I'm rather surprised to see a weight loss forum supporting the Atkins diet. The (simplistic) theory behind it? By increasing high amounts of saturated fats and protein into your diet your body can effectively concentrate on burning down fat rather than targeting glucose (as our bodies naturally tend to do) leading to greater weight loss, the theory however had no empirical backing as to how this worked, but, it got results, good results, so the masses sucked it up thinking it wasn't
just another "fad diet". Oh my, why oh why...
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Atkins involves the restriction of carbohydrates in order to switch the body's metabolism from burning glucose to burning stored body fat. This process (called lipolysis) begins when the body enters the state of ketosis as a consequence of running out of excess carbohydrates to burn.
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^rofl
The diet works, that is true, but it has nothing to do with the fools insane ramblings and ideas, the answer is simply
wait for it! protein: it makes you feel fuller for longer. People on Atkins are told they can eat as much as they want until they feel full, but that's the thing; despite the grandiose claim of a diet that allows the pigs to gorge themselves at the trough, this was not happening. It was found that people on Atkins where eating LESS food than they where previously and also less to other dieters on low-fat diets, due to you guessed it: protein. This is the reason Atkins works, nothing more or less.
One of the biggest breakthroughs in the weight loss world, or common knowledge mixed with unscientific, unfounded ramblings to sound like something new?