The Atkins diet.

Advantages: You really will loose weight.
Disadvantages: Can't always eat what you love.

...The first time I heard about this diet was from my mum, she had heard from a friend about it. We decided to have a look in one of Doctor Atkins book and have a read of it before we decided to do it or not. We thought that it sounded quite good and give it a go. What you have to do is cut the amount of carbohydrates you eat to 20 grams a day, for two weeks. This means cutting out pasta, rice, potatoes and high carbohydrate bread. You can eat loads of meat, vegetables (only certain ones, you’ll have to look in the book to know exactly what.), fish and nuts. I could tell you exactly what but you would get bored. So you eat your 20 grams per day by checking every food wrapper for exactly how much carbo’s it has got in it. You can get a low carbohydrate bread from weight watchers if you really need bread but you can only have...

debdeb 23.07.2002 · Read review
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Atkins diet ok for the short term***UPDATED***

Advantages: quick and easy weight loss
Disadvantages: feeling deprived

...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 missed was something really juicy to sink my teeth into; 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...

karen5416 22.02.2004 (28.05.2004) · Read review
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Atkins Diet & Breakfast Bar

Advantages: Weight loss even from stubborn areas
Disadvantages: Cost, Comments from others

...the weight loss is a real reward. The 3rd day in I felt awful, I had sugar & caffeine withdrawal - dizzyness ,nausea a bit like a massive hangover. This passed by the 4th day I felt fine. I then progressed through the following 2 stages in the book, adding foods. The diet was no longer restrictive and I was still losing weight. I lost 2st 6lb in 26 weeks and now feel brilliant. It was all done without the hunger and cravings felt on other diets. I won't go into great detail of what you can and can't eat as The Atkins Centre website has all the information need to do the diet if you don't fancy reading the book. I was then pleased to discover that Boots were selling Atkins products. Although I was a bit disappointed by the price £4.99 for 5 x 37g breakfast bars. There are 3 flavours in the Morning Shine breakfast bar range Chocolate...

Toniq 27.04.2004 · Read review
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Atkins doesn't have to be boring!

Advantages: Forget counting calories or fat grams :o)
Disadvantages: Most of us were raised on a high carb diet :o(

...This cookbook has been worth its weight in gold to me while on the Atkins plan. I did find that a lot of the recipes in his actual Diet Revolution book didn't appeal to me and I couldn't always get the ingredients. This book is more down to earth as it is dedicated to recipes and most of the things suggested are palatable to me. There are loads of suggestions for sweets and as I have a very sweet tooth this is a welcome addition to any cookbook I'm sure you will agree, when you are following a set way of eating. The cookbook I am reviewing has a different cover to the one shown and is the companion to Atkins latest bestseller - Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. I bought this cookbook as I wanted to see the varieties of foods that I could enjoy while on Atkins. Although his actual diet book has recipes I wanted a more focused book...

smileybabe 03.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Dr Atkins' Quick & Easy New Diet Cookbook - Robert C. Atkins

The Bacon and Egg Diet

Advantages: Fast results
Disadvantages: Bloody boring!

...A diet that allows bacon and eggs for breakfast? As much cheese as you like at lunch? Steak in a creamy sauce for dinner? Dr Robert Atkins claims that you can eat all this and more on his "New Diet Revolution"! So what's it all about then? Where's the catch? You can eat anything you like, as long as it is not a carbohydrate. According to Atkins, as soon as you eat carbohydrate, your blood sugar levels increase. Not all of this blood sugar is used immediately, so the excess is stored as insulin. When the body's storage sites are full of insulin, but there is yet more in the body to be stored, it is converted to "adipose tissue", otherwise known as body fat. Atkins' theory is, therefore, if no carbohydrates are consumed, the body must draw off its reserves and use up this excess insulin. It does this via a process called "ketosis...

MISSBISHI 20.03.2001 · Read review
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Atkins Accel - not just for Atkins, it works!

Advantages: I lost pounds and inches over a 15 day trial
Disadvantages: You have to plan what time you eat in advance

...Atkins Accel is a diet supplement, primarily for the Atkins diet and low carbohydrate lifestyles, one of the Core 4 supplements produced by Atkins. It is described as Amino Acids with Botanical Extracts which aid fat metabolism and is ideal for those who have reached a weight-loss plateau. It is not intended for induction of the Atkins diet or as a long term solution, it is designed to be a bit of a kick start if your weight loss has slowed or stopped. Each box contains 45 tablets which is a 15 day supply; you need to take one tablet with 250ml of water an hour before each meal, eating three meals a day. Packaging The tablets are in a sealed bottle within a cardboard outer box with the Atkins logo and ?Accel? written in a blue font, on a yellow and white background with a picture of a happy young slim couple! It is easily...

leopard79 10.08.2004 (14.08.2004) · Read review
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Sick of the Atkins

Advantages: weight loss and health benefits for diabetics etc.
Disadvantages: restrictive diet and illness

...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) I decided to try Atkins having heard of the miraculous 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...

ShoeLace 10.05.2003 · Read review
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I'VE LOST WEIGHT ON A DIET TO END ALL DIETS

Advantages: You'll lose weight
Disadvantages: You can't poo

...How would you like to spend a fortnight eating bacon and eggs and lose several pounds at the same time? I just did, but I won?t be doing it again for a long time! The Atkins Diet is now a huge phenomenon with his book in the top ten paperback list. Hundreds of overweight Americans (and Brits) have turned to Dr Atkins to help them lose weight fast while not going hungry. For that is the secret of this diet ? you should never be left feeling hungry ? which surely means this diet has a bigger success rate than many others you might have tried. For years we have been led to believe that fats are the root of all evil, and that we ought to instead consume more fibre and eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Dr Atkins says sucks to that, and turns this theory on its head, arguing that carbohydrates are actually the root of all evil, and that...

molelover 09.05.2002 · Read review
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Review of Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution (The Safe 14-Day Programme That Will Help You Lose Weight for Life) - Robert C. Atkins

Diet Coke Break

Advantages: taste, thirst quenching
Disadvantages: rotts your teeth

...Diet Coke.... Even before I was watching what I eat and drink to loose weight I would always opt for a diet coke over regular coke (or as I usually call it "fat coke"). The taste difference between standard coke and diet coke is rather a lot because regular coke tastes so very sweet. Regular coke will often make my teeth feel coated in a layer of sheen and give me a furry tongue, so for these reasons I have always been a diet coke girl. The calorie content in a can of diet coke is a mere 1 calorie per can which is nothing compared to the couple of hundred that a standard coke can contains. The price is the same however whether you are drinking regular or diet and for a single can nowadays you are looking at paying around the 70 pence mark. I drink a fair amount of canned drinks and will always stock up when the supermarkets...

newby2 17.04.2009 · Read review
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Time for diet coke......

Advantages: Taste, Cost
Disadvantages: Still not all that good for you

...Time for Diet coke...... Review The company The coca cola group was first invented way back on the 8th of May 1886 by a gentleman called Dr John Styth Pemberton, Baack then Coca cola was selling an average of 9 drinks a day netting them an impressive $50 that year. Look at today's sales, Coca cola sell more than one billion drinks in a 24 hour period in over 200 countries. IT was not until 1900 that the UK had its first taste of Coco cola, when it was sold through soda fountains in places such as Selfridges. In 1999 Coca Cola purchased Schweppes which seen the range increase to include drinks such as Dr Pepper, Fanta, and many others. Between 1999 and 2004 Coca Cola seen their sales increase dramatically which resulted in them being able to announce that in Great Britain there sales where at an all time high of 54% of the soft...

marcellep2 19.05.2008 · Read review
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