaste and care, mhikl
if anyone is wondering whether or not they should start this diet, start RIGHT NOW! I've been on this diet and lost 75 pounds in 3.5 months with exercise! My sibling who is on this and doesn't exercise still lost 50 pounds in 5 months. Definitely worth it!
Atkins is my go to!!! It is very sustainable and realistic however I sometimes start sneaking in carbs over time and realize the weight gain then I just go back to induction. I love being in ketosis!!!!! So much energy, low low mood swings, and I’m burning my own fat!! Thanks Dr. Atkins for everything.
I was diabetic, cholesterol sky high, fat deposits on my liver and obese (230lbs, 5'8.) In just 4 months I lost 58 pounds (172lbs), my diabetes is gone, my cholesterol is stable and the fat deposits on my liver is completely gone. All because of the Atkins diet.
There are a few factors in reducing kidney disease at home . One place I discovered that successfully combines these is the Dravin Magic Plan (google it if you're interested) it's the most incredible resource that I've heard of. look at all the extraordinary information .
Been on Atkins for 3 years now. Lost 70 lbs. Still need to lose 60 more. Diagnosed 30 years ago with acid reflux - it totally went away in 3 days on Atkins. BP and blood work are now great.
Very interesting - I had the exact same experience with acid reflux disappearing - goes anyone understand the mechanism involved in that? I was really surprised!!
I lost 16 lb. in about 2 weeks and you are not hungry.. I would like to have pie or ice cream but the craving is not really bad.I really beleive this is one of the best diets i have ever tried.
after the two week intro, i started going to the gym, adding a little more carbs and feel better. lost 25lbs in 7 weeks. i don't look at atkins as forever, but more a kickstart. exercise and moderation will always trump crash diets
Just got back from my endocrinologist. Started the Atkins/Keto way of eating in April. I've lost over 30#, a1c is now 6.7, neuropathy is gone. I'm off all insulin and oral DM meds except metformin. Blood sugars are normal and stable. Blood pressure was 160's/90's, now 127/71. Cholesterol is half of when i started. I no longer need a statin. Even skin keratosis I've had for 3 years is gone after a few weeks on this. This way of living saved my life and has many others. Sugar is killing us. Try cutting out bread, pasta, milk. Go easy on the fruit. Start eating a high fat diet, moderate protein and low carbs. It really has some wonderful dishes to try. You can eat out about anywhere. This diet is recommended for children with seizures, inflammatory illnesses including arthritis, IBS, cardiac problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and even cancer since cancer feeds off of sugar. I am never going back to a low fat, high carb diet again. This works! And no cravings! Shame on you ADA for advocating this lie. It's hard to stand for truth when your funding comes from drug companies and sugar producers. Picked up your cookbook at the library, 43 carbs for 1 serving of one entree ! More than i can eat in a day! Shame, shame. People trust you.
i've been doing low carb for 2 years now and lost 90 lbs in 1.5 yrs and kept my weight. i even lost 5lbs more in one week when i started over again to loose some 20 more lbs. my resting heart rate went down from 80-110 to a steady 60 all day. my blood sugar levels went down from 110 to 80 and when i do sports it stays at 70 for 2 days even after meals. i have a lot more energy and was able to perform a 1 hour workout with an average heartrate of 140 (min 135, max 160, never going below 135 for 60 minutes) just after four 30 minute workouts and i never did any sports before, not even when loosing the 90 lbs. and i wasn't exhausted at all. can't think of any healthier way to live and feel. just my 2 cents..
Not sure chemically what was going on with me in March of 2011, but I went from 240 to 195 in just a month doing Induction. I was having seconds on steak and veggies, eating Swiss and cheddar cheeses, and ate like 2 Endulge bars a day. If this hadn’t happened, I know I’d have missed out on such a miracle!! I had a line dance workshop in Atlanta just in time for the weight loss, and I don’t remember the exact inches I lost in my waist, but my arms went down 2 inches each!! Atkins is a miracle!! Of course this happened at age 29.
It is a life style change on it 17 years ago lost 50 pounds. But went back to junk food a few years later and put the weight back on. Getting ready to jump back into it. And yes it is harder to get going but I love the notion I can lose weight thru Ketosis. I start tomorrow. bought the food I need. the family will eat their meals. But I am back on my journey. My dietician told me 8 pounds would be enough to lose. I think more like 30 pounds.
Mahalia Jackson started what we now call the Atkins Diet around 1964 late and lost about 100 lbs. Broiled steaks, with a little wine, and plenty of fruits and vegetables. She had success. An immense weight loss that made her absolutely changed in looks occurred.
I had to lose about 35 pounds so through trial and error I have discovered something that seems to be working so far. I alternate the Atkins diet and 1200 daily calories every other day. So far I've lost 1 pound every day for a week, 7 pounds total. Of course I expect to lose less each week after this but the main thing is that the weight is coming off on this plan and not so fast on other diets I've been on. And believe me I've been on many! On my Atkins day I do not count carbs but I also do not eat anything with carbs except vegetables. I also eat both full-fat and light foods. I don't consume Atkins bars or shakes, just pure food. On the 1200 calorie day I eat all the carbs I want within the maximum calories allotted. Anyway, so far this plan is working and I am happy!
I did it years go and lost 44 pounds n three months I didn’t feel deprived at all ! And I felt amazing!! It’s been over 10 years and lots of stress with life but now I got time to focus on me and someone who actually supports my health decisions! So I restarted this today ! I know for a fact it works ! So I’m very excited to restart this journey !!
I've lost a little over 14lbs on Atkins and nearing the end of my 2nd month. Because I took a small break and am getting closer to my goal, the weight loss is slowing down but I'm happy with the results. I was on a plateau for awhile and just could not get the weight down, that's why I picked up Atkins in the first place. It's helped so much. In total, I've lost over 40lbs since deciding to lose weight.
With all due respect; also in previous times, people weren't couch potatoes either and they worked from sun up until sun down; they got plenty of exercise to burn off any weight. Also, they didn't have all the processed chips, candy bars, fast foods, etc. that keep you hungry and make you fat. Food for thought
I need to lose 22lbs to be at my ideal weight. I have never had this problem before. Slowly slowly the company I kept encouraged me to eat sugar. I think I am now addicted..Day 2 Atkins today..I am confident. God bless Dr Atkins..He knew and he knew he knew.
Hello pollianna we r in the same boat I need to lose 30 pounds my question to you is are u following the old atkins diet or his newer one. I'm getting ready to start it I was going to try keto but it seems a little more difficult please let me know thank you have a blessed day
That Christopher Gardner lecture at Stanford was described by Gary Taubes in Why We Get Fat: "He begins the lecture by acknowledging that he’s been a vegetarian for twenty-five years. He did the study, he explains, because he was concerned that a diet like the Atkins diet, rich in meat and saturated fat, could be dangerous. When he described the triumph of the very low-carbohydrate, meat-rich Atkins diet, he called it “a bitter pill to swallow.”"
