The Atkins Diet – An Overview
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What Is It?
The Atkins diet is essentially a low carbohydrate, high protein diet. The premise being that the cause of being overweight and obesity is the indulgence of too many carbs. Therefore, the solution to weight loss is to reduce the amount of carbs you eat, thereby causing your body to burn stored body fat for energy rather than carbohydrates.
How Does It Work?
As you reduce the carbohydrates in your diet (to no more than 40g/day for most), your body reverts to burning its own fat stores for energy. This is known as Ketosis. It is reported that during ketosis, you tend to feel less hungry, therefore less likely to overeat. Some side effects of ketosis include constipation and unusual breath odor. Cholesterol may also spike due to the high fat in this diet, however, it is usually only short lived and drops back to
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