Atkins Weight Loss Diets – Traditionalists Still Recommend Low Fat Diet

Atkins weight loss diets are extremely popular. The theory that a low carb high protein diet plan will result in weight loss has proved popular with the masses, although Doctors and other health professionals continue to discourage followers from following the diet as it has been named ‘potentially dangerous’ in the past.

Despite Atkin weight loss diets working, the plan continues to receive negative critical acclaim, even though recent research has now been released that confirms Dr. Atkins theory that a low carb and high protein diet plan actually does help a person lose weight. In fact, many lose more weight on diets like these than on a conventional ‘low fat high carbohydrate’ diet plan.

The reason the Atkins diet has become a target for negative press is largely due to its strict low carbohydrate intake, as the induction stage of the diet limits the intake of carbs to just twenty grams per day for a couple of weeks. The next three stages guide the follower through to the final part, where the increased carbs is set at a limit of sixty grams per day although professionals claim that the body needs 130 grams per day in order for the central nervous system to work effectively.

Dr. Atkins, who passed on recently, researched the theory for thirty years before he released his findings to the public in four best selling books in the 1970’s.

Those that have followed the diet over the years have lost a mass of weight and their girth has decreased dramatically, as has their depression, headaches and fatigue. This, and the huge loss of weight on the diet have made it popular, yet professionals continue to claim it is potentially harmful.

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