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is the Atkins diet more effective if you do it while watching your calorie/fat intake? would it necessarily make it work faster?
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unfortunately this probably isn’t the answer you’re looking for but diets such as this aren’t going to work for you. when you initially begin you will probably notice that you lose a small amount of weight relatively easy, but this is basically you losing some of your water weight (which is important). you are right in that it is good to monitor your calorie intake, but essentially the only way to maintain a healthy metabolism that will keep the weight off (current studies show that most dieters will add the weight eventually) is routinely exercising and being able to burn more calories than you intake per day. this also includes eating the recommended amount of calories per day for your body type and weight.
Does no one remember what happened to the guy that invented the Atkins diet? He died from a heart attack! When u get off the Atkins diet you will gain the weight right back if not more. The fat from all the meat will clog your arteries. The longer your on it, the more damaging the effects. Just eat right! You need whole grains in your diet. Bread is not bad for you. Whole grain and fiber help your stomach feel fuller faster and longer. I honestly do not know why this diet is still around.
Not only is it not effective, it could be dangerous. It would force the body to use protein as it’s energy fuel source. This is not a problem for a day or two but long term would overwhelm the body with nitrogen & ammonia – a byproduct of gluconeogenesis. The body can handle filtering out some but not large quantities for long term which would happen if protein was your primary fuel source.
Low calorie diets make you lose a large amount of lean tissues. Carbs may be optional but fuel calories are required on any diet. Fuel calories can come from carbs OR fat or both but should not be from protein. Protein makes a very inefficient fuel but it becomes fuel on a low calorie diet, which leaves NO protein for cellular needs & tissue repairs & the body is forced to catabolize it’s own tissues for nutrition.
The first week is just water weight but fat is lost thereafter if you keep your calories high enough. Otherwise the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone)
There is no reason to ever go off a low carb way of eating, you slowly re introduce carbs to your way of eating and as long as you don’t exceed 9grams of carbs an hour (144 carbs a day) you will never trigger insulin (the fat storage hormone) no matter the calories. Most of us do low carb most of the time and occasionally cheat and slip back into low carb the next day. I still cheat with sugar occasionally. It’s just not a regular part of my life (as it was preAtkins, nearly 6 years ago, when I felt it controlled me & I had no control)
The rungs to reintroduction of carbs in 5 gram units – all available to very active people in as little as 11 weeks. Make sure you do them in order & you can skip a rung if you do not intend to include it in your permanent way of eating, such as the alcohol rung.:
* (minimum week 3 – maximum 25grams day) Acceptable vegetables, larger quantities
* (minimum week 4 – maximum 30grams day) Add 5grams Fresh cheese
* (minimum week 5 – maximum 35grams day) Add 5grams Nuts and seeds
* (minimum week 6 – maximum 40grams day) Add 5grams Berries
* (minimum week 7 – maximum 45grams day) Alcohol can be added if desired
* (minimum week 8 – maximum 50grams day) Add 5grams Legumes
* (minimum week 9 – maximum 55grams day) Add 5grams Other fruits
* (minimum week10 – maximum 60grams day) Add 5grams Starchy vegetables
* (minimum week11 – maximum 65grams day) Add 5grams Whole grains
If you are continuing to lose or maintain (whichever is goal) in week 12 and beyond, you continue to add 5grams a day per week til you reach your personal carb level.
Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. (Isn’t insanity defined as doing the exact same thing, in the exact same way and expecting different results??) Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health.
You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you’ll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
Your body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow your metabolism to compensate and store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering your calories, it will continue lowering that set point, til you can survive off nothing and store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of food.
Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) and exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.
The core of the Atkins program is converting your body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). You need to keep your fat levels at >65% of your calories, if you don’t your body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).
It takes minimum of 3 days to convert your body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycolysis) you will probably feel sluggish the first week but most people feel better than ever thereafter.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin, the fat storage hormone. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released.
High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight ga