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Areas to Explore if Your Weight Loss Has Stalle
It’s perfectly natural for you to lose weight in fits and starts. Usually, if you stick with the program for a few more days—or even weeks, in some cases—weight loss will resume. You may just need some minor adjustments to get the scale moving in the right direction again. Here are some trouble-shooting questions that
Read MoreDoing Atkins at Work
The workplace is a dangerous zone—carb-wise. Here’s how to avoid the traps that lurk in most offices and other work environments. It’s your turn to bring the doughnuts for coffee break with your coworkers. It’s your boss’s birthday and everyone’s going out to a celebratory lunch. Its lunchtime and the only place nearby is a
Read MoreAn Interview with Jeff Volek,Ph.D.,R.D.
How Men Can Lose Weight While Building Muscle Through Exercise and Smart Nutrition Atkins interviewed Jeff Volek, PhD, RD, exercise and nutrition researcher, fitness expert and co-author of the recently released Men’s Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle and Get Healthy in 12 Weeks.<http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-TNT-Diet-Explosive/dp/1594866597>The book contends that, with the
Read MoreAtkins – Anytime – Anywhere!
Don’t worry. It’s simple to cope during the holidays, at the cafeteria, a dinner party or even the fanciest restaurant. On weekends, in restaurants, on the job, when you travel a lot—unless someone imprisons you in a candy store—you really have nothing to worry about. Of course, the program is not completely adaptable to dinner
Read MoreA Quick Guide to Monounsaturated Fats
These healthy oils, I am convinced, are responsible for a large part of our success. When new comers arrive to our discussions boards, we should all encourage them to get plenty of monounsaturated fats, especially from olives, avocadoes, macadamia nuts, and the extracted oils from these foods. As a group, monounsaturated are very stable. They’re
Read MoreVegetables, Atkins and You
Dear Friends, Hello and welcome to our new blog. It’s better, stronger—and hopefully easier for you to find, read, comment on and share. Having participated in the lively conversations on these boards for several years now, I’ve observed several topics that consistently emerge and require explanation. One common topic revolves around vegetables—especially how much of
Read MoreAreas to Explore if Your Weight Loss Has Stalled
It’s perfectly natural for you to lose weight in fits and starts. Usually, if you stick with the program for a few more days—or even weeks, in some cases—weight loss will resume. You may just need some minor adjustments to get the scale moving in the right direction again. Here are some trouble-shooting questions that
Read MoreFascinating medical research updates from Atkins Science Board members
We’ve always said it – science is the basis for our nutritional approach. In order to continue to educate people about the growing body of emerging research highlighting the health benefits associated with the principles of the Atkins Nutritional Approach, as well as the development of new products, Atkins created a multi-disciplinary Science Advisory Board
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