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Atkins Nutritional Approach diet program
December 26, 2005 07:57 PM EST | Diet & Nutrition , Weight Loss | Email to Friend
Is it just possible that Dr. Robert C. Atkins was right? That his high-fat, low-carb plan, ridiculed for 30 years as dangerous nonsense, actually is a good, safe way to lose weight?
The dietary elite are not ready to change their collective mind, but a half-dozen or so new studies have taken an objective look at the presumed evils of Atkins, and the results have been little short of astonishing:
During a few months on the Atkins diet, people lose about twice as much as on the standard low-fat, high-carbohydrate approach recommended by most health organizations.
They do so without seeming to drive up their risk of heart disease. Rather than going kaflooey, their cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure and ominous bloodstream inflammation generally improve, perhaps even more than on the standard diet.
They appear to lose more weight even while actually consuming more calories than people on a so-called healthy diet.
All of the experiments were short and small. None by itself would make a big stir. But taken together, they undermine much of what mainstream medicine has long assumed about the Atkins diet.
The plan includes
- Intelligent consumption of carbs
- Low glycemic impact
- Low in sugar, high in fiber, with a balance of fats
- Personalized weekly meal plans
- "Print & Go" shopping lists
Sample menu
- Mushroom Omelet with turkey bacon
- Seafood Salad Sandwich with fruit
- Baked Salmon and Broccoli w/ Olive Oil
- Atkins AdvantageTM Bar
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