Yes, it does work! The atkins diet is one of the most effective and reliable ways to lose weight. Carbs make us fat; not fat just itself. They (carbs) do that by triggering the increased secretion of pro-fat storage hormone, insulin. In particular, when carbs are in excess, the excess as converted into glycogen then stored in the liver and muscle cells but since the glycogen stores are limited, the increased intake of carbs prompts the body to convert the excess glucose to fatty acids and glycerol, which are then stored in the various fat stores around the body. So when you reduce the intake of carbs, you effectively reduce the amount of insulin that ends up being secreted, open up the fat stores for metabolism and reduce the body’s inclination to store fat. When you pair low carbohydrate intake with high fat and high protein intake, you have a perfect recipe for weight loss. How is that? Well, fats and proteins tend to have satiating effects, which essentially means that if your diet involves lots of fats and proteins, you are unlikely to want to keep eating because these two macronutrients are filling and take longer to be digested. This ultimately makes it easy to lose weight and keep it off. The atkins diet is one of the most effective and reliable ways to lose weight. This book is where I started. It's a great way to get things going and meet your goals. www.amazon.com/dp/B071YVVLRN
Read the book Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes... You can get it used off Amazon on the cheap... Eat proteins and unsaturated fats, but stay off the bad carbs which are mostly refined sugar... Anything that is white is bad... Bread, potatoes, rice, etc... Veggies are good if they are green... Low starch, low carb, and high protein and you will be thinner...
Correct. Most people seem to forget this little tidbit. Carbs = Glucose, Fructose and Sucrose. Glucose causes faster aging. If your brain needs glucose, it will convert protein to glucose (glucogenesis). The brain needs very little glucose and runs fine on Ketones (Fat = ketones).
David Brown S Johnson True. Carbohydrates is a manufactured word. People were turned off by terms sugar, starch & glucose; so Carbs came into being. The three food groups: Fat, Protein and Sugar. And that is the order in which they should be eaten. Namaste and care, mhikl
An Atkins advocate told me just the other day that I was most likely torpedoing my weight loss efforts by eating so much sugary fruits. So I ditched the mangoes, grapes, bananas and got rid of my brown rice. And although I ate a lot of strawberries and blueberries with full fat yogurt yesterday, I was three pounds lighter today. However, I am not going to jump to any conclusions until I shed at least 15 more pounds of blubber. Only then will I know this diet is working for me.
@EDECO79 Paleo is also cost prohibitive, since a strict application of the Paleo diet emphasizes things like grass fed beef, free range chicken and pork, as well as wild caught fish. These items are far more expensive than you regular grain fed beef, cage raised chicken and pork, and farm raised fish. Though there is a lot of agreement between Atkins and Paleo dietary guidelines, concerning carb restriction, Paleo is less accessible, in its orthodox application, because it is so expensive.
I thought this was a good video until they started trying to sell their Atkins products. I've been on this before and it worked. But had a hard time on the Keto.
"How can the low carbohydrate diet work if you are taking in fat." It limits insulin secretion. Insulin is what makes people fat. We can know this because we can observe that Type 1 diabetics can't get fat, no matter how much they eat, unless they inject insulin.
In grade school, I was the smallest kid by weight, yet also the strongest and fastest; living on my Cherokee, traditional foods of Hominy (corn), Beans & Squash. In 1975, I was talked into switching to the Paleo Diet, "to get bigger & stronger"; ten months ago, at age 50, I almost died from Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Type II Diabetes, Gout and Prostate Issues. I switched to VEGAN (no salt, no oil), lost 130 lbs and have completely reversed or cured ALL of the above Diseases and Issues.
I am a firm believer in "The Marine Corps Diet". A balanced diet with 5 balanced meals a day combined with exercise. Why? Because I lost almost 100 pounds with it.
I am sitting here almost in tears because this is just yet another thing for me to look at and try and then fail. I wish someone could come up with a video that includes letting people know that if they have a hormonal and metabolic disorder to being with then it really doesn't matter what you do. It really does feel like that sometimes. I have Polycystic Ovarian System with is such a terrible thing to have as a woman. One of the main symptoms is WEIGHT GAIN AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. You gain weight faster than most people. I have seen gynecologists and an endocrinologist and they have both told me that is just very very very hard to lose weight. One told me to just cut out all the refined carbs. He said specially white pasta, white bread, white rice, white potato. So I did and I gained weight. I make sure that most of my food is homemade. I have healthy fats all the time. I have green vegetables all the time. I have so much protein but still I am stuck with this body....don't know what to do anymore. So unfair that there are women out there who are just born with perfect genes and can eat whatever they want and never gain weight. Just feel like crying about all of this....
Don't cry! Our Success Story, Erica, struggles with PCOS. But by following a low carb life style, she was able to cut out the sugar and control the insulin in her body which in turn changed her hormonal levels. You can watch her video about why she was successful. Hopefully you'll give Atkins a shot! th-cam.com/video/sCEks3ElTeg/w-d-xo.html
cherls15 DO IT I PROMISE IT WORK'S BUT YOU MUST DO IT RELIGIOUSLY. AND INSTEAD OF PORK AND BEEF MEAT REPLACE IT WITH FISH SKINLESS CHICKEN SARDINES TUNA SHRIMP OTHERWISE YOUR cholesterol WILL GET SKY HIGH
You still have to watch calories. AND it’s about consistency. We didn’t get overweight over night and it can take many months and years to really see a significant change. But it’s daily consistency. Example … if you only go to the dentist once a month for a cleaning, will that prevent tooth decay ? No. Because you have to brush DAILY.
Your metabolic and hormone disorder may well be the result of long time high carb diet and overweight. Do not give itself excuses and try to fix from the root
By buying whole foods and ingredients, instead of packaged foods, you can save money and still follow Atkins. Check out this blog post by our nutritionist for tips on savings. www.atkins.com/how-it-works/atkins-blogs/colette-heimowitz/atkins-on-a-budget
I totally agree with the premise of this diet, but I'm suspicious of the branded bars and shakes. It would be a nice option for occasional treats that have been vetted for the diet, but I'm also thinking you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Atkins is a whole foods based nutritional approach, and we offer treats and snacks for convenience. It's entirely possible to do the diet without buying our products at all! Plenty of folks do--but plenty of folks also like the grab and go ease of a bar or a shake.
