Atkins Vs Paleo - What Works and What Doesn't

Recently I've seen a lot of websites and books make comparisons between the Paleo Diet and the Atkins diet. "It's like Atkins," they say, "but you can eat fruit!" I understand that a lot of people in our community are trying to convert non-believers from other diets. And I understand that having someone make the switch from Atkins to Paleo probably isn't much of a stretch. But in my opinion, trying to say the Atkins Diet is like the Paleo Diet doesn't do the Paleo Diet any favors and ignores the key concepts of the diet. It's really not like the Atkins Diet at all.

The Atkins Diet is NOT the Paleo Diet

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The Atkins Diet, for most people, is not a life-long endeavor. It's not a lifestyle. It's a way to cut weight by keeping your carbohydrates as close to zero as possible. I recently spoke to someone that mentioned she was going to do Atkins (again) because she was happy with her weight loss in Phase 1. And Phase 1 is understandably where most people fall off the Atkins wagon. Nobody wants to eat bacon and sausage every day of their life because eating a grape fruit would send their body out of ketosis and kill their weight loss.

Atkins Vs Paleo - What Works and What Doesn't

The Paleo Diet isn't based on counting carbohydrates, or grams of fat, or even calories. It is based on the principle that you should eat what our ancestors ate. And that's it. Our ancestors didn't eat pre-packaged, sodium-rich "meat products" -- they ate MEAT. While these meat-products are fine on the Atkins diet as long as they don't add to your carbohydrate count, someone following a paleolithic lifestyle would assuredly pass on them. Our ancestors didn't eat Whole Grain Wheat toast or "Heart-Healthy" Cheerios, they ate wholesome vegetables, fruits, and nuts.

There is no induction phase for the Paleo Diet.

You don't lose weight rapidly for 2 weeks and then plateau off.Weight loss with paleo happens all the time throughout the course of your life until you reach your ideal body weight. Eating natural foods, you will find it extremely hard to reach enough calories to gain any weight and the closer you are to your ideal weight, the less calories your body will need to consume, the less you will eat.

Foods that are calorie dense (such as meats) will keep you full for hours, making you eat less of them. Between meals you can snack on fruits and vegetables that provide essential nutrients and vitamins but won't pack on the calories. Some vegetables and most fruits are severely limited or banned on the Atkins diet because of their natural carbohydrates.

In my experience on the Atkins Diet, there was never really a time that I didn't crave cakes, or sweets, or fruit. I tried to block them out. I tried to get my mind off of them. But I always wanted them.

On the Paleo Diet you don't miss out on the sweet taste of fruit -- because you can eat as much of it as you want. You don't miss eating cakes because you can make your own cakes without wheat flour. Pizza? You can eat that, too, as long as you make it yourself using natural ingredients. The best part of Paleo is the community. If you have a craving for something, you can be sure that someone else has made a paleo variation of it and posted it on the internet.

In the first four months after starting the Paleolithic Diet, I had lost over 40lbs and my wife had lost over 50lbs, eating delicious food that we wanted to eat.

The Paleo Diet is for Designed for Your Health

While the Atkins diet may be healthier for you than eating a bag of Doritos, you're still loading your body with unnatural preservatives, sodium, and other industrial garbage while never really getting the essential nutrients your body needs to thrive.

There is anecdotal evidence that the Paleo Diet treats or can even cure illnesses like cancer, Rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and adult onset (Type 2) diabetes.

In my own case, the Paleo Diet cured me of GERD and allowed me to stop taking all of my prescribed medications.

Conclusion

As you can see, the Paleo Diet and the Atkins Diet are two diametrically opposed diets. They may be similar in that they both condone eating meat, but that's really where the similarities end, as each diet comes to that conclusion through vastly different philosophies. Based on my own experiences with both diets, I choose the Paleo Diet for Life.

Atkins Vs Paleo - What Works and What Doesn't

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Atkins Diet - Protein Based and Better For Diabetics

The following is an article I wrote for a now defunct local paper that I think does a fairer job of describing Atkins' Diet than much of what I have read.

