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

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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Atkins diet ok for the short term***UPDATED***

Advantages: quick and easy weight loss
Disadvantages: feeling deprived

...the first few days of going in to ketosis. You defiantly loose your appetite. Around the day 4-5 your appetite goes and you actually forget to eat. I am always hungry and it even made me feel satisfied for much longer. I would miss my lunch and found it hard to eat a full dinner. My sugar cravings went, I got no hunger pangs to be truthful I honestly stopped eating so its no surprise you loose weight on this. There are plenty off books around to read and keep you informed. Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution 7.99 plus the Dr Atkins New Diet Cookbook 6.99.which is filled with loads of recipes for all Phases. What happens is in the first few days of starting the induction your body goes into ketosis were it stops using what u eat for energy and starts using the fat stored in your body. You have to eat a lot of fatty and great food, the first...

karen5416 22.02.2004 (28.05.2004) · Read review
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Review of Doctor Atkins

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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Lost 5 1/2 stone! Plus ATKINS FACTS (updated!!)

Advantages: NO HEALTH PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER, healthy, confident and happy!
Disadvantages: People who haven't done their research like to criticise

...back to the previous level. Some people can eat 60g of carbohydrate a day - about six slices of toast! - and still lose weight safely and steadily. If you decide to adapt Atkins to your own lifestyle, you can eat whatever you like, as long as you keep eating plenty of veg and don't exceed your daily carb limit. 3. Atkins is just a 'quick fix' or crash/fad diet. Incorrect. Dr Atkins designed his plan as a lifetime Way of Eating. The fourth phase, Maintenance, allows you to fit low-carb in with high-carb foods while maintaining your weight loss. There are people out there who have lost 5, 6, 7 or even 10 stone eating low-carb and now enjoy only a slightly adapted diet. Atkins is perfect for safe, permanent weight loss. In fact, it often does not give the same results when attempted the second or third time. 4. Low carb makes you...

antsss 01.07.2003 (03.12.2003) · Read review
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Oh! So Sorry Dr Atkins!

Advantages: Wonderful Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream
Disadvantages: Too nice

...Have you tried Tesco Mmmm Vanilla Ice Cream Lollies: NO! oh you must they are gorgeous! With no Tesco nearby, I hadn't seen these 'wicked' ice creams on a stick before; but on visiting my friend last Saturday she produced them as a treat. I tried to say, "No thank you, can't have one I am on the Atkins Diet", but somehow the words came out "Oh they look just like Magnum, I'd love one, thank you very much". Funny how that happens, I had only had one glass of wine! There were three of them in the box each individually wrapped in cellophane. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they came unwrapped easily, makes a change. If it had been as difficult as most items are to open, it would have disintegrated into a melted choclate/ice cream mess. There was a wonderful aroma of chocolate as soon as I opened it, which made you want...

Youngatheard60 03.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Mmmm Vanilla Ice Cream

Dr. Pepper - Delicious!!!!!

Advantages: tastes nice and is good value for money
Disadvantages: high sugar content

... What Is It Dr. Pepper is a ?sparkling fruit-flavour soft drink? made by the coca-cola company. It was first served in 1885 and introduced nationally in the United States in 1904 as a new kind of soft drink. It comes in 330ml cans, 500ml bottles and 2L bottles. There is also a diet version called Dr. Pepper Zero. The packaging of Dr. Pepper is instantly recognisable, a dark red colour with what looks like splash marks and the name of the drink in white writing. The cans are entirely red and the bottles just have red labels. Ingredients and Nutritional Information Carbonated Water, Sugar, Colour (caramel (E150d), Flavourings (including caffeine), Phosphoric Acid, Preservative (E211) There are most likely flavourings left off the list to keep the ?secret? of how to get that unique taste. The typical nutritional values...

buggsy2008 27.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dr Pepper

dr browns bottles ????

Advantages: great for wind and colic
Disadvantages: leak, scratch and to many parts to it

...in my experience with dr browns bottles they are great for preventing wind and colic but they have a few down sides so are they worth the extra money are that the bottles leak if not upright and the milk comes up the tube and out of the bottles as you warm it up they get scratched easy and you can only steralise 2 bottles at a time as there are so many parts to each bottle. the bottles are quite wide so you cant fit 2 in a double thermal bag and the level one teats got blocked up had to swap to level two earlier than reccommended. if i had to buy baby bottles again i would look for another product that helps with wind and colic....

beckster1983 10.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dr.Brown Baby Bottle

The Benefit of Dr Feelgood

Advantages: Lovely soft, even looking skin
Disadvantages: Not sure about it over make up

...In a vain attempt to recapture my youth, I have recently rediscovered Benefit products. At first when this product, Dr Feelgood was demonstrated to me I thought I would hate it - something that looks like wax in a tin applied with a sponge. No this was not going to be something that I would like. I've never got on with foundation because it is too heavy on my face so why would I find this product of any benefit (excuse the pun) to me? However I was pleasantly surprised by this product and decided to add it to my make up suitcase (I don't have a make up bag!). So what changed my mind? Well according to the official description it gives you smooth silky, matte skin. When the Benefit assistant on the counter demonstrated the product she applied it to half of my face only and asked me to feel the difference. And feel a difference I...

Suzela 28.07.2007 (13.11.2007) · Read review
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Review of BeneFit Dr. Feelgood

Atkins will damage your health

Advantages: You will lose weight
Disadvantages: But it will affect your health

...very clear sides to this argument, one posted by Dr Atkins, who first released his version of the age-old 'no bread and spuds' diet to the public in the 1970's and has since made a great deal of money from marketing these to the lazy and obese, the other opinion held by every major dietary authority on the planet Earth, who are largely non-profit organisations funded by government. Atkins says that by following this diet you will lose weight (which I do not deny) and therefore have access to all the healthy and beneficial effects that such a situation would provide. The other argument, and the one which, after careful research I am keen to adopt, is that the diet runs the risk of increasing the chances for heart disease, kidney stones, high blood pressure, piles and eventually, weight regain. And here's why. The very heat of this...

johnnapig 25.01.2001 · 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