What do I mean by exercise is called: The Student's Introduction to Fitness. 1) Jog the mile 2) lift weights for 45 minutes 3) swim ten laps in a swimming pool 4) realax in the hot tub 5) go to an all you can eat restaurant 6) catch some zzz's
I am just starting today, doing induction phase 1, i am ok with low carbs but why can't i have milk tea? i know excessive caffeine can cause low blood sugar which can make you crave sugar, but i am not really a sweet tooth kind of person, i don't even like chocolates or ice creams or sweet stuff, u get my point. So having brewed tea, with about 2tbs milk per cup, i have just max 4 cups of tea per day, would that affect my phase 1 with atkins? And what about sugar, sweeteners will do? or best not having any sugar?? confused.
WintaTime the answer is lactose (milk sugar). it's a kind of sugar with a glycemic index of about 35. that's not very high, but most vegetables have a glyc. index of about 10 to 20. induction phase is only a week up to three, so try not to drink any milk until then, after that you can add some again, but add the net carbs of the milk. it's all about your body learning to use fat instead of sugars. and eating milk sugar destroys that plan and your body will stay with sugars. that's why.
their products are so expensive!! and they're only meant to eat when you can't have a meal or your craving something you shouldn't have!! ha ha this diet does work for a lifetime. I'm having trouble getting back on it tho. meat is sooo expensive!!
This video does not say what happens to excess animal fat that we eat. Barry Groves wrote that excess fat is excreted. It does not run to your thighs. This video is mostly just an advertisement for Atkins products. You don't need any of those over priced, low carb, specialty products to enjoy a low carb diet. You can go to the farmers markets and buy reasonably priced, organic veggies and sometimes meats, and buy the cheaper meats (nitrate free ones!) at the health food stores.T
The Atkins diet isn't geared to Olympic or Pro athletes. It's geared to overweight and obese people eating a crappy diet. And it works. It's been proven in dozens of randomized controlled trials that low-carb/high-fat ketogenic diets are superior to any other diet for weight-loss, glycemic control, insulin-sensitivity, cholesterol ratio and triglycerides. Using the "pro athletes don't eat low-carb" argument is rather ridiculous since 99.99999% of the planet aren't pro athletes.
Ever since getting 10 grams of carbohydrates per 1 kilogram of bodyweight I have felt like a new person, shed fat like its nothing and have the energy of 10 crackheads
As well as causing disease, they make you want to eat more as your blood glucose (sugar) levels continually spike and trough very quickly and unevenly.
JungleListSoldier I am trying to gain weight my friend. I guess you can say I am trying to eat a diet high in protein that will support recovery and muscle building and strength.
I think it's easy to declare that you already see results after a few days or weeks. Here is an example of American people that follow the Atkins diet. I think that if you as an American people follow any diet, you will see result after a few days, or weeks because of the change of the food. It's already known that the American food is in general more unhealthy. So if you change a little thing in the food I think that all the American people will lose weight.
"MCS? Very 1989." No. 1968. Remember this?: "Indeed, the results of the study went unpublished for sixteen years, by which time the controversy had been publicly settled. [...] The Minnesota trial began in November 1968 [...] When I asked Frantz in late 2003 why the study went unpublished for sixteen years, he said, “We were just disappointed in the way it came out.”"
still alive? isn't it interesting how Henry Blackburn who's there at the time at the age of 98 and is still publishing papers told a different story. Go check the Minnesota study. Henry Blackburn's work was cited. he and the author said since the patients were getting out of the hospitals here and there. Hospitals stays on average is 292 days and they couldn't track those people. or Death from smoking, alcohol addiction, suicides makes the data very unreliable. or the author told that he only started to feed the people in 3 years of the last stage of the study. So the length of the study was cut down from 8 to 3 should I trust a 3 year study on mental patients who behaviors are often unpredictable and there are lots of self-harm? u believed it? still on the high fat diet? have any chest pains or heart attack yet?
+Jay Jay it's really weird... I Finnished my fasting lost 45 pounds. gone back to a normal diet 2,500 calories a day ...a couple of walks a day at most... 30 min each.... I lost all my fat...!!! and I haven't put on a single pound....! I'm completely confused. ? I was worried I'd put waight back on .. DID NOT HAPPEN AT ALL. absolutely delighted I am
+Jay Jay well this is it....I've found i can still junk food but as you say watch the calories intake.... it's as simple as that.! what's more I tend to find I enjoy my food more now I'm limited... just about balance..
Those who forget history are destined to repeat it. During the Ice Age, winter was as long as 7 months! Cro Magnon men, women and children ate meat, meat and more meat. We are hybrids. We can run on carbs or fat, but we do much, much better on fat. Eating carbs is like burning leaves. The fire only lasts a short time. Eating fat is like burning logs, the energy is steady, even and lasts a long time. Paleo on carbs is not paleo. How could our survival depend on carbs that we NEVER ate?
To maintain good health: Eat healthy food, controlled portion, and do physical activities such as exercise, physical work everyday. Example: Farmers eat healthy and work everyday.
yeah...that's the big thing with me for Paleo...who can afford $6 lb hamburger these days. Gotta make do with what you can afford....the one thing just about everyone from vegan to paleo can agree on is that sugar and processed foods are bad....well..some vegans probably eat processed foods because they're deprived of the joys of meat :)
I just sent you the two paragraphs on the MCS from GC.BC. I received this in reply: "User ScientiaSineFinem has enabled contact lock. You will not be able to send messages to them unless they add you as a contact."
I’m in the second week but still confused about how to keep 20gr net carb! It’s 2-3 broccoli! Then, I wonder if peanut butter and sugarless gelatin with cool whip can be eaten in this phase... anyone? I have lost only 3 pounds. Disappointing...
Alphacause, you don't always have to buy the priciest meat. I can get 1 pound of nitrate free bacon pieces for $3 at one of the health food stores. Local eggs are $3 a dozen. Give up Starbucks, soda, pizza, fast food, movie popcorn, vending machine snacks, breakfast cereal and the rest of the junk food. That's a lot of savings. You also have to factor in medical cost of being fat and sick. How much is that worth? How much is being slim and full of energy worth?
I tried the Atkins diet and going into ketosis is horrible... after one workout session while in ketosis I realized that I had no energy and I couldn't stand the smell of my own sweat. from what I remember my sweat kinda smelled like urine but strong....Once the smell hit me I just figured that the diet couldn't be healthy....
samuel lopes I tried cutting all my carbs back too and felt like I was going to die by the third day. But instead of giving up I did some research and realized that I wasn't doing a ketogenic diet correctly. 1. You are basically breaking a sugar addiction and need to eat as much fat as you can to help send signals to your brain that you wish to change your metabolism. 2! You must increase salt intake a little bit to prevent a low blood pressure. It's been two years since I first tried this way of eating and I'm telling you not only is it safe but it's actually going to make you so much healthier in every way conceivable. As a novice you are really not supposed to workout right away. It can take up to several weeks to become fully adapted.
samuel lopes Well I have so I don't know what to tell you. Humans have been on a high fat low carb diet for 2.5 million years. I've done a ton of research bro. And I will continue to do so. Just stay away from trans fats, and sugars and you'll be doing better then most. Harvard is finally admitting that not only are sat fats not bad for you, but that they are good! Think about the huge food companies that benefit from telling people to not eat sat fat (eat carbs.) Pepsi-Cola funds medical institutions as well trying to cover up the truth. They literally pay doctors to tweet stuff in their favor. Not all calorie's are created equal. In the year 1800 there was a study looking at Native American diets and health. They found that they were extremely healthy and they ate a HFLC diet. You got to consider also that most humans as most animals have evolved to go through periods of not eating. Our bodies can store about 2 days of energy from glucose where as ketones from fat can store a potential 2 weeks or more AND you don't feel hungry. But what do I know.
