To: an amused spectator
An Atkins diet guide
Foods typically allowed on the Atkins high-fat, low-carb diet:
- Steak
- Bacon (limited to two slices)
- Pork chops
- Fish
- Lamb
- Chicken
- Eggs
- Cheese (limited to 3 ounces)
- Regular high-fat salad dressings
- Olive oil and other vegetable oils
- Butter
- Two to three cups of vegetables such as lettuces (endive, radicchio), asparagus, snow peas, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower and peppers
- Beverages such as club soda, cream (limit to two to three tablespoons a day), decaffeinated coffee or tea
- Fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, melons and peaches
Foods limited on the Atkins diet:
- Sweets (candy, cake, cookies)
- Potatoes
- Rice
- Pasta
- Cereals
- Crackers
- Breads (whole grain, French)
- Some vegetables such as carrots, peas and corn
- Fruits such as bananas, apples, raisins, figs and papayas
Here's a sample daily menu for the induction phase of the Atkins diet:
Breakfast
Two hard-boiled eggs
Smoked salmon and cheese roll-ups
Lunch
Homemade chicken soup
Dinner
Broiled steak
Oven-fried turnips
Arugula and Boston lettuce salad
Snack
Turkey, Romaine lettuce, mayonnaise roll-up
Source: Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Robert C. Atkins
To: an amused spectator
I lost 22 pounds in three months on a modified Atkins diet, eating steak practically every day. It works because it recognizes the basic nature of human metabolism. The dietary crap we hear from the media and medical community is just that-- crap.
However, I really really miss bread, rice, chocolate... damn!
37 posted on
08/07/2002 10:21:11 AM PDT by
Hamza01
To: an amused spectator
Another good book on this subject is "Protein Power" by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M. D. To paraphrase, their program reduces cholesterol rapidly, reverses or significantly improves adult onset(type II) diabetes, and drops elevated blood pressure like a rock.
They document low carbohydrate diets as early as 1825.
The key to fighting obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes is controlling insulin.
56 posted on
08/07/2002 3:21:34 PM PDT by
alarmguy
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