Fats
Why Not Low Fat Atkins?
Fat is the mechanism that makes controlled carbohydrate weight loss work. The Atkins Nutritional Approach teaches you how to use fat to your advantage.
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Meat versus poultry, fish and seafood?
In this study, moderately obese subjects consumed one of two different low-carb diets as part of a weight loss program.
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Atkins Position on Saturated Fat
“The thirty-year-long campaign against dietary fat is as misguided as it is futile”.
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Analysis of Fat Content in Atkins Diet
Meticulous analysis of the daily food menus for the three principle phases of the Atkins Nutritional Approach reveals a very balanced intake of fats. This happens naturally with whole food selections because nature, in its wisdom, presents fats in whole foods in such a manner.
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Men's Health Magazine Gets it Right
Recently, as readers of this newsletter know, award winning science reporter Gary Taubes published a best-selling book that questioned the wisdom of low-fat diets and backed up every claim with copious research (over 100 pages worth of footnotes and references).
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Trans Fats Heat Up
The trans fat brouhaha has been hot news, even if it's about an old hat. Researchers at Harvard and elsewhere have made it plain that trans fatty acids have been a health risk since the 1930s, when the swift expansion of margarine consumption put trans fat firmly on the breakfast table.
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The Dangers of Trans Fats
Manufactured hydrogenated oils, which your body cannot digest, are a serious risk to heart health.
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Avoiding Trans-Fats When Eating Out
Most readers of this site now understand how to avoid trans-fats: read the label and be on the lookout for “partially hydrogenated oil”. If “partially hydrogenated oil” is in the ingredients, the food contains trans-fats. But how do you avoid trans-fats while eating out, when the ingredient list is almost never available?
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Lack of Omega 3's may Play a Role in Aggressive Behavior
Omega-3 fats are selectively concentrated in the brain, which may be why your mother-- correctly, as it turns out--told you that fish was "brain food." And now new research is demonstrating that both depressive and aggressive disorders can be exacerbated by deficiencies in omega-3 fatty acid intake.
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Nutrition 101 Quiz: Fundamentals of Healthy Living
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Tips to Rev Up Your Immune System and Optimize Energy
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Trans Fats: The Truth in Labeling
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Shifting From Carbohydrate to Fat for Exercise
The following information was written by Atkins professionals.
The purpose of this study was to assess metabolic adaptations to a high-fat diet in endurance cyclists. Sixteen endurance-trained cyclists were randomly assigned to one of two diet groups for a period of 15 days. One group remained on their habitual diet (30% of calories from fat) while the other group consumed a high-fat diet (69% of calories from fat) of the same caloric value. Results revealed that the level of certain enzymes involved in fat metabolism was elevated, signaling a shift from burning carbohydrate for energy to burning fat for energy. This change in fuel utilization occurred within five days of switching to the high-fat diet. Subjects also used less muscle glycogen (stored carbohydrate) after 15 days of the high-fat diet. The authors concluded that consuming a high-fat diet for as little as five to 10 days significantly alters the body’s fuel selection from carbohydrate to fat without altering cycling performance.
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The Atkins Advantage™: How the Atkins Principles Give You the Edge
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Worst Idea of the week: “Fat-Free Living” Month.
Is the term, “fat-free living” that an oxymoron?
According to our VP of Education and Nutrition Communication, Colette Heimowitz, dietary fat isn’t bad, it’s essential to life. Naturally, she has a beef with the USDA for declaring January, “Fat-Free Living Month.” Read the whole article here.
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