Have you ever wished for a diet where you ate bacon eggs red meat butter and sausage all day? Surprise! It’s not the Atkins Diet.
The Atkins Diet has been in existence for over 30 years and has enjoyed a surge in popularity over the last few years.
Pioneered by Dr. Robert Atkins the theory behind the Atkins Diet is simple. Your body prefers to utilize carbohydrates (such as in grains cereals breads etc.) for energy and will burn them first prior to body fat. By cutting down dramatically on carbohydrates in your diet you force your body to burn fat for energy.
Reducing the carbohydrates in your diet puts your body into a state called "ketosis." This word is derived from the "ketones" that are used by your body for energy when sugars/carbs aren’t available. When you are in this state of ketosis your body is producing ketones from your fat that is being burned for energy. Ketones are essentially the leftovers from this process and are used in place of sugar in the body.
For more information on ketosis go to
http://www.ketosis-ketoacidosis-difference.com/
One of the major misconceptions about the Atkins Diet that has been widely reported is that you can or should eat extremely unhealthy fatty foods all the time. This is not actually true. Dr. Atkins recommends that you limit your intake of these types of foods (e.g. butter sausage bacon etc.) and instead focus on healthy fats such as olive oil fish oil nuts etc.
The Atkins Diet has many positives and negatives that have been associated with it. Some of the positives include:
Rapid Weight Loss - though the first couple of days the majority of weight lost is water your body does become more efficient at fat burning and you do lose fat. ...
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