Doctor Atkins

I've done Atkins before - about... um, a year ago to this date and saw rapid consistent weight loss but after about 7 days I had gout and was totally ill. Can't say it was Atkins for sure but let's just say when I went off the 'diet' I got better in under 48 hours. Hmm. Anyway, so here it is, May 10th and I am well into my Weight Watchers diet (spectacular I may add) and feeling great. Had a physical the day before and all is well. I had been reading ...
...let's face it, we all want to lose weight RAPIDLY! At least I did. I also have the necessary prerequisite to starting any diet - you know, "I have a friend who lost 80 pounds on it, etc". And I do. And she did. But what I've learned is what works for someone may not necessarily work for you..... So - I concede that the first time around on Atkins I didn't follow it to a tee during the induction phase. I was often not hungry and would skip meals ...

Coyote98 25.05.2004 · Read full review
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The Atkins diet claims to be a revolution, promising to make you feel healthy while never going hungry or ever having to calorie count. The basic concept is to restrict carbohydrate by cutting out sugary snacks and basically all man made fad junk food. The aim is to switch the way your body metabolises , from burning carbohydrate as its main energy source to burning mainly fat. Now this comment itself will put most people off as we as a society have ...
...This diet will turn most peoples stomachs as success comes not by replacing carbs with protein but fat. This has to be natural fats though in the form of animal fats, butter and cream. There are three stages to this diet. The induction phase, this is the first stage and the point of this is to kick start the plan and use up the body’s reserve of carbohydrate. To do this successfully you have to consume a maximum of 20 grams of carbs daily. The Ongoing ...

claireben 25.01.2004 · Read full review
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I've been eating low-carb for a year now. And contrary to popular belief, I am not dead, dehydrated or constipated, and my boyfriend still hugs me, so I can only presume I don't smell too bad. However, I am five and a half stone lighter - and I lost the weight at the safe rate of 1-2lbs per week. It upsets me to see my mother taking diarrhea -inducing diet pills, and it upsets me to think I took two stone off my body in my teens by resorting to ...
...way I looked, so I lived with it. If only I had found out about Atkins sooner. Before I begin, let me tackle some the top-ten myths about low-carb and Atkins specifically. 1. Low carb is unhealthy. Absolutely incorrect. Low-carb dieters consistently lower their cholesterol, lower stress levels, lose phenominal amounts of weight and keep that weight off indefinitely. Most report increased energy levels, clearer skin and scalp, and symptoms of illnesses ...

antsss 01.07.2003 (03.12.2003) · Read full review
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For the last four years or so I have had ME or PVS. Without boring everyone with the names this is a (now at long last recognised) disease thought to be produced by one or more viruses, which produces weakness and lassitude, and, in extreme cases, a state of being more or less permanently bedridden. Fortunately I never went down that far, but it certainly provoked early retirement. The problem that I still find is that the weakness, a sort of background ...
...to counteract the effects, one eats. In point of strict fact this is a waste of time because it isn't hunger that is causing the problem. The effect, nonetheless, is to encourage overeating, and a spiralling weight problem. I first came across the Atkins diet when my eldest daughter recommended it to me. The basic idea is to avoid almost all carbohydrate. I cannot eat sugar or drink alcohol anyway, having a supersensitivity to these, so going the ...

Rookgun 11.04.2003 (30.06.2004) · Read full review
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OK, I've read the opinions and comments about The Atkins Diet, but I feel that a lot of people still don't really understand this diet. The Atkins Diet is huge in America, and is starting to hit the UK. The Atkins Diet is a low carbohydrate diet. I could go into a very lengthy description of how it works but I will try to keep it basic. Basically, Carbohydrate is what gives us energy. We burn Carbs to keep our body going. Therefore, when we exercise, ...
...we eat, and finally the fat that is stored in our body. Therefore, the low carb diet is designed to cut out step one of the process, jumping straight to burning fat. If we don't use all the carbs that we take in, these carbs will turn to fat too! In addition, the fat and protein that we take in on this diet react in some way (I'm not sure of the specifics) so that the fat we eat is not stored in the body! This means that on the low carb diet, when ...

Kkaos 13.11.2002 · Read full review
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...you had better stick to the old tried and tested low fat and exercise diet. Try Atkins though, just once, if only to feel what it's like to be a stone lighter for a day or two! Don't forget to consult your doctor before trying it though. x ...

theblonde2000 03.03.2005 · Read full review
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I seem to be going against the grain here so I conclude I am a rare case (as I often am when it comes to health issues) but Atkins just made me sick. Yes, I lost weight, but at what cost? I suffer from a condition known as 'insulin resistance' it is the first step on the road to diabetes and, terrified of going further down that road, and already suffering unwanted side effects of my illness (I am fat, hairy and can't have children - all bad things) ...
...things the diet has done for other women with my condition - and it has done wonderful things. Other people report feeling more energised, losing weight easily, feeling healthier and happier - and getting pregnant! However, instead of all these things happening, I just felt ill. Every day with a grinding regularity I would wake up feeling awful. I would force myself to eat the recommended diet (which no matter how you prepare it is still meat, green ...