"Carbohydrates are entirely irrelevant [...] are not particularly relevant" You seem to be contradicting yourself. How, specifically, would "red meat" cause, or stimulate, the growth of cancer? Lewis Cantley has shown how carbohydrates stimulate the growth of cancer, but not "red meat". How, specifically, would "red meat" cause CVD? Is there something *in* "red meat" that causes CVD? If so, what is it?
My diet is about 80 percent carb (complex, not simple processed), 10 percent protein (plant, not animal) and 10 percent fat (nuts, seeds). Best lifestyle ever--vegan for life!
That comment pisses me off. You assume fat people over eat, or eat large portions. Well, I rarely eat 3 meals a day and when I do, it’s not much. It’s not because I am not tying to, it’s because I get full off of very little food. I don’t sit around eating an entire pizza or a bucket of chicken 🙄 in fact, 2 slices of pizza fills me up to where I am not hungry for hours. And I am around 275lbs and walk 10 hours a day constantly on my job.
Are you saying you are overweight? Everyone is different. It's the amount of carbs and sugar you take in. The more you exercise the more carbs you can eat. Idk what you do for work but it sounds as if you on your feet all day. That's good. Also adding lifting weights is great. As well as at least a day a week of some cardio. Meaning you get your body really moving. Swim, run, box , dance, . Some people can move all day and be ok some need a bit extra movement
"high performing athletes run on carbs" ...Because they're not keto-adapted yet. See: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance. Athletes outperform their former selves, once keto-adapted. . "why does gatorade [...] have sugar" It's for athletes who are not yet keto-adapted. . "Where are all of the keto athletes?" See the last chapter of The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance.
Also all the hormones and chemicals , pesticides and perservitives can't help the obese problem . We went to thailand a few years ago and those people are eating ALL the time and yet their thin people overall
I can't get anyone to follow the paleolithic diet because it is highly restrictive. They burn out in about a month (even though the weight melts off!). I have migrated toward recommending Atkins because, while not being as ideal for the body as paleolithic, it has more flexibility and better success for lifetime dietary change. Plus, Atkins is still mostly paleo. But having a few ounces of cheese daily can really ease food fatigue.
It is deliciously good diet. However, I eat a lot of salads with the protein and fat. By the way, lions eat vegetables, too. When they kill their pray, they eat what half digested vegetables inside their pray's belly. Humans after all are carnivores.
I did Atkins for several months about 20 years ago. Not only did I lose tons of weight, gain tons of energy, achieve mental clarity, eliminate my low grade depression, reverse prediabetis, lower cholesterol but the greatest benefit was that sense of euphoria I was able to achieve.
These days, I’ve been researching all the latest diets like keto or lchf etc. After all of this, I’ve come to the conclusion that for insulin resistance, hypercortisolism (Cushings), Atkins is still the best way to go along with fasting.
Ty Dr. Atkins. RIP
Well said. My experience with Atkins is very similar. So many benefits. Like many others Ive tried it and then back to eating carbs. But my goal is to make it a lifestyle now.
My husband and myself were personal patients of Dr. Atkins. My husband had malignant hypertension and was on all kinds of meds. After six weeks on the diet, we had both lost considerable weight and my husband was able to get off his meds. I was pre-diabetic before the diet but my sugar numbers plummeted on this diet. This diet works!
Margo Glicksman Best wishes on your journeys Margo and hubby. You are not only banishing mentioned probs, you are banishing cancer, Alzheimer's, and the other horrors of sugar diets.
Namaste and care,
mhikl
still alive?
@@lenguyenngoc479 Yes
if anyone is wondering whether or not they should start this diet, start RIGHT NOW! I've been on this diet and lost 75 pounds in 3.5 months with exercise! My sibling who is on this and doesn't exercise still lost 50 pounds in 5 months. Definitely worth it!
Can u pls tell what was ur atkins diet ? I mean what u used to eat the whole day, thanks
Atkins is my go to!!! It is very sustainable and realistic however I sometimes start sneaking in carbs over time and realize the weight gain then I just go back to induction. I love being in ketosis!!!!! So much energy, low low mood swings, and I’m burning my own fat!! Thanks Dr. Atkins for everything.
I was diabetic, cholesterol sky high, fat deposits on my liver and obese (230lbs, 5'8.) In just 4 months I lost 58 pounds (172lbs), my diabetes is gone, my cholesterol is stable and the fat deposits on my liver is completely gone. All because of the Atkins diet.
Atkins diet SAVED MY LIFE! Lost 51lbs. where before I couldn't even though I was always exercising.
There are a few factors in reducing kidney disease at home . One place I discovered that successfully combines these is the Dravin Magic Plan (google it if you're interested) it's the most incredible resource that I've heard of. look at all the extraordinary information .
PharaohJ Why are you even here if you disagree? You know there's a way to do Atkins, keto, etc healthfully?
Been on Atkins for 3 years now. Lost 70 lbs. Still need to lose 60 more. Diagnosed 30 years ago with acid reflux - it totally went away in 3 days on Atkins. BP and blood work are now great.
Very interesting - I had the exact same experience with acid reflux disappearing - goes anyone understand the mechanism involved in that? I was really surprised!!
How are you doing now ?
