Atkins diet

The Atkins Nutritional Approach or Atkin's Diet is a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins Diet Revolution. It has been the subject of heated debate in medical circles for three decades. [1] The Atkin's diet has generally been considered by mainstream medical and nutritional experts to be unsound, even bogus, so much so that until recently no serious research has been done on it. However a few small research projects have shown the diet to to be efficatious as well as a great deal of anecdotal evidence. Two large scale studies are planed, one funded by Dr. Atkin's nonprofit foundation.

The primary objective of the diet is weight loss for those who are overweight. Dr. Atkins claims that by restricting your intake of carbohydrates, your body will enter a state of ketosis and will begin burning fat. He recommends a diet high in protein and fat with little or no carbohydrate. The main advantage of the diet according to Dr. Atkins is that it reduces your appetite, while a high carbohydrate diet causes your body to produce large quantities of insulin which stimulates your appetite.

Dr. Robert Eckel of the American Heart Association says that high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets put people at risk for heart disease. [2]

Links:

• FAQs of the Atkins Center