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Atkins diet plan : Induction Phase Allowed Foods

June 22nd, 2009 admin 1 comment

Atkins diet plan is mainly based on consuming high levels of protein and low levels of carbohydrates. It has become a popular weight loss approach for most of us.

Induction phase is the first phase of Atkins diet plan,During this phase, you are allowed to take only 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. You have to avoid caffeine and alcohol completely. Atkins’ induction phase has severe limitations on carbohydrates because the purpose of this phase is to get your body to rely on burning fat, instead of the glucose produced by the carbohydrates.

Atkins diet plan : Induction Phase Allowed Foods

High protein, carbohydrate free foods
  • All meats, fish, seafood such as prawns, poultry
Eat as much as you like
Fats & oils
  • All 100% fats & oils
Eat as much as you like
High protein/fat foods containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Eggs
  • Hard cheeses
  • Cream cheese
  • Double (heavy) cream, etc
  • Shellfish
  • Soya milk (unsweetened, 0.6g carb per 100ml or less)
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Salads containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Celery
  • Cucumber
  • Dill, basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano etc
  • Fennel
  • Lettuce, romaine, escarole, endive, radicchio etc
  • Olives
  • Radishes
  • Red/green peppers (bell peppers)
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Vegetables containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Artichoke hearts
  • Asparagus
  • Aubergine (eggplant)
  • Avocado
  • Bamboo shoots
  • Bean sprouts
  • Beet greens
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Celeriac
  • Chard
  • Courgettes
  • Green/French beans
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leeks
  • Marrow
  • Okra
  • Pumpkin
  • Rhubarb
  • Spring onions (scallions)
  • Spinach
  • Summer squash
  • Turnips
  • Water chestnuts
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Other
  • Herbs and spices - these vary in carbohydrate content but in general the quantities in which they are used are too small to worry too much about counting
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits

Atkins diet

June 12th, 2009 admin 2 comments

One day when someone around you recommend you lose weight and go against obesity through eating food with high fat but low carbohydrate. At first, you must distrust it. It is opposite as we think normally. However, do you know that the Atkins diet was first debut in 1972 since millions of people have been successful in their battle with weight loss? The Atkins diet is also good for dealing with many diseases, such as headaches, disorder blood sugars and so on.

atkins diet plan

atkins diet plan

Atkins diet can help us lose weight in a natural way of changing our metabolism which is safe and healthy. As we all know in order to function well, our body needs energy. And the energy mainly comes from the burning of fat and carbohydrates which can convert to calories. There are two results of this process, lipolysis and ketosis. They are the keys to losing weight. The ketosis is quite important. As it has an important influence on insulin production which can hold back the forming of fat. When we enter the process of ketosis, our body starts to use the fat as fuel and our cravings for carbohydrate will cut down.. The Atkins diet even is called “father of modern low carbohydrate diets”. It deserves the name.

The Atkins diet asks those who want to lose weight and get rid of heavy body in a fast way to eat foods high in fat and protein. And the animals’ meat is advised. So it is quite different from lots of others diets which especially limit us from this. The Atkins diet allows unrestricted amounts of protein. Meats, eggs and cheese are included. But be careful with foods which contain carbohydrate such as bread, pasta, rice, salad and other non-starchy vegetables.

There are four steps of the diet.

First is the induction, carbohydrate intake should be restricted to 20g/d.

Second is the ongoing weight loss. The carbohydrates are progressively added to the diet. During the first week, you can raise your carbohydrate level by 5 grams per day until it is proper. How can it be proper? It all depends on yourself, the needs of your body. The Atkins diet encourages the fruits and vegetables to be preferred and the whole grains come second.

The third comes with the pre-maintance. As you are not far away from your goal, the weight loss comes slowly as the carbohydrates are added.

You should be more carefully to figure out the amount of carbohydrates that can be eaten without gaining weight. The last phase is lifetime maintenance. We are all feared to gain the weight back as we have suffered a lot. So we hope we would keep good body forever. Don’t get carried away. Keep your usual diet as the foods you eat are becoming normal. You can not overeat.
Pros

Lose weight quickly and safely. The fact has told the truth that it is successful and trusted.

Cons:

It may be limited to those vegetarians and religious people as it encourages eating more meat

Conclusions:

Just do it now. You can have astonished result

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