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...be. HOWEVER DO SEE YOUR DOCTOR FIRST IF YOU HAVE ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS.Also invest in 'Dr Atkins new diet revolution' retails at £7.99 which contains the diet itself,'Dr Atkins new diet cookbook' £6.99 is good for recipes tailored to fit each phase of the diet. I tried Weightwatchers, Rosemary Connelly, Slimming world, they all failed. The attraction of Atkins is that it shifts weight quickly. We buckled under the restrictive regime and put all the ...

ljuk 08.03.2003 · Read full review
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I have tried the Atkins diet twice, the 1st time i felt great stuck to the induction 2 weeks lost 10lbs and felt great, people noticed the weight loss and my cravings for chocolate had gone and no more hunger pangs, some days i did forget to eat as i didn’t feel hungry or tempted by anything. I luckily like to eat meat but found i got sick of chewing; i looked forward to my jelly and cream but after a time that got very boring. One thing i really ...
...i am not a fruit lover but missed it. The second time i tried it, it didn’t go as well, i felt tired, drained, had pains and felt sick. So didn’t last the full 2 weeks. I still get the pains in my stomach now and it has been over a month since i came off it. There are different stages that you go through: What you are allowed to eat is: Meat (grilled, roasted or fried in butter) This includes beef, pork, lamb, bacon, veal, ham, venison, chicken, ...

karen5416 22.02.2004 (28.05.2004) · Read full review
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I was a bit unsure of doing the Atkins diet as I had heard that the Atkins would do more harm than good, you put all the weight back on, your breath will smell etc etc. But I figured I'll buy the book and at least see for myself what he has to say rather than rely on other's opinion. That way I'll know for myself and it will be an informed choice. I have also had people telling me that you have to cut out complete food groups, that is not true. Nowhere ...
...he say that you ever give up complete food groups. Yes you cut down during induction - first two weeks - but after this the foods are reintroduced at a level determined by your own body! I found the book enlightening and felt that he made a lot of sense, after all why should we fill our bodies full of chemicals that are in today's food products? Why should we have to be hungry when we want to lose weight? Just two or three generations ago the food ...

smileybabe 22.01.2004 (18.02.2004) · Read full review
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...(6 weeks after). And the doctor asked me if i had lost weight suddenly recently (a standard question in relation to wether you might have cancer as i found out) and i told him i was on the atkins diet and had lost about 1 and a half stone in the 6 weeks. The doctor replied that the weight loss had probably HELPED me and SAVED me from havng a more serious attack and that it did not cause the attack (was later found out to be caused by a blot clot ...
...(been recuperating and recovering for the past few months quacks orders) i am starting the atkins again to lode the weight i gained whilst in hospital and recovering and get down to the weight i want to be. If like me you have tried every diet from slimfast to weight watchers over the years to no effect give atkins a try. take it from someone who is 25 stone and lost 1.5 stone in 6 weeks on the diet. The one major downside to all this is the price ...

keyboard_kowboy 25.01.2004 · Read full review
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We've all seen and read the press and tv review of the Atkins Diet and at first I was somewhat dubious. However as no other diet on the planet had ever really worked for me long term I thought I would give it a go despite a somewhat negative response to my plan from my parents (both doctors). I started out the diet with the strict 2 week induction phase and nothing really happened weight loss wise. It was easy to stick to though because you really ...
...meat, fish etc. Given that I wasn't hungry and had no ill effects as often described (bad breath, tiredness etc) I decided to continue just to see if it worked for me. What happened after that defied belief - having started out at a size 20, I dropped a dress size in literally another 3 weeks. I couldn't believe it as I didn't feel like I was making such an effort and nor was it overtaking my life as so many diets tend to do. Pleased with my success ...

volpina 04.05.2005 · Read full review
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...of all and consult your doctor to check it is safe for you to do so. I decided not to do the diet. I have however started to think about my diet and have realised that the carbohydrates are whats putting weight on me also because I practically live on Pasta, Bread, Potatoes.....so I am cutting down on all of that, rather than cutting it out completley. I am going to try change my lifestyle and go swimming etc to loose weight in a healthy way. So ...
...This diet has been around for years...why is it that we only really know about it now???? Is it really as good as it sounds???? Maybe we wont know until we try it, but for now, I think I will just plug along the way im doing it. They say a great benefit to the atkins diet is that you can eat as much as you like and not put on any weight....thats eating as much fatty foods as you like....what is that doing to your body???!!! When instead you can still ...

carol_uk 12.11.2002 · Read full review
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Most people have heard of the Atkins diet, but often not that much about it. I used to be the same, here’s how that’s changed after buying the “diet revolution” book cheap on ebay. I recommend if anyone is thinking of it, to buy the book, as it has so much information to guide you and make sure you follow the diet healthily. The diet has 4 phases … INDUCTION There was a 2-week "induction" period that should be thought of more as a detox then the ...
...20 grams of carbs a day. There is a few days into the diet that you go through a difficult phase, created by the alleged "withdrawal" from carbs, I felt tired for a day or two, but since then I have had massively increased energy and lost the niggling aches & pains that used to annoy me. ONGOING WEIGHT LOSS This is the longest stage of weight loss and the stage that I am in now. You increase your carb levels 5 carbs per day each week, until you ...

yvonnedavies 02.04.2004 · Read full review
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...sugar problem. Despite this my doctor dismissed it after saying my lab results came back "normal". Even I KNEW I wasnt normal! lol Anyway, I had been researching diets trying to cure my dreaded skin. From fruit fasts, vegetables fasts, NO MEAT at all FASTS lol, gluten-free etc ...The only thing that seemed to help my breakouts was giving up bread. I immediately convinced myself I was a gluten intolerent (did I mention I’m a “google-junkie”??? Yep ...
...discovered Atkins….well almost, first the doctor popped me on Yasmin Birth Control! Yeh great one doc ;) It did nothing for my skin (see my other review of how I “praise” Yasmin) but gave me the incentive I needed to make me research ideas on how I could hide the BALDSPOTS it would soon cause. So I came off Yasmin and eventually I lost them damn leg cramps at night too J * MY DIET* My new diet has totally changed…. Breakfast ~ Is a 3 egg omelette, ...

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