http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com The Atkins Diet is one of the most misunderstood low carb diets for weight loss. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:14:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So-called “fad diets” seem to spring up all the time, offering a diet plan to help you lose a lot of weight in a short period of time. Often, they do this by focusing on one or two types of food to either eliminate from the diet completely or to ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/37/what-are-the-risks-of-fad-diets/ Low carbohydrate diets have been popular for a number of years and have recently shown a marked increase in popularity. Part of that popularity has been extended to what are now being called “no-carb diets.” Knowing what types of foods to avoid involves understanding what the diet is about. It is ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/36/what-not-to-eat-on-a-no-carb-diet/ According to Veronica Atkins, the widow of Dr. Robert Atkins, the cause of his death was from falling on a slippery sidewalk with subsequent irreversible brain damage (from a CNN interview, February, 2004). Many critics of the Atkins Diet Plan claim the fall was due to a heart attack. This ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/35/are-low-carbs-diets-doomed/ If you have made it past the initial induction phase of the Atkins Diet, congratulations on accomplishing the first stage of your weight loss goal. The ongoing weight loss phase(OWL) you are entering into now is where you will being to customize the Atkins program to fit your individual tastes ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/34/atkins-diet-phase-two-ongoing-weight-loss/ Even though it has been several decades since the late Dr. Robert Atkins created his self-named low carbohydrate diet, it was only in the late 1990s and early 2000s that the Atkins diet took the weight loss world by storm. Millions of people rode on the low carb bandwagon and nutrition ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/33/atkins-diet-is-it-as-effective-as-they-say/ The induction phase of the Atkins Diet is a very low carbohydrate diet. It operates on the theory that refined carbs cause you to gain weight. Refined carbs are white breads, pastas, sugars and starches. The carbs most of us eat regularly. One of the biggest downsides is the elimination of ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/32/what-are-the-risks-of-the-atkins-diet/ What Type of Person Will Follow the Atkins Diet? That would be a person totally committed to losing weight.  Let’s face it, dieting is not fun. Suddenly, doughnuts, pies, cakes, cookies, potato chips, and Mac Donald’s take on a whole new appeal. It seems that when we’re deprived of something, it ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/31/are-you-the-right-person-to-follow-the-atkins-diet/ The Atkins Diet focuses on protein and carbohydrates. They don’t adhere to any particular percentage of fat. They do recommend that none of it be trans fat. Atkins knows that the right kinds of fats in the diet are essential. They are a vital energy source, help slow digestion, and keep ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/30/what-percentage-of-the-atkins-diet-is-fat/ One of the characteristics is that it’s based on the theory that you have to reduce your carbohydrate intake in order to lose weight. It gives you the tools to accomplish this in the form of phases. Phase 1 requires you to severely limit your carbohydrate intake to about 20 net ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/29/main-characteristics-of-the-atkins-diet/ One of the common questions about a diet is how long should I stay on the plan? Some diets, especially some of the more radical “fad” diets do have time limits on them. They are drastic changes to the diet designed to lose a lot of weight in a short ... http://www.atkinsdietfriends.com/28/how-long-should-you-stay-on-atkins/