The NEW Atkins diet

Here it is, as promised. Just a tidbit of info about the NEW Atkins diet that I am venturing into. I am not being paid by them in any way to spread the word... I am just one happy dieter that has seen success using this program, when all others have failed. This info comes straight from their website, so please... feel free to visit and learn more for yourself. The book available on Amazon is a great help!

The Program: Overview

How and Why Does Atkins Work

Atkins turns your body into a fat-burning machine.

Metabolism is the process that converts food into either energy or your body’s building blocks. Eating the right foods can increase your body’s metabolism, particularly how it handles fat. When you eat fewer carb foods—relying mostly on vegetables rich in fiber—your body switches to burning fat (including your own body fat) instead of carbs as its primary fuel source.

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When you digest foods high in carbs, they convert to glucose (sugar), which your bloodstream transports throughout your body. A rise in blood glucose level triggers the release of the hormone insulin, which moderates your glucose level. (For more information, see The Role of Insulin in Managing Blood Sugar.) So carb intake is largely responsible for blood sugar fluctuations. Food need not taste sweet—think mashed potatoes and white bread—to convert rapidly to glucose.

Because your body can store no more than half a day’s energy supply of glucose—unlike our ability to store almost limitless amounts of fat—it makes sense that we burn as much carbohydrate as we can as soon as it’s digested and absorbed. After each carb-heavy meal or snack, your body stops burning off fat as your insulin level escalates to deal with the rising tide of blood sugar. Fat calories are always pushed to the back of the line—where more than likely they’re stored. That’s why insulin is called the “fat hormone.” As long as your body keeps turning glucose into fat, you’re doomed to being heavy.

Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why cutting your carb intake and eating mostly whole food carbohydrates is the core premise of the Atkins Diet.


By changing the balance of carbs, fats and protein in your diet, you boost your energy level and keep it on an even keel. When you eat foods composed primarily of protein, fat and fiber, your body produces far less insulin. And when the carbs you do eat are in the form of high-fiber whole foods, which convert to glucose relatively slowly, your blood sugar level holds steady, along with your energy level. You don’t crave a fast-fix energy booster in the form of sugary, starchy food. And you’re less hungry at meals.

This perfectly normal process of burning primarily fat for energy has a welcome side effect: weight loss.

There’s nothing strange or risky about a primarily fat metabolism. In fact, fat is your body’s back-up energy source. The ability to carry a “fanny pack” of energy in the form of fat actually helped our distant ancestors survive in times of famine and when hunters returned home empty handed.

Just to be clear, eating fats doesn’t make you fat as long as you give your body permission to burn them.

Place the blame where it belongs: overeating and overreacting to carbs. And herein lies the not-so-secret secret of the Atkins Diet and the key to weight loss—and later weight maintenance—without cravings or undue hunger.

The Program: Overview

Daily Life on Atkins

One of the reasons that Atkins remains so popular almost four decades after Dr. Atkins wrote his first book is that it’s easy to eat low-carb foods wherever you are.

Eating In?

If you love to cook and dine at home most nights, it’s a cinch to convert classic recipes to equally delectable low-carb versions. Our recipe database is also bursting with over 1,500 delicious recipes for low-carb foods. But how about when you’re out and about? Again, you can follow the Atkins dietary guidelines almost anywhere.

Eating Out?

Check out our inside advice on restaurants to get some key ground rules under your belt. Whether you’re grabbing fast food at lunch time or grabbing some burgers on the way home after a long day, we’ll steer your toward the smart low-carb choices. If you love to try different cuisines, Atkins has you covered there as well.

On the Move

The best intentions can get left behind when you pack your bags. Not so when you follow our advice when you’re on the road or out of town. And having an Atkins Advantage bar or shake in your backpack, briefcase or purse at all times is the ultimate insurance policy.

Bottom line: once you commit yourself to the Atkins lifestyle, you can make it work wherever you are.

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