I lost 16 lb. in about 2 weeks and you are not hungry.. I would like to have pie or ice cream but the craving is not really bad.I really beleive this is one of the best diets i have ever tried.
after the two week intro, i started going to the gym, adding a little more carbs and feel better. lost 25lbs in 7 weeks. i don't look at atkins as forever, but more a kickstart. exercise and moderation will always trump crash diets
Just got back from my endocrinologist. Started the Atkins/Keto way of eating in April. I've lost over 30#, a1c is now 6.7, neuropathy is gone. I'm off all insulin and oral DM meds except metformin. Blood sugars are normal and stable. Blood pressure was 160's/90's, now 127/71. Cholesterol is half of when i started. I no longer need a statin. Even skin keratosis I've had for 3 years is gone after a few weeks on this. This way of living saved my life and has many others. Sugar is killing us. Try cutting out bread, pasta, milk. Go easy on the fruit. Start eating a high fat diet, moderate protein and low carbs. It really has some wonderful dishes to try. You can eat out about anywhere. This diet is recommended for children with seizures, inflammatory illnesses including arthritis, IBS, cardiac problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and even cancer since cancer feeds off of sugar. I am never going back to a low fat, high carb diet again. This works! And no cravings! Shame on you ADA for advocating this lie. It's hard to stand for truth when your funding comes from drug companies and sugar producers. Picked up your cookbook at the library, 43 carbs for 1 serving of one entree ! More than i can eat in a day! Shame, shame. People trust you.
The Atkins diet CURED my GERD in one week!
My weight before 99, i tried atkin for 3 month. Now my currently weigh 82 kg. And its heal my gerd. Thanksss. Still going on w atkin.. ❤️❤️
i've been doing low carb for 2 years now and lost 90 lbs in 1.5 yrs and kept my weight. i even lost 5lbs more in one week when i started over again to loose some 20 more lbs. my resting heart rate went down from 80-110 to a steady 60 all day. my blood sugar levels went down from 110 to 80 and when i do sports it stays at 70 for 2 days even after meals. i have a lot more energy and was able to perform a 1 hour workout with an average heartrate of 140 (min 135, max 160, never going below 135 for 60 minutes) just after four 30 minute workouts and i never did any sports before, not even when loosing the 90 lbs. and i wasn't exhausted at all. can't think of any healthier way to live and feel. just my 2 cents..
The Atkins approach has worked the best for me. Ive used it to reset my life for 20 yrs. My goal is to stay on it as a lifestyle now.
Just started the Atkins diet.. I'm on day 3 and already lost 4 pounds. :-)
Congratulations--sounds like you're off to a great start!
Ikr?! I lost SEVEN in 4 days!
Not sure chemically what was going on with me in March of 2011, but I went from 240 to 195 in just a month doing Induction. I was having seconds on steak and veggies, eating Swiss and cheddar cheeses, and ate like 2 Endulge bars a day. If this hadn’t happened, I know I’d have missed out on such a miracle!! I had a line dance workshop in Atlanta just in time for the weight loss, and I don’t remember the exact inches I lost in my waist, but my arms went down 2 inches each!! Atkins is a miracle!! Of course this happened at age 29.
It is a life style change on it 17 years ago lost 50 pounds. But went back to junk food a few years later and put the weight back on. Getting ready to jump back into it. And yes it is harder to get going but I love the notion I can lose weight thru Ketosis. I start tomorrow. bought the food I need. the family will eat their meals. But I am back on my journey. My dietician told me 8 pounds would be enough to lose. I think more like 30 pounds.
Mahalia Jackson started what we now call the Atkins Diet around 1964 late and lost about 100 lbs. Broiled steaks, with a little wine, and plenty of fruits and vegetables. She had success. An immense weight loss that made her absolutely changed in looks occurred.
I had to lose about 35 pounds so through trial and error I have discovered something that seems to be working so far. I alternate the Atkins diet and 1200 daily calories every other day. So far I've lost 1 pound every day for a week, 7 pounds total. Of course I expect to lose less each week after this but the main thing is that the weight is coming off on this plan and not so fast on other diets I've been on. And believe me I've been on many! On my Atkins day I do not count carbs but I also do not eat anything with carbs except vegetables. I also eat both full-fat and light foods. I don't consume Atkins bars or shakes, just pure food. On the 1200 calorie day I eat all the carbs I want within the maximum calories allotted. Anyway, so far this plan is working and I am happy!
I did it years go and lost 44 pounds n three months I didn’t feel deprived at all ! And I felt amazing!! It’s been over 10 years and lots of stress with life but now I got time to focus on me and someone who actually supports my health decisions! So I restarted this today ! I know for a fact it works ! So I’m very excited to restart this journey !!
I've lost a little over 14lbs on Atkins and nearing the end of my 2nd month. Because I took a small break and am getting closer to my goal, the weight loss is slowing down but I'm happy with the results. I was on a plateau for awhile and just could not get the weight down, that's why I picked up Atkins in the first place. It's helped so much. In total, I've lost over 40lbs since deciding to lose weight.
That's great to hear, Marie. Hope you're still moving in the direction of your goal.
With all due respect; also in previous times, people weren't couch potatoes either and they worked from sun up until sun down; they got plenty of exercise to burn off any weight.
Also, they didn't have all the processed chips, candy bars, fast foods, etc. that keep you hungry and make you fat.
Food for thought
I need to lose 22lbs to be at my ideal weight. I have never had this problem before. Slowly slowly the company I kept encouraged me to eat sugar. I think I am now addicted..Day 2 Atkins today..I am confident. God bless Dr Atkins..He knew and he knew he knew.
Hello pollianna we r in the same boat I need to lose 30 pounds my question to you is are u following the old atkins diet or his newer one. I'm getting ready to start it I was going to try keto but it seems a little more difficult please let me know thank you have a blessed day
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Old one Penny 😊
That Christopher Gardner lecture at Stanford was described by Gary Taubes in Why We Get Fat: "He begins the lecture by acknowledging that he’s been a vegetarian for twenty-five years. He did the study, he explains, because he was concerned that a diet like the Atkins diet, rich in meat and saturated fat, could be dangerous. When he described the triumph of the very low-carbohydrate, meat-rich Atkins diet, he called it “a bitter pill to swallow.”"
Yep. Worked for me. Lost 30 lbs.
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I lost 35lbs in 3 years while on the Akins diet!!
Yes, it does work! The atkins diet is one of the most effective and reliable ways to lose weight.
Carbs make us fat; not fat just itself. They (carbs) do that by triggering the increased secretion of pro-fat storage hormone, insulin. In particular, when carbs are in excess, the excess as converted into glycogen then stored in the liver and muscle cells but since the glycogen stores are limited, the increased intake of carbs prompts the body to convert the excess glucose to fatty acids and glycerol, which are then stored in the various fat stores around the body. So when you reduce the intake of carbs, you effectively reduce the amount of insulin that ends up being secreted, open up the fat stores for metabolism and reduce the body’s inclination to store fat. When you pair low carbohydrate intake with high fat and high protein intake, you have a perfect recipe for weight loss. How is that? Well, fats and proteins tend to have satiating effects, which essentially means that if your diet involves lots of fats and proteins, you are unlikely to want to keep eating because these two macronutrients are filling and take longer to be digested. This ultimately makes it easy to lose weight and keep it off.
The atkins diet is one of the most effective and reliable ways to lose weight.
This book is where I started. It's a great way to get things going and meet your goals. www.amazon.com/dp/B071YVVLRN
Read the book Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes...