Dr. Atkins has left the building. We have lost our high fat guru, so available as a foil for those tofu munching, arugula crunching, low-fat health fanatics. Who will champion the cause for the all-you-can-eat lard smorgasbord now? Fear not, his legacy lives on, and you can still consume an entire chocolate cheesecake in front of your friends while mumbling something about doing Atkins.

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While many will seek to wrap Dr. Atkins into a neat little package, medical research does not fully vindicate him or fully condemn him. As the different eulogies roll out, I have seen several already that misconstrue his diet and then half-heartedly defend it. Sympathy for his passing does not make Dr. Atkins right, just as his dying does not prove him wrong (slipping on the ice while getting exercise gives him credibility. He lived his recommendations). I am not an Atkins' follower, but I am both a Naturopathic Doctor and a medical researcher, with a solid grounding in nutrition and biochemistry. My comments are based chiefly on the New Diet book, (Dr.Atkins' New Diet Revolution, 2002) with a few comments on Atkins For Life.

Atkins Diet - Protein Based and Better For Diabetics

Let me be clear about who might benefit from Atkins' Diet. Anyone who has given him or herself over to apathy and morbid obesity. Actively involving yourself in your food choices and making conscious choices is always better than despair. The newest information we have is that being really large affects your quantity of life as well as your quality of life. Any readers who think this describes them should stop reading this and go pick up whatever health book looks the least bit interesting.

The hype surrounding Atkins diet far exceeds the reality, but the hype was of Dr. Atkins own doing. In the ads for New Diet, Dr. Atkins promises that you can eat all the delicious meals you love, never count calories, and reduce your risk factors for chronic fatigue, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Its not just weight loss, it is total wellness, and you too can be one of the lucky Atkins flock!

Dr. Atkins ability to sell a high protein/high fat diet has made him a cult figure, and he encourages this by referring to his diet as "doing Atkins." Atkins didn't "invent" his diet. A Banting diet from 1863 pushed high fat and protein. In the 1920's uncontrolled epileptics were put on a ketogenic (60% fat) diet, a practice that is once again popular in medical circles. More recently, a horde of high protein diets have poured onto the bookstore shelves. Atkins was the beginning of this horde, having tried a low carbohydrate diet himself in 1963. His New Diet book dates from 1992, but he has been peddling the same ideas since 1972 (the first 1972 "revolution" sold 10 million copies).

While it is true that Dr. Atkins' diet does not require calorie counting, Dr. Atkins does not mention in his introduction that instead of counting calories with a calorie counter you now must count carbohydrates with a carbohydrate counter. And these arent normal carbohydrates, they are an Atkins creation called net carbs, where you take total carbohydrates and subtract out the fiber, so be prepared with a calculator.

Supposedly people can eat as much fat as they want, but at the beginning of the diet part of New Diet Dr. Atkins encourages people to: "feel satisfied but not stuffed." (p. 123). It is clear that Dr. Atkins is aiming for a ketogenic fat burning state, which he tries to call lipolysis instead of ketosis, and to pretend that it is a separate state from that of advanced diabetics (who enter ketosis because their body cells can no longer use glucose). In fact, it is the same ketosis (no fair inventing new body processes) but people are much less likely to go into ketoacidosis (out of control ketosis) than diabetics.

So the Atkins Diet is all hype? Not at all. The Atkins weight loss plan is an effective way to lose weight. Under the Atkins diet, you will immediately lose ten to fifteen pounds of water weight as the liver loses all its stored glucose. Then you will switch to ketotic fat burning, with protein providing some glucose inefficiently. When protein is burned for fuel by the body, only 55% converts to energy, the rest converts to heat. Add to that the two hormones that slow down your urge to eat whenever high quantities of fat are present, and you have a recipe for rapid weight loss. The trouble is that when you go off Atkins you'll gain it back. He is quite clear about that, which is why it is so important for Atkins to defend his diet plan as a plan for life, not short term weight loss.

