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The Atkins’ Diet
Developed by dr. robert atkins in the 1960s, the atkins diet achieved most of its fame during the last few years. Although highly controversial, it supposedly allows fat reduction but still allows you to eat many foods that are not normally available to dieters, eg beef and eggs.
With the atkins diet it is considered good to eat fat and protein, it is the carbs that must be avoided. Because of this, it is known as a low carbohydrate/high protein, weight loss program.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, amongst them, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
Unlike other diets, on the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat are still nutrient-rich unprocessed foods like meat, fish & poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter and olive oil.

The Atkins’ Diet Theory
The logic behind the famous atkins diet is that although our bodies use both fats and carbohydrates to transform into glucose, it is the carbohydrates that are burned first. If we injest less carbohydrates, our bodies will use up our fat and we will reduce weight. This is the bit that is divisive, not all experts concur and many think it can sometimes be unsafe.

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