Dr. Atkins' Diet

Method of Dr. Atkins is not a short-term course, and the principle of life-long supply, based on the consumption of a balanced healthy meals. The Atkins diet restricts the consumption of processed / refined carbohydrates (which make up 50% of the diet of most people), such as sweets, flour, cereals, starchy vegetables, and consists of three phases.

First, stimulating phase, which lasts 2-3 weeks, is to limit carbohydrate intake to 14-20 grams of food per day uglevodosoderzhaschey. During this time the body gets used to the new lifestyle, normalizes metabolism and is the most significant weight loss - an average of 2 to 6 kg, depending on the initial body weight and degree of normalization of metabolism. The reason is that in the absence of carbohydrates in the form of ketone bodies (the so-called benign ketosis), in which the energy is not taken from food, but from their own fat. Thanks to supply protein and fatty foods, and then because of ketosis and you do not feel hungry, then eat a diet goes pretty easily (not including weakness and dizziness in the early days, the cause of which is the alteration of an organism). If there really dizzy, take your usual vitamins.

The second phase may slightly increase the amount of carbs - but that did not stop ketosis. The increase in carbohydrate necessary. Someone can afford to consume 100 grams of carbohydrates a day, without ceasing to lose weight, while others have to stop ketosis '30 This phase can last indefinitely, until you have reached the desired weight. Make friends with the bathroom scales to track fluctuations in body weight and figure out how much you need carbs for the second phase of the diet.

The last phase - supporting. We can not allow dropped pounds back. Add more carbohydrates, but keep an eye on their weight and volume. If the weight will come back, an urgent need to reduce the amount of carbohydrates in the second phase.