But to defend his diet for life, Atkins makes some claims he can't back up. Dr. Atkins says that: "low-fat fanatics have claimed that a high-protein diet would impair kidney function. Yet, I have never seen or heard a single accuser provide a single example of a single case in which that happened." (New Diet, p.xiii). This is where he really loses me. As a medical researcher, it should be impossible to miss the evidence to the contrary. Consider the following U.S. study result: "Consumption of an LCHP (Low-carbohydrate high-protein) diet for 6 weeks delivers a marked acid load to the kidney, increases the risk for stone formation, decreases estimated calcium balance, and may increase the risk for bone loss. Copyright 2002 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc." (Am J Kidney Dis 2002 Aug;40(2):265-74) In a group of Argentinian epileptic children placed on a ketogenic (60% fat) diet:

"The side effects and complications during admission were delay in onset of the ketotic state (10.5%), intolerance of the rapid onset of ketosis (21%), hypoglycemia (47.37%), refusal to drink fluids (15.79%), lack of appetite (15.79%), and nausea and vomiting (26.31%). During treatment the serum cholesterol rose in 64.7% of the children, 40.91% were constipated, 31.82% had periods of anorexia, symptomatic metabolic acidosis occurred during intercurrent infections in 9.09%, renal calculi in 9.09%, carnitine insufficiency in 9.09% and severe complications which led to hospital admission in 21.05%." (Rev Neurol 2001 Nov 16-30;33(10):909-15)

While these children represent the far end of the spectrum for side effects, the high-fat/ high protein approach to diet is far from risk free.

At this point, if the Atkins aficionados are still reading, they are prepared to cite chapter and verse, study after study to support Atkins. While the studies in the back of Atkins' books are valid studies, he has cherry picked the supporting studies from among others less supportive. Atkins has, for example, a study that says: "Phosphorus and protein intakes do not contribute to the wide variability in calcium absorption efficiency. (Am J Clin Nutr 2000 Sep;72(3):758-61) The study does say that, but the author was doing a metabolic analysis of nuns over a twenty year period. A much more specific study that Atkins ignores actually measured calcium urine after protein and phosphorus ingestion in young men and found that: "Simultaneous increases in protein and phosphorus intakes caused a 28% increase in urinary calcium (excretion) whereas the increase in protein intake alone caused a 115% increase (in calcium excretion)." (J Nutr 1981 Mar;111(3): 553-62) When studies conflict, selecting the ones that just support our point of view is not good science.

In some cases, Atkins is a viable option despite the risks. Cherry picked or not, Atkins does have studies that support his diet plan. In particular, diabetics and pre-diabetics with sugar imbalances do better on Atkins than on carbohydrates. Morbidly obese and obese people who have not been successful on low-fat diets will lose weight on Atkins total diet regime (diet and exercise). Losing a significant amount of weight will, as a recent Duke University study shows, lower cholesterol and other lipid markers despite high fat intake. And six month studies of people on Atkins show that, while the kidney changes with high quantities of protein, it was not as severe as the critics had thought. Atkins puts in the beginning of his book that people with severe kidney disease should not do Atkins, so on some level he realized the risks.

Despite Dr. Atkins protestations to the contrary, it is also possible to lose weight on high carbohydrate, restricted calorie diets, particularly if those diets are full of complex carbohydrates instead of simple ones (think whole wheat and brown rice instead of takeout and white bread). Nowhere in Dr. Atkins' book was there any mention of the dietary habits of the rest of the world, where high carbohydrates are often a necessity, and obesity is not rampant. Given a choice, low fat may be safer, and long term studies have shown that consistent replacement of high fat snacks with low fat snacks (day-glow chips with air popped popcorn) gives the most consistent long-term weight loss.

For the vast majority of people, those who do not yet require a full two airplane seats but who still cringe at the sight of a scale or a BMI index, Atkins provides some interesting insights, but is not the best route to a magazine cover figure (better invest in a good airbrush and some digital retouching).

But while I may not admire the diet, I admire the man. Dr. Atkins withstood an amazing barrage of criticism over the years, and continued to change his dietary recommendations to take into account new information.

