Atkins Diet: How It Works, Health Benefits
The Atkins diet — a popular low- or modified-carb diet that’s high in fats and proteins but low in things like sugar, fruit, grains and many processed foods — has been around for more than 40 years. Various books written about the Atkins diet are some of the best-selling in the diet category, with more than 45 million sold worldwide.
The Atkins diet was created by an American cardiologist named Dr. Robert Atkins, who believed that eating a low-carb diet that focuses on foods like meat, veggies, cheese and butter could help many struggling with weight gain to quickly shed extra fat. Below you’ll learn what the Atkins diet is, how it works, the different phases of the diet, what to eat in each phase and also some alternatives to consider based on potential dangers involved.
Keep in mind that while low-carb diets have certainly been shown to help promote weight loss and in some cases other health benefits, overall there is only weak evidence supporting its effectiveness as a sustainable, long-term diet plan to lose weight.
As I share several alternatives to the Atkins diet, I detail my personal recommendation for how to lose weight in a healthy manner — plus, most importantly, how to keep it off! Ideally you’ll formulate your own healing diet that combines the effectiveness of an unprocessed, moderately low-carb diet plan with other lifestyle changes (including getting regular exercise and reducing stress). With this approach, you can lose weight effortlessly, feel better overall and prevent the weight from simply coming back.
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