You can get it used off Amazon on the cheap...
Eat proteins and unsaturated fats, but stay off the bad carbs which are mostly refined sugar...
Anything that is white is bad...
Bread, potatoes, rice, etc...
Veggies are good if they are green...
Low starch, low carb, and high protein and you will be thinner...
Saturated fats are absolutely necessary as well. I don't think Taubes says to avoid SatFats.
Carbs = sugar. When you eat carbs they are turned into sugar in the body (by glycolysis in a very short space of time).
Correct. Most people seem to forget this little tidbit. Carbs = Glucose, Fructose and Sucrose. Glucose causes faster aging. If your brain needs glucose, it will convert protein to glucose (glucogenesis). The brain needs very little glucose and runs fine on Ketones (Fat = ketones).
David Brown S Johnson
True. Carbohydrates is a manufactured word. People were turned off by terms sugar, starch & glucose; so Carbs came into being.
The three food groups: Fat, Protein and Sugar. And that is the order in which they should be eaten.
Namaste and care,
mhikl
Foods to avoid. Potatoes parsnips carrots sugar fructose (fruit) lactose (milk)
An Atkins advocate told me just the other day that I was most likely torpedoing my weight loss efforts by eating so much sugary fruits. So I ditched the mangoes, grapes, bananas and got rid of my brown rice. And although I ate a lot of strawberries and blueberries with full fat yogurt yesterday, I was three pounds lighter today. However, I am not going to jump to any conclusions until I shed at least 15 more pounds of blubber. Only then will I know this diet is working for me.
Great response.
A year now on keto. Results are amazing. Never will eat car-bage again.
If anyone doubts the theory behind low carb eating, read Gary Taubes work...
Richard Porter
Richard Porter If anyone doubts the theory of high carb eating, read "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell PhD.
@EDECO79 Paleo is also cost prohibitive, since a strict application of the Paleo diet emphasizes things like grass fed beef, free range chicken and pork, as well as wild caught fish. These items are far more expensive than you regular grain fed beef, cage raised chicken and pork, and farm raised fish. Though there is a lot of agreement between Atkins and Paleo dietary guidelines, concerning carb restriction, Paleo is less accessible, in its orthodox application, because it is so expensive.
I need this.
I thought this was a good video until they started trying to sell their Atkins products. I've been on this before and it worked. But had a hard time on the Keto.
I only last 2 weeks on the Keto diet, my Dr said it id not a good diet. My Dr. did however ok me to go on the Akins diet which i did!
"How can the low carbohydrate diet work if you are taking in fat."
It limits insulin secretion. Insulin is what makes people fat. We can know this because we can observe that Type 1 diabetics can't get fat, no matter how much they eat, unless they inject insulin.
In grade school, I was the smallest kid by weight, yet also the strongest and fastest; living on my Cherokee, traditional foods of Hominy (corn), Beans & Squash.
In 1975, I was talked into switching to the Paleo Diet, "to get bigger & stronger"; ten months ago, at age 50, I almost died from Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Type II Diabetes, Gout and Prostate Issues.
I switched to VEGAN (no salt, no oil), lost 130 lbs and have completely reversed or cured ALL of the above Diseases and Issues.
Schpankme Verimuch I know you posted this 5 years ago and you probably won’t read my reply, but I’d love to know how you’re doing now.
I am a firm believer in "The Marine Corps Diet". A balanced diet with 5 balanced meals a day combined with exercise. Why? Because I lost almost 100 pounds with it.
I am sitting here almost in tears because this is just yet another thing for me to look at and try and then fail. I wish someone could come up with a video that includes letting people know that if they have a hormonal and metabolic disorder to being with then it really doesn't matter what you do. It really does feel like that sometimes. I have Polycystic Ovarian System with is such a terrible thing to have as a woman. One of the main symptoms is WEIGHT GAIN AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. You gain weight faster than most people. I have seen gynecologists and an endocrinologist and they have both told me that is just very very very hard to lose weight. One told me to just cut out all the refined carbs. He said specially white pasta, white bread, white rice, white potato. So I did and I gained weight. I make sure that most of my food is homemade. I have healthy fats all the time. I have green vegetables all the time. I have so much protein but still I am stuck with this body....don't know what to do anymore. So unfair that there are women out there who are just born with perfect genes and can eat whatever they want and never gain weight. Just feel like crying about all of this....
Don't cry! Our Success Story, Erica, struggles with PCOS. But by following a low carb life style, she was able to cut out the sugar and control the insulin in her body which in turn changed her hormonal levels. You can watch her video about why she was successful. Hopefully you'll give Atkins a shot! th-cam.com/video/sCEks3ElTeg/w-d-xo.html
cherls15 DO IT I PROMISE IT WORK'S BUT YOU MUST DO IT RELIGIOUSLY. AND INSTEAD OF PORK AND BEEF MEAT REPLACE IT WITH FISH SKINLESS CHICKEN SARDINES TUNA SHRIMP OTHERWISE YOUR cholesterol WILL GET SKY HIGH
You still have to watch calories. AND it’s about consistency. We didn’t get overweight over night and it can take many months and years to really see a significant change. But it’s daily consistency.
Example … if you only go to the dentist once a month for a cleaning, will that prevent tooth decay ? No. Because you have to brush DAILY.
Your metabolic and hormone disorder may well be the result of long time high carb diet and overweight. Do not give itself excuses and try to fix from the root
What randomized controlled trial showed any benefit of replacing SFA with PUFA?
Hey great to see your videos on here!
4:44 "intrical" is not a word. "integral" is what she meant , I think.
I really wants to follow this diet my money is short. What should I do.I did before and lost 120 pounds
By buying whole foods and ingredients, instead of packaged foods, you can save money and still follow Atkins. Check out this blog post by our nutritionist for tips on savings. www.atkins.com/how-it-works/atkins-blogs/colette-heimowitz/atkins-on-a-budget
I totally agree with the premise of this diet, but I'm suspicious of the branded bars and shakes. It would be a nice option for occasional treats that have been vetted for the diet, but I'm also thinking you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Atkins is a whole foods based nutritional approach, and we offer treats and snacks for convenience. It's entirely possible to do the diet without buying our products at all! Plenty of folks do--but plenty of folks also like the grab and go ease of a bar or a shake.
What do I mean by exercise is called: The Student's Introduction to Fitness. 1) Jog the mile
2) lift weights for 45 minutes
3) swim ten laps in a swimming pool
4) realax in the hot tub
5) go to an all you can eat restaurant
6) catch some zzz's
Best diet ever !!!
Ines Hubert This isn't a diet, but, a way of life. Diets are something you do for a short while. This is something you do forever.