In his newest book, Atkins for Life, Atkins has backpedaled so far from the "all the fat you can eat" idea he is practically in the same dietary range as Andrew Weil and the Harvard Diet. He discusses bad fats and good fats, transfats and the evils of barbecuing. When Dr. Atkins started into the joys of nuts and berries, I checked the front of the book again, thinking I had mistakenly switched to a raw foods book or a vegan cookbook. I don't know if I could recommend Atkins for Life for life, but it definitely leaves the New Diet Revolution in the dust. Had he lived a few more years, Dr. Atkins would have doubtless published the New Improved Diet Revolution, which would have been still closer to the mark. Goodbye, Dr. Atkins, you will be missed.

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The Lowdown - Is Atkins Safe?

The Atkins' Diet has been around since the 70s and one of the most common concerns heard is this: is Atkins safe?

If one were to ask the American Heart Association, the answer is a resounding NO. They would probably go on to state that the Atkins diet, given the little concern it has for fat and the focus on protein, is a recipe for a heart attack. In fact, they would probably point to the heart attack suffered by Dr. Atkins in 2002, as a sign that the diet was indeed unsafe. However Dr. Atkins defended the diet saying that the cause was, in fact, an infection. Whether this was true or not is debatable and can no longer be disputed since Dr. Atkins passed away the following year due to injuries from a fall.

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It has been nearly 40 years since the Atkins diet came around and the fact remains that there is actually no conclusive evidence that can give a definite answer to the is Atkins safe question once and for all. On the other hand, there is no conclusive evidence that says that it is not safe either. In other words, the jury is still very much out regarding this matter.

The Lowdown - Is Atkins Safe?

This does not imply that there were not too many studies done because there were in fact numerous studies with several still ongoing today. The results of the different studies are quite enlightening and they may surprise you.

For instance, in 2003, research carried out at the University of Pennsylvania showed that the Atkins diet can reduce the risk of heart disease! The research showed that those on the Atkins diet raised their HDL or good cholesterol by 11%, compared to 1.6% for low fat diets.

Then in May 2004, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that Atkins dieters had the lowest levels of triglycerides which can trigger heart disease and it also mirrored the results of the previous study regarding higher HDL levels.

Another study in 2007 showed that in a test involving three other diets, namely Zone, LEARN and Ornish, the Atkins diet actually produced the most weight loss!

What these studies did was to throw a shadow of doubt on the "protein and saturated fat is bad for you" school of thought. After all, had these beliefs been true, then the critical blood chemistry numbers of the people on the Atkins diet should be off the charts in a negative sense as far as cholesterol and triglycerides are concerned. But they have been shown to be consistently at the more positive part of the charts and aside from this, the last study proved its efficacy as far as weight loss was concerned.

So, based on the foregoing, is Atkins safe? We cannot speak authoritatively since there is no clear study yet that is conclusive but we can, at the very least, say MAYBE or MAYBE NOT. Look at the numbers and let them guide you to decide for yourself, is Atkins safe for you or not?

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The Lowdown - Is Atkins Safe?

Original Atkins Diet

The Atkins Diet has been around for over 30 years now, since being constructed by Dr. Robert Atkins. The premise of this diet is low carbohydrates, which the body turns to sugar. By lowering the carbohydrates, it forces the body to burn the existing fat cells, and many Atkins Diet followers have reported quick and lasting weight losses. This diet, offers some things that all dieters love- meat, eggs, cheese, butter and cream. The critics of this diet don't like the fact it is based on high-fat, high-protein, although research has shown that it can lower cholesterol and triglyceride counts.

It starts with the Induction phase, which consists of limiting the carbohydrates to 20mg per day, achieved mainly through cutting out all breads, pastas, potatoes and starches, including all sweets. This phase normally lasts for 14 days, although some dieters personally decide to extend this phase to lose the weight quicker. While you are allowed to eat all the red meat you want, many of the dieters use chicken and fish, and low calorie methods of cooking, to combine it into a low carb/low calorie combination for quicker weight gains. The diet encourages vitamins through salads and low carb vegetables, which is mainly everything but potatoes, corn, peas and dried beans and discourages fruits, as these contain natural sugars.

