How Effective Is Atkins Weight Loss Program
Introduction
All types of food contain calories but certain food has a negative calorie effect on your body
and this leads to a natural weight loss. One should not loose weight suddenly because this can have harmful effects on ones body. Weight loss should be a slow process. One can follow a simple methods to loose weight i.e. is by walking, swimming, playing some games etc.
According to Dr. Atkins the best way to loose weight is to eat as much as fat u wants.
Atkins diet plan works by reducing the amount of carbohydrate in your diet, no starving required
Just eating the right food with low carbohydrate intake.
A brief information about Atkins weight loss program
Atkins weight loss program includes the following tips. They are allowed to eat three regular meals or four to five smaller meals in a day. Do not go for more than six hours of walking without eating. No fruits, Bread, pasta or starchy vegetables, No dairy products except cheeses, butter, no nuts, cut down caffeine intake, and finally drink 8oz water daily.
The diet plan restricts one from eating another food which is not allowed in the program.
The second phase on Atkins weight loss program is you are allowed to increase you net carbohydrate intake each week in increments of 5 grams per day. The carbohydrate intake level
Varies from person to person it means how much one can eat and maintain their weight.
There is a vide variety of Atkins foods available in a pre packaged form. If one includes the
Atkins foods which are available it would be easy to control your crab intake.
Conclusion
The program resulted in a very significant weight loss which was high initially and then slowed.
Average weight loss was greater in the early weeks for the Atkins diet as compared to the other
programs, but it too slowed down and was same as the other programs by the end of six months.
Loss of the total body fat was similar to that for body weight. Loss on the Atkins diet was greater initially and gradually slowed down and was similar to the other weight loss programs.