I am just starting today, doing induction phase 1, i am ok with low carbs but why can't i have milk tea? i know excessive caffeine can cause low blood sugar which can make you crave sugar, but i am not really a sweet tooth kind of person, i don't even like chocolates or ice creams or sweet stuff, u get my point. So having brewed tea, with about 2tbs milk per cup, i have just max 4 cups of tea per day, would that affect my phase 1 with atkins? And what about sugar, sweeteners will do? or best not having any sugar?? confused.
WintaTime the answer is lactose (milk sugar). it's a kind of sugar with a glycemic index of about 35. that's not very high, but most vegetables have a glyc. index of about 10 to 20. induction phase is only a week up to three, so try not to drink any milk until then, after that you can add some again, but add the net carbs of the milk. it's all about your body learning to use fat instead of sugars. and eating milk sugar destroys that plan and your body will stay with sugars. that's why.
their products are so expensive!! and they're only meant to eat when you can't have a meal or your craving something you shouldn't have!! ha ha this diet does work for a lifetime. I'm having trouble getting back on it tho. meat is sooo expensive!!
This video does not say what happens to excess animal fat that we eat. Barry Groves wrote that excess fat is excreted. It does not run to your thighs.
This video is mostly just an advertisement for Atkins products.
You don't need any of those over priced, low carb, specialty products to enjoy a low carb diet. You can go to the farmers markets and buy reasonably priced, organic veggies and sometimes meats, and buy the cheaper meats (nitrate free ones!) at the health food stores.T
The Atkins diet isn't geared to Olympic or Pro athletes. It's geared to overweight and obese people eating a crappy diet.
And it works. It's been proven in dozens of randomized controlled trials that low-carb/high-fat ketogenic diets are superior to any other diet for weight-loss, glycemic control, insulin-sensitivity, cholesterol ratio and triglycerides.
Using the "pro athletes don't eat low-carb" argument is rather ridiculous since 99.99999% of the planet aren't pro athletes.
Ever since getting 10 grams of carbohydrates per 1 kilogram of bodyweight I have felt like a new person, shed fat like its nothing and have the energy of 10 crackheads
You talk rubbish!
is atkins considered ketogenic
thanks for the info, how long before u go into ketosis?
i must be doing something wrong
The Atkins plan is a delicious diet but I have to say that when I used the shakes as meal replacements and the bars it made me gain weight. :(
As well as causing disease, they make you want to eat more as your blood glucose (sugar) levels continually spike and trough very quickly and unevenly.
David Brown You got it, DB. The control of the carbs, wasn’t there a fifties SciFi movie on some such thing?
N/C
mhikl
tq... :) i had gain weight loss 10 kg in just 1 month
Can I still eat things like Buckwheat, Quina, gluten free pasta, and whole grains in moderation?
+Ovadia Shekelstein No, you eat only meat, fish, fat and some vegetables.
+JungleListSoldier well that sucks. Going super low carb sucks honestly. Maybe just cutring down is fine
Ovadia Shekelstein
How much weight do you have to lose?
JungleListSoldier I am trying to gain weight my friend. I guess you can say I am trying to eat a diet high in protein that will support recovery and muscle building and strength.
Ovadia Shekelstein
If you're trying to gain weight then Atkins is definitely not for you. Just eat a ton of carbs and sweets.
I think it's easy to declare that you already see results after a few days or weeks. Here is an example of American people that follow the Atkins diet. I think that if you as an American people follow any diet, you will see result after a few days, or weeks because of the change of the food. It's already known that the American food is in general more unhealthy. So if you change a little thing in the food I think that all the American people will lose weight.
Am I really the only one who has wondered why in the world he would need a fork to eat a atkins bar? 6:45
So it doesn't get all over the place
does the atkins diet sway people away from fruits and vegetables that have natural sugars ?
"MCS? Very 1989."
No. 1968. Remember this?: "Indeed, the results of the study went unpublished for sixteen years, by which time the controversy had been publicly settled.
[...]
The Minnesota trial began in November 1968 [...] When I asked Frantz in late 2003 why the study went unpublished for sixteen years, he said, “We were just disappointed in the way it came out.”"
still alive?
isn't it interesting how Henry Blackburn who's there at the time at the age of 98 and is still publishing papers told a different story. Go check the Minnesota study. Henry Blackburn's work was cited.
he and the author said since the patients were getting out of the hospitals here and there. Hospitals stays on average is 292 days and they couldn't track those people.
or Death from smoking, alcohol addiction, suicides makes the data very unreliable.
or the author told that he only started to feed the people in 3 years of the last stage of the study. So the length of the study was cut down from 8 to 3
should I trust a 3 year study on mental patients who behaviors are often unpredictable and there are lots of self-harm?
u believed it? still on the high fat diet? have any chest pains or heart attack yet?
Do you eat 20 net carbs a day or 20 carbohydrate a day
Net carbs is grams of carbs minus grams of fibre. So an item has 5 grams of carbs but has two grams of fibre. Net carbs is 3.
You count total carbs, not net carbs
such a sales pitch
does anyone know if I Finnish a fast...
and go on Atkins after... will I still lose weight..?
+Jay Jay it's really weird... I Finnished my fasting lost 45 pounds. gone back to a normal diet 2,500 calories a day ...a couple of walks a day at most... 30 min each.... I lost all my fat...!!! and I haven't put on a single pound....! I'm completely confused. ?
I was worried I'd put waight back on ..
DID NOT HAPPEN AT ALL. absolutely delighted I am
+Jay Jay well this is it....I've found i can still junk food but as you say watch the calories intake....
it's as simple as that.! what's more I tend to find I enjoy my food more now I'm limited...
just about balance..
I gotta get bacon n eggs.
Those who forget history are destined to repeat it.
During the Ice Age, winter was as long as 7 months! Cro Magnon men, women and children ate meat, meat and more meat. We are hybrids. We can run on carbs or fat, but we do much, much better on fat.
Eating carbs is like burning leaves. The fire only lasts a short time. Eating fat is like burning logs, the energy is steady, even and lasts a long time.
Paleo on carbs is not paleo. How could our survival depend on carbs that we NEVER ate?
To maintain good health: Eat healthy food, controlled portion, and do physical activities such as exercise, physical work everyday. Example: Farmers eat healthy and work everyday.
Stop talking about proof and research and just show it.
Stop commenting on youtube videos and just do it
There is no proof that Atkins improves health. Only anectodes. The opposite is the case, its bad for health.
am I the only one who thinks the lady narrating this sounds like Michelle Obama?
TheMarmalade28 yes
Thanks . I turned it off now .