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The next phase is the Ongoing Weight Loss phase where you add an additional 25mg per day. This allows a little more freedom as you can chose how you use your 45 mg of carbohydrates. Not only does the website, atkins.com offer carb counts, but it is a large portion of the book, as well. By the time you are at this phase, you already have memorized carbs in many items, and learn to look at every package for serving, calorie and carbs.

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The next phase is the pre-maintenance phase, which is started about 5-10 pounds before your weight goal is attained. You can add 10mg more as you head toward your goal, and start re-introducing some carbs that were previously forbidden, with monitoring that you don't go back to your old eating habits. By this time, so many of the Atkins dieters have made the meat, eggs, cheese, butter and their favorite vegetables a mainstay that it has become habit and they are true proponents of the plan.

Once you hit your weight goal, you are at the ACE phase, (Atkins Carbohydrate Equilibrium), where you will need to determine the proper amount of carbs for your weight and activity level, at the Maintenance level. Dr. Atkins books and website, give you the guidelines necessary to maintain.

In conclusion:
The Atkins Diet offers the dieter a wide range of freedom, with steaks and buttered vegetables, and of course, encourages exercise. Many dieters on Atkins have lost weight without exercise and Atkins sells all sorts of pre-packaged food, if you desire, and sell menus and recipes on eDiet to make using your own. You need to return to a well-balanced diet once you have attained your weight loss, but this can be a very easy diet to stick to for many dieters.

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The Good and the Bad of the Atkins Diet

Here is a break down of the Atkins diet, via three good points to the Atkins diet and three bad points of the Atkins diet.

The Atkins diet three good points.

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1. The Atkins diet burns fat. When you begin the Atkins diet your body is switching from burning carbs for energy to burning ketones which come from fat for energy. The Atkins diet is designed to do this so your body becomes a fat burning machine.

The Good and the Bad of the Atkins Diet

Conventional diets use the concept of eat fewer calories than you use in a day which causes your body to burn fat reserves. The Atkins diet approach burns fat quicker because you take in less carbs and your body is forced into burning ketones.

2. You are not hungry on the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet has you eating your main source of protein from meats at each meal. By utilizing meat as your main source of protein your body feels full longer. Meat takes longer to digest which keeps you feeling full longer.

3. The Atkins diet has health benefits. In studies the Atkins diet has been shown in some people to reduce cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. Also the Atkins diet may help to relieve the symptoms of acid reflux, diabetes and sleep apnea.

The Atkins diet three bad points.

1. The Atkins diet burns fat fast. Toxins that have built up in your body and stored in fat cells may be burned off too fast when you first begin the Atkins diet.

2. You may feel tired on the Atkins diet. When your body switches its fuel source from carbs to ketones in the first few days of the Atkins diet you may feel some form of fatigue. The tired feeling should begin to settle out as your body begins to adjust to the Atkins diet.

3. You eat fewer vegetables on the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet promotes more meat and fewer vegetables. Vegetables are an important source of minerals, fiber and calcium. When your body shifts to the Atkins diet you may suffer a loss in vegetable intake.

After you read the three good points of the Atkins diet and the three bad points of the Atkins diet it is up to you and your doctor to decide if the Atkins diet is the best choice for you.

The Good and the Bad of the Atkins Diet

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Free Copy of the Atkins Diet Plan

For most of my life I have been searching for the right diet. You name it and I have tried it, Weight Watchers, Body for Life, Slimfast just to name a few. I even tried Atkins and other low carb diets without any significant weight loss.

Fortunately I persevered and tried again and again because this was one of my major life goals. This was because with each diet I was gaining more weight afterwords. So the need was becoming much more acute because of the health risks that were very serious.

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With each diet failure I felt that I had learned something that was unique about that particular diet. This made me realize that I should really become an avid student of diets to learn if there was something I was doing wrong. So I kept reading about the success others had achieved with the Atkins diet and I could see there must be a missing link.

