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The basic premise of all low carb diet plans is this: EATING FAT does NOT make us fat! Rather, eating an over-abundance of processed carbohydrates (as in the normal American diet) is what causes us to
become obese and to suffer from all kinds of obesity-related diseases. While plans differ in the amount and type of carbs "allowed" - from as low as 20g per day in the "Induction Phase" of the Atkins
Diet to quite a bit more but only from very whole grain, low glycemic carbs in the SugarBusters Diet, to somewhere in between in the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet - keeping the amount of carbohydrates ea
ten lower than the average is the cornerstone of the low carb diet lifestyle.
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Tips for Low Carb Diet
-Adjusting your diet according to your results; understanding that a common definition of insanity (and/or stupidity) is to continue to do the same things over and over again
, while expecting a different result.
-Knowing that dieting is the worst way to lose fat and that exercise is the best way to lose fat (Burn The Fat, donˇ¦t starve the fat).
-Realizing that text
book definitions of ˇ§essentialˇ¨ can be taken out of context to promote a fad diet and that just because thereˇ¦s technically no ˇ§essentialˇ¨ carbohydrates (as there are essential amino acids and fatty a
cids) doesnˇ¦t mean carbohydrates arenˇ¦t ˇ§essentialˇ¨ in other respects.
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According to many experts, most overweight people became overweight due to a condition called hyperinsulinemia -- elevated insulin levels in the blood. When you eat a high-carbohydrate meal, the incre
ased blood sugar stimulates insulin production by the pancreas. It causes fat to be deposited, and it stimulates your brain to produce hunger signals. You eat more carbohydrates, and the cycle repeats
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-Restricting the intake of carbohydrates puts a halt to this vicious cycle. When you restrict your carbohydrate intake, your insulin levels decrease and the levels of glucagon increase. Glucagon
is a hormone that causes body fat to be burned and cholesterol to be removed from deposits in the arteries
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Follow the Rules!
-Induction is a very important phase of the Atkins plan. You should consult the Atkins book (Chapter 11) and read this portion very carefully before you begin to attempt the induc
tion process. There are 12 rules that you are to follow carefully during these first 14 days.
-Dr. Atkins warns "[Induction] must be followed precisely... If you do it at all incorrectly you may p
revent weight loss..." (Atkins, 122).
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Two new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest people who follow the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet advocated by Dr. Robert Atkins can indeed lose more weight than those on convention
al low-fat diets. But some researchers say the results do not account for the long-term health effects of a high-fat diet.
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If you severely restrict carbs, your body goes into a state of ketosis--burning fat with the subsequent production of ketone bodies in the bloodstream. The condition is called "ketonuria" if ketones a
re spilled out into the urine. The result of ketosis is that your blood sugar levels stabilize; your insulin level drops; and because your body is burning fat, you lose weight!
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