Sounds more like the bigger lady on 20 20 with short hair
yeah...that's the big thing with me for Paleo...who can afford $6 lb hamburger these days. Gotta make do with what you can afford....the one thing just about everyone from vegan to paleo can agree on is that sugar and processed foods are bad....well..some vegans probably eat processed foods because they're deprived of the joys of meat :)
"Atkin like a LUGGGRRL eat healthier d€n yummy" ©
Trust me it works and it is great for diabetics. When I adhere to low carb eating my A1C is less than 7, fall off the wagon ....
still alive? off all the med yet?
Has Atkins got the Nobel prize for medicine?
I just sent you the two paragraphs on the MCS from GC.BC. I received this in reply: "User ScientiaSineFinem has enabled contact lock. You will not be able to send messages to them unless they add you as a contact."
Day 1 of Atkins if anyone has any tip that can help me through please share it with me 🙌
I’m in the second week but still confused about how to keep 20gr net carb! It’s 2-3 broccoli! Then, I wonder if peanut butter and sugarless gelatin with cool whip can be eaten in this phase... anyone? I have lost only 3 pounds. Disappointing...
It’s the crab content minus the fibre. You should get a carb counter to assist. All the best 💕
Gas stations used to just sell gas, now they’re mini grocery stores filled with just junk food ! High carb everything !!!
Day one, lost 2 pounds. Come on!!!!!!
2 pounds in 1 day sounds like a spectacular start!
Alphacause, you don't always have to buy the priciest meat. I can get 1 pound of nitrate free bacon pieces for $3 at one of the health food stores. Local eggs are $3 a dozen.
Give up Starbucks, soda, pizza, fast food, movie popcorn, vending machine snacks, breakfast cereal and the rest of the junk food. That's a lot of savings.
You also have to factor in medical cost of being fat and sick. How much is that worth? How much is being slim and full of energy worth?
Has anyone developed heart problems or blocked arteries because of the atkins diet?
Bars? For breakfast? The full English! Bacon, eggs, black puding... That is an Atkind breakfast!
Was on the Atkins diet for over a decade....kept all the 230 pounds packed on....then I went vegan and the weight came off.
Hell naw 😂
I love my rice.
me too man me too
Quick method to shred weight, but have you ever been told about Sweet Weight Shredder? My Pap lost 5kg really easily using it.
I lost 50lb
I tried the Atkins diet and going into ketosis is horrible... after one workout session while in ketosis I realized that I had no energy and I couldn't stand the smell of my own sweat. from what I remember my sweat kinda smelled like urine but strong....Once the smell hit me I just figured that the diet couldn't be healthy....
samuel lopes
I tried cutting all my carbs back too and felt like I was going to die by the third day. But instead of giving up I did some research and realized that I wasn't doing a ketogenic diet correctly. 1. You are basically breaking a sugar addiction and need to eat as much fat as you can to help send signals to your brain that you wish to change your metabolism. 2! You must increase salt intake a little bit to prevent a low blood pressure. It's been two years since I first tried this way of eating and I'm telling you not only is it safe but it's actually going to make you so much healthier in every way conceivable. As a novice you are really not supposed to workout right away. It can take up to several weeks to become fully adapted.
I'll pass... I've already done research on high fat/protein diets and it's not healthy....
samuel lopes
Hope you like strokes and hear attacks bro. Or cancer. Good luck!
I don't, that's why I stay off a high fat diet, do your research....
samuel lopes
Well I have so I don't know what to tell you. Humans have been on a high fat low carb diet for 2.5 million years. I've done a ton of research bro. And I will continue to do so. Just stay away from trans fats, and sugars and you'll be doing better then most. Harvard is finally admitting that not only are sat fats not bad for you, but that they are good! Think about the huge food companies that benefit from telling people to not eat sat fat (eat carbs.) Pepsi-Cola funds medical institutions as well trying to cover up the truth. They literally pay doctors to tweet stuff in their favor. Not all calorie's are created equal. In the year 1800 there was a study looking at Native American diets and health. They found that they were extremely healthy and they ate a HFLC diet. You got to consider also that most humans as most animals have evolved to go through periods of not eating. Our bodies can store about 2 days of energy from glucose where as ketones from fat can store a potential 2 weeks or more AND you don't feel hungry. But what do I know.
"Carbohydrates are entirely irrelevant [...] are not particularly relevant"
You seem to be contradicting yourself.
How, specifically, would "red meat" cause, or stimulate, the growth of cancer? Lewis Cantley has shown how carbohydrates stimulate the growth of cancer, but not "red meat".
How, specifically, would "red meat" cause CVD? Is there something *in* "red meat" that causes CVD? If so, what is it?
But they are small meals
My diet is about 80 percent carb (complex, not simple processed), 10 percent protein (plant, not animal) and 10 percent fat (nuts, seeds). Best lifestyle ever--vegan for life!
That comment pisses me off. You assume fat people over eat, or eat large portions.
Well, I rarely eat 3 meals a day and when I do, it’s not much. It’s not because I am not tying to, it’s because I get full off of very little food.
I don’t sit around eating an entire pizza or a bucket of chicken 🙄 in fact, 2 slices of pizza fills me up to where I am not hungry for hours.
And I am around 275lbs and walk 10 hours a day constantly on my job.
Are you saying you are overweight? Everyone is different. It's the amount of carbs and sugar you take in. The more you exercise the more carbs you can eat. Idk what you do for work but it sounds as if you on your feet all day. That's good. Also adding lifting weights is great. As well as at least a day a week of some cardio. Meaning you get your body really moving. Swim, run, box , dance, . Some people can move all day and be ok some need a bit extra movement
Again!... No! Just a peice will not harm you. Butter too? Have we lost it all?
"high performing athletes run on carbs"
...Because they're not keto-adapted yet. See: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance. Athletes outperform their former selves, once keto-adapted.
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"why does gatorade [...] have sugar"
It's for athletes who are not yet keto-adapted.
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"Where are all of the keto athletes?"
See the last chapter of The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance.
This is a ketogenic diet 😊
Also all the hormones and chemicals , pesticides and perservitives can't help the obese problem . We went to thailand a few years ago and those people are eating ALL the time and yet their thin people overall
Why would you want your bacon to be nitrate free?
I can't get anyone to follow the paleolithic diet because it is highly restrictive. They burn out in about a month (even though the weight melts off!). I have migrated toward recommending Atkins because, while not being as ideal for the body as paleolithic, it has more flexibility and better success for lifetime dietary change. Plus, Atkins is still mostly paleo. But having a few ounces of cheese daily can really ease food fatigue.
It is deliciously good diet. However, I eat a lot of salads with the protein and fat. By the way, lions eat vegetables, too. When they kill their pray, they eat what half digested vegetables inside their pray's belly. Humans after all are carnivores.
+Mesopotamia Humans are omnivores not carnivores.
still alive after eating that lion diet?
any chest pains or heart attacks yet?
Enough with these damn bots commenting
The food pyramid is to blame