‘Atkins diet’

Medicine “natural”: the Atkins diet

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The Atkins diet is famous for the dramatic decrease of sugars. This plan must be composed almost entirely of protein and fat.

The Atkins diet is to eat unlimited meat, eggs, fish, butter during the first two weeks, then gradually reintroduce sugar in small quantities. The consumption of sugar (preferably carbohydrate) must remain limited lifetime.


According to the theory of Dr. Atkins, when the body receives more carbohydrates, it uses fat as evidenced by the increased excretion of ketones, breakdown products of fats, which would cause of weight loss.

To its detractors it is quickly monotonous diet, lack of variety in food, and weight loss is the result of a self-limiting food intake.

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Some mistakes to avoid to have defined muscles (II)

Friday, January 15th, 2010

build muscleDo not eat most carbohydrates
The key to everything is in balance, the regimes which severely restrict carbohydrates as the Atkins diet or the ketogenic diet can yield good results and accelerate the elimination of adipose tissue. But if such a reduction in carbohydrates is excessive and is taken to limit the effects will be more negative than positive.

On the one hand when the absence of total carbohydrates is a great risk that the body relies on the muscle tissue for energy, resulting in muscle destruction. Also, when forces the body to get energy from fat alone produced some metabolic waste called ketones that hinder the removal of fat.

Finally, if reduced to almost nothing carbohydrate cravings they feel and the sweet and has a high probability of yielding to the need to fall in periods of bingeing.

The solution is to reduce simple carbohydrates and use that instead of gaining weight fibrous help maintain the ideal weight, for example, vegetables, salads, vegetables and a small amount of vegetables and whole grains such as oatmeal.

The amount of these products in your diet will depend both on your physical constitution by your level of activity as an indication can be worth two salads and a bowl of oatmeal or vegetables a day, but a nutritionist who will be the best indications respect.

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