Free Copy of the Atkins Diet Plan

That is when I found out that the Atkins diet was not about just eating tons of cheese and hot dogs, but was rather a well though out diet plan that I needed to get a copy of. So I borrowed the book from my public library and read it from cover to cover. This led me to the realization that I needed to follow the Atkins diet plan as it was exactly in the book.

What happened was after I got serious about the Atkins diet I lost a bunch of weight. Pretty soon I was free of over thirty pounds!

To make sure that I would be very successful I summarized all the details and read it over every week to make sure that I was doing everything right. If you would like a copy of this summary please check out http://www.low-carb-counter.com for a free copy of the Atkins diet plan.

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How To Follow The Atkins Diet Successfully

Sometimes it seems like the more diet plans you check out, the more confusing it gets. One program tells you to avoid fat, the next one that fat is okay as long as you avoid carbohydrates, and it goes on. It can get to the point where you wonder whether it's okay to eat anything at all! But all diet plans have one thing in common - you need to have some discipline and stick to the guidelines.

This is certainly true of the Atkins Diet. It is based on the concept that you need to eat fewer carbohydrates in order to lose weight. The idea is that cutting down on carbs forces your body to burn fat rather than carbs, and so you lose weight. It's a progressive diet, starting out with a minimal amount of carbohydrates, and building up the amount of carbs you can eat as you achieve your weight goals. If you don't stick to the rules, chances are you won't lose weight.

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One big mistake that people make with the Atkins Diet is focusing solely on the amount of carbohydrates they eat, and that's all. In fact, although the Atkins Diet doesn't stop you eating fat, it's still going to be more beneficial if you avoid eating fatty foods as much as possible. Stick to leaner cuts of meat and fish, and only eat small servings of each. Many nutritionists now believe it's actually better for you to eat up to 6 small meals spaced throughout the day, rather than 3 big meals.

How To Follow The Atkins Diet Successfully

Another important element in weight loss is exercise. Yes, I know you were probably hoping that those claims that you can lose weight in your sleep were true, but forget it. Apart from anything else, if you lose a lot of weight using the Atkins Diet and don't exercise at the same time, you'll end up looking out of shape because you've lost muscle as well as fat. You need to maintain your muscle tone, particularly if you're losing more than a few pounds.

The Atkins Diet will also work more successfully if you drink a lot of water. It's suggested that the average adult should drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. You need to spread these out over the whole day, and if you switch to eating 6 small meals a day, you can simply drink a glass of water with each one to relieve the boredom! Plus drinking lots of water helps the body to digest your food, and flushes toxins from your system.

Following the dietary guidelines of the Atkins Diet is certainly important if you want to be successful, but by following these simple guidelines you can also look great and lose weight more quickly.

How To Follow The Atkins Diet Successfully

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Are You Ready to Turbo Charge Your Atkins Diet?

Lose up to 16 pounds a week by combing the highly effective Atkins diet and the super healthy Mediterranean diet. This plan is so incredibly powerful that you can lose five, ten and even up to 16 pounds in a single week!

On average, dieters using the Mediterranean-Atkins diet plan lost more than 30 pounds in 12 weeks. My first seven weeks following this plan I lost 27 pounds and my room mate lost 22. There was also a dramatic improvement in my blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure. My doctor was extremely pleased with my readings.

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The plan is like a Mediterranean mini-feast. Think fish with lemon and herbs, fresh green drizzled with olive oil, and even a lovely glass of red wine! Seriously here, I am not joking.

Are You Ready to Turbo Charge Your Atkins Diet?

The major difference between the old approach and the new one is that every other day your main protein will be fish. However the other days you can still have unrestricted and unlimited protein rather it is from eggs, chicken, beef and etc.

You will also refrain from pre-packaged low-carb foods and instead you will focus on getting 30 grams of carbs a day from nutrient-packed vegetables. Olive oil will be your main source of fat. And you can also have the option of savoring up to two small glasses of wine a day.

