Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet is aimed at offering a "metabolic advantage" that allows overweight individuals to eat as many or more calories as they were eating before starting the diet yet still lose pounds and inches. Low-carbohydrate diets are also supposed to correct serious medical complications, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
Before you read on, it's important to point out that a low-carbohydrate diet doesn't necessarily mean a high-fat diet. Low-carbohydrate diets can be either low in fat and high in protein, or high in fat and low in protein. Contrary to popular belief, the Atkins Diet actually consists of four diets, rather than just one.
Induction Phase
The Induction Phase lasts for two weeks. The goal of this phase
is to correct an unbalanced metabolism by restricting the daily
intake of carbohydrate to 20 grams or less. This isn't easy, especially
when you consider that just one slice of bread contains around
15 grams of carbohydrate.
Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL) Phase
Despite the limit on carbohydrate intake during the first part
of the Atkins Diet, you're free to eat as much fat and protein
as you want. After the first two weeks, you move on to phase two
— Ongoing Weight Loss. During this second phase, you're
able to eat more carbohydrate. The idea is to increase your daily
carbohydrate intake in small increments until weight loss slows
down. Some people might be able to get away with more carbohydrate
(50-75 grams daily), while others will need slightly less. Dr
Atkins recommends that you stick with this plan until you reach
your target weight.
Pre-Maintenance Phase
Once you've almost reached your weight loss goal, you enter the
Pre-Maintenance part of the Atkins Diet. In this phase of the
Atkins Diet, you introduce more varied carbs slowly into you diet.
You monitor how much carbohydrates
you can eat without putting on much weight. This involves gradually
increasing your carbohydrate intake until you're losing less than
one pound per week.
Maintenance Phase
When you move on to the Maintenance phase of the diet, you're
allowed to consume as much carbohydrate as you want, just as long
as you don't gain weight. Dr Atkins still recommends that you
avoid sugar on the maintenance diet, and suggests that you eat
just enough carbohydrates to keep your energy levels stable.
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