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What To Do Before You Start Atkins
I write a lot about the many health benefits of low-carb diets and how to succeed while you’re doing Atkins. But what you do before you even start Atkins could very well be your best chance at losing weight (and keeping it off). I’ve seen so many people jump right into their own personal versionRead More
Once Again: Low-Carb Diets Beat Low-Fat Diets at Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction
Research on nutrition and health always seems to be a non-linear fact-finding process—a work in progress. But when carefully conducted studies and well-researched data help fill in the blanks and connect the dots, a clear picture starts to emerge. In this case, it is that low-carb diets may be winning the weight loss race againstRead More
Can You Do a Low-Fat Atkins Diet?
In a nutshell, no. Here are some very good reasons why you need to consume fat on Atkins. First of all, fat is the mechanism that makes controlled carbohydrate weight loss work, and the Atkins Diet teaches you how to use fat to your advantage. When you are doing Atkins, fat is your friend, notRead More
Nutrition IS Medicine
It’s time to change the way we think about nutrition. It’s not just about losing weight and looking good for your class reunion or wedding— what you eat on a daily basis has a long-lasting effect on your overall health, well-being and quality and length of life. Nutrition should no longer be thought of asRead More
RESEARCH UPDATE – Third Quarter of 2014
Here are the latest developments in clinical research on controlled-carbohydrate nutritional practices and the Atkins Diet’s reduced carbohydrate way of eating. I’ve summarized some excellent recent research studies, how they relate to Atkins and what it means to you. Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction as the First Approach in Diabetes Management. Critical Review and Evidence BaseAuthors: RichardRead More
Atkins May Be the Cure for Your Emotional Eating
It’s OK to occasionally indulge in your cravings, whether to comfort yourself or to celebrate a special occasion. Don’t beat yourself up too much, just use it as a learning tool and know that when you do indulge it can be a slippery slope. Digging into a pint of Ben & Jerry’s every time you’reRead More
Vegetables, Atkins and You
Dear Friends, Hello and welcome to our new blog. It’s better, stronger—and hopefully easier for you to find, read, comment on and share. Having participated in the lively conversations on these boards for several years now, I’ve observed several topics that consistently emerge and require explanation. One common topic revolves around vegetables—especially how much ofRead More
Areas to Explore if Your Weight Loss Has Stalled
It’s perfectly natural for you to lose weight in fits and starts. Usually, if you stick with the program for a few more days—or even weeks, in some cases—weight loss will resume. You may just need some minor adjustments to get the scale moving in the right direction again. Here are some trouble-shooting questions thatRead More
Fascinating medical research updates from Atkins Science Board members
We’ve always said it – science is the basis for our nutritional approach. In order to continue to educate people about the growing body of emerging research highlighting the health benefits associated with the principles of the Atkins Nutritional Approach, as well as the development of new products, Atkins created a multi-disciplinary Science Advisory BoardRead More
A Quick Guide to Monounsaturated Fats
These healthy oils, I am convinced, are responsible for a large part of our success. When new comers arrive to our discussions boards, we should all encourage them to get plenty of monounsaturated fats, especially from olives, avocadoes, macadamia nuts, and the extracted oils from these foods. As a group, monounsaturated are very stable. They’reRead More