Simply put the Atkins and Mediterranean diets better together than they do on their own. By following the subsequent turbo secrets you too can have very similar results.

The best protein for weight loss is fish. Of course any diet that cuts down significantly on carbs and boosts protein will flip switches in the body that slash hunger while increasing metabolism and speed up the fat burning. But of all the protein choices, fish has the most fat-fighting power. Studies show that nutrients in fish not only make our anti-hunger hormones work better, they also help spark fat so flab burns faster.

The best fat for weight loss is olive oil. Olive oil is not only good for your heart, studies show it also dampens the appetite, curbs cravings and helps speed up the metabolism. Simply put if you replace unhealthy fats with olive oil you are going to see the biggest difference in your scale.

By getting your carbohydrates from vegetables instead of pre-packaged low-carb foods you can get special fat-blasting antioxidants. For starters, by eliminating fake sweeteners that actually stimulates the appetite you will be loading up on fat fighting super nutrients especially if you decide to drink red wine while participating in the Mediterranean-Atkins diet plan. Red wine contains a super antioxidant called resveratrol which is one of the most studied nutrients in the world today. In addition to a ton of other incredibly healthy benefits it also helps lower blood sugar and appears to help with low calorie diets as well. In other words, drinking red wine can actually cause weight loss.

So if you are a huge fan of low-carb diets like I am but you also like to enjoy a glass of wine here and there then this diet is for you. Of course that is in addition to the incredible weight loss you can experience as well.

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Atkins Advantage Shakes - Perfect For the Atkins Diet As Meal Replacement Drinks

The Atkins diet is a low-carb diet that has been proven throughout the years for its ability to get people to lose weight. One of the best options to use for this diet are meal replacement drinks but it can be tough to find good ones that fit the diet's guidelines. Fortunately Atkins Advantage has made a series of Atkins diet drinks. This is the line of Atkins Advantage shakes.

Atkins Advantage shakes are made by the Atkins Advantage group. This group is one that is well on top of the field of Atkins diet products and studies. Quality is the main consideration of the group in that it works to make products that are not only delicious but also healthy for the diet.

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It is easy to mix a shake. The material that is used is properly shaken before drinking and is chilled properly. The user just opens after than and drinks. It is easy to enjoy this product thanks to its ease of handling.

Atkins Advantage Shakes - Perfect For the Atkins Diet As Meal Replacement Drinks

The contents of these shakes are low in fat. Each can contains no grams of trans fat. This is guaranteed by Atkins Advantage for quality and health.

There are all sorts of different shakes in a variety of flavors from Atkins Advantage. Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors are available at various drugstores and health stores.

Each can of Atkins Advantage shakes contain only 160 calories and only one gram of sugar. It is easy to drink without the results of a crash later in the day like with some energy drinks.

All sorts of vitamins and minerals are included in these Atkins diet drinks. All sorts of B vitamins are featured for energy and for building muscles. Vitamins A and C are featured for immune system protection. Fifteen grams of protein are used in each shake as well.

The best thing about these meal replacement drinks is that they work to follow Atkins diet guidelines. Each can contains only four grams of carbohydrates, which is a mere one percent of one's daily recommended value. According to the Net Atkins Count only one gram will impact blood sugar, thus making it easier to lose or maintain one's weight.

It should be noted that while these Atkins diet drinks contain valuable materials it is not for everyone. These drinks do contain milk and soy ingredients. As a result it is not recommended for those with allergies to these materials. Some sulfites are included in these shakes too.

Atkins Advantage shakes are among the best meal replacement drinks to use. These drinks feature all sorts of important nutrients. These are also drinks that are perfect for the Atkins diet thanks to its low carb content and impact.

Atkins Advantage Shakes - Perfect For the Atkins Diet As Meal Replacement Drinks

Atkins Advantage shakes are among the best meal replacement drinks to use. These drinks feature all sorts of important nutrients. These are also drinks that are perfect for the Atkins diet thanks to its low carb content and impact. Find out more tips on meal replacement drinks at http://mealreplacementdrinks.faq-guide.com