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Living Low Carb with Today’s Atkins™

At Atkins, we’re well aware of the research that shows that eating too many carbs and too much sugar can lead to weight gain and health issues. 1 2 But choosing to live low carb can help you eat better, feel better, and live better. So, today’s Atkins is all about lean, healthy foods and fresh vegetables simply and easily done.

Why a Low Carb Lifestyle is Healthier for Everyone

What Happens When You Eat Carbs

Did You Know…

Decreasing your carb intake offers a variety of benefits, including:

  • Satiety – you’ll feel fuller, for longer 6
  • Burning your built-up reserves of fat and fuel, instead of carbs 7
  • Eliminating spikes and slumps in your blood sugar
1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598942/
2https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/added-sugar-in-the-diet/
3In Depth Look at Consumer Views of Protein & Carbohydrates – HealthFocus International; September 2014

Benefits of Eating Low Carb

How Carbs and Sugar Impact Your Body

See How Others Improved Their Lives by Switching to Low Carb

Low Carb Lifestyle – What You Need to Know

What is a Carb? (And How Does It Impact Your Blood Sugar?)

Some sugars are easy to spot—they’re the grams of sugar that you see on a nutrition facts panel which reflect naturally occurring sugars, plus added sugars if they’re present. Hidden sugars are what’s converted to blood sugar after you digest carbohydrates. 9 These are often rapidly digested carbs that don’t technically qualify as sugars, but because they’re broken down and absorbed so quickly, they act just like sugar in your body. 10 You don’t see them, but your body does.

A low carb lifestyle means consuming less than 100g net carbs per day.

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Evidence Based
PubMed, National Library of Medicine,
2015: Statistical review of US macronutrient consumption data, 1965-2011: Americans have been following dietary guidelines, coincident with the rise in obesity

Background: For almost 50 y, the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has measured the caloric consumption, and body heights and weights of Americans… General adherence to recommendations to reduce fat consumption has coincided with a substantial increase in obesity.

Evidence Based
Pubmed Central, National Library of Medicine,
2022: Trends in Diet Quality Among Older US Adults From 2001 to 2018

In this cross-sectional study of 10 837 adults aged 65 years or older in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the mean primary American Heart Association score had a significant 8% decrease. The proportion of older US adults with poor diet quality significantly increased from 51% to 61%, and the proportion with intermediate diet quality significantly decreased from 49% to 39%; the proportion of older US adults with ideal diet quality remained consistently low…

Further Reading
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2021: The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic

According to a commonly held view, the obesity pandemic is caused by overconsumption of modern, highly palatable, energy-dense processed foods, exacerbated by a sedentary lifestyle. However, obesity rates remain at historic highs, despite a persistent focus on eating less and moving more, as guided by the energy balance model (EBM)…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2021: Postprandial glycaemic dips predict appetite and energy intake in healthy individuals

Understanding how to modulate appetite in humans is key to developing successful weight loss interventions. Here, we showed that postprandial glucose dips 2-3 h after a meal are a better predictor of postprandial self-reported hunger and subsequent energy intake than peak glucose at 0-2 h and glucose incremental area under the blood glucose curve at 0-2 h.

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2021: International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review

Background: Reliable tables of glycemic indexes (GIs) and glycemic loads (GLs) are critical to research examining the relationship between glycemic qualities of carbohydrate in foods, diets, and health. In the 12 years since the last edition of the tables, a large amount of new data has become available…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2007: The effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and a low-fat diet on mood, hunger, and other self-reported symptoms

Objective: To investigate the effects of weight loss diets on mood, food cravings, and other self-reported symptoms…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2015: Comparison of low- and high-carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes management: a randomized trial

Background: Few well-controlled studies have comprehensively examined the effects of very-low-carbohydrate diets on type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Objective: We compared the effects of a very-low-carbohydrate, high-unsaturated fat, low-saturated fat (LC) diet with a high-carbohydrate, low-fat (HC) diet on glycemic control and cardiovascular disease risk factors in T2D after 52 wk…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine,
2021: Physiology, Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are one of the three macronutrients in the human diet, along with protein and fat. These molecules contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Carbohydrates play an important role in the human body. They act as an energy source, help control blood glucose and insulin metabolism, participate in cholesterol and triglyceride metabolism, and help with fermentation…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2020: Insights from a general practice service evaluation supporting a lower carbohydrate diet in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes: a secondary analysis of routine clinic data including HbA1c, weight and prescribing over 6 years

In a single general practice (GP) surgery in England, there was an eightfold increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three decades with 57 cases and 472 cases recorded in 1987 and 2018, respectively. This mirrors the growing burden of T2D on the health of populations round the world along with healthcare funding and provision more broadly…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, 2020: Insights from a general practice service evaluation supporting a lower carbohydrate diet in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes: a secondary analysis of routine clinic data including HbA1c, weight and prescribing over 6 years

In a single general practice (GP) surgery in England, there was an eightfold increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three decades with 57 cases and 472 cases recorded in 1987 and 2018, respectively. This mirrors the growing burden of T2D on the health of populations round the world along with healthcare funding and provision more broadly…