Archive for July, 2007

Basic Vitamin Requirements for Atkins

Atkins dieters often have varying nutritional needs based on how varied they allow their low carb diet to be.  Below you’ll find some common vitamin needs and where you can get them.  Regardless of your diet, it is strongly recommended that you take a daily multi-vitamin.
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Do Low Carb Foods Work?

Imagine eating your favorite ice-creams, milkshakes and chocolates while you are still on a diet. Well with Atkins diet you can certainly enjoy these food items if you are willing to experiment with low carb food products. The food supplements available on the Atkins diet menu include food items that are low in carbohydrates but […]

Can Atkins Cause Hair Loss?

One real issue that faces Atkins dieters is hair loss. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, but some people on the Atkins diet do lose hair. The reality is that it can happen to both men and women of all ages but women seem especially susceptible. While we are typically […]

Atkins - An Honest Appraisal

The Atkins diet plan is a great plan to consider if you are trying to lose weight. However, it does not escape the criticism that most diet plans invariably fall prey to at some point. You will find a wide range of opinion when it comes to the Atkins diet and other low carbohydrate diet […]

Great Atkins Desserts

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Simple Day 1 Meal Plan

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Common Misconceptions about the Atkins Diet and Menu

Misconception #1
“Atkins is all about eating all the meat and cheese you want.”
The Reality
Dr. Atkins attempted to directly answer this point in the more recent revisions to his book.  Although there are no limits on certain foods such as meat, the book is certainly not a “license to gorge”.  There are strict limits on where […]

Atkins Diet Phases

Induction
The Induction phase is the first, and by far the most restrictive, phase of the Atkins Diet. The intent is to get a subject’s body quickly into a state of ketosis. This is not to be confused with ketoacidocis, which is a problem diabetics face.  Ketosis is short for Benign Dietary Ketosis. This is a […]