What Is the Atkins Diet?
The Atkins diet is a low-carb diet that’s been used for several decades to help people lose weight and potentially improve certain health conditions. There are several different types of the Atkins diet based on your individual goals, starting/current weight and willingness to eat only very low-carb foods. Some variations of the Atkins diet cut carbs more drastically than others; generally speaking the lower-carb the diet is, the likelier it is to result in very rapid weight loss (especially in obese individuals). During most phases of the diet, carbs are kept to about 30–50 net grams (the amount of carbs left when fiber grams are subtracted).
No-carb foods and low-carb foods that tend to be very popular among Atkins dieters include high protein foods, non-starchy veggies like leafy greens, oils and cheeses. The Atkins diet (as well as other variations of low-carb diets) reduces most sources of glucose. These include grains, legumes, starchy vegetables, fruits, and sugars or sweeteners of all kinds. Even even nuts, seeds and vegetables have some carbs, although amounts differ depending on the exact kind.
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