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 […]
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 […]
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 […]