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Dieting 101

The Atkins’ Diet
Developed by dr. robert atkins in the 1960s, the atkins diet is still widely used today. Although highly controversial, it allows fat reduction whilst encouraging you to eat foods that are normally considered bad for diets, for example fatty meat and hard cheese.
Unlike other diets, with the atkins diet you eat protein and fat, it is carbohydrates that need to be avoided. It is often referred to as a low carb/high protein, diet.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, including, but not limited to, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
On the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat continues to be nutrient-rich unprocessed foods such as meat, fish and poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter and olive oil.

The Atkins’ Diet Theory
The logic of the popular atkins diet is that although our bodies use both fats and carbohydrates to transform into glucose and energy, it is the carbohydrates that are burned primarily. If we take in fewer carbs, our bodies will deplete our stored fat and we will get rid of some fat. Although tempting, the atkins diet is divisive, not all doctors concur and some hold that it is sometimes hazardous.

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