Please, think very cautiously about this diet prior to doing it. Primary, as obviously stated in the book, the goal is to send the body into ketosis. Actually, they even advise getting the ketosis strips that diabetics
use to test for ketosis. Diabetics want to avoid ketosis – AND SO SHOULD YOU!!! Ketosis is basically
your body eating on itself. You lose weight because your body eats on itself. It does NOT burn fat. It eats away
at your lean muscle tissue.
In the meantime, your body is literally starving for the nutrition it needs. It goes into starvation mode. It thinks
it’s suffering from famine. It starts conserving everything it can. You’re losing weight, but your body is distressing from starvation.
When you go off the Atkins diet (eventually everyone does), and start eating normally, you will start gaining weight at a phenomenal rate. Your body is in starvation mode. It’s conserving everything it can, and what is conserves is FAT.
So what’s the result of the Atkins diet? You’re losing weight. You even feel very good on the diet. But what you lose is muscle tissue. After you go off the diet, you gain back body fat. The average weight gain after quitting the Atkins diet is roughly double what was lost. Your body will be suffering from a real lack of certain vitamins and minerals totally lacking in the Atkins diet.
I’m sure that I’ve offended some people who think the Atkins diet is great. I’m sure that some will go on the Atkins diet despite what I’ve written. I just think people should think about both sides of the issue before subjecting their bodies to this diet. Be very careful how you nourish your body.
Review from Teri originally at http://www.topdiets.com/
