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How Atkins 40® Works and the Science Behind It
Carbs and fat are your body’s two sources of fuel. A low-fat diet is high in carbs, so when you eat more carbs than your body needs it stores them as fat. Atkins is an effective diet that transforms your metabolism from one that stores fat into one that burns fat. High-carbohydrate diets raise blood Read More
The Atkins Low-Carb Pre-Wedding Diet Plan
If you’re a bride-to-be, a pre-wedding diet may a very important part of your pre-wedding preparation. Figuring out where to start can be stressful, though—especially when you’re busy with wedding planning! Luckily, Atkins has easy tips to help you get started on a healthy low-carb wedding diet plan that can help you look and feel Read More
The Atkins Diet: Getting Started, Staying Focused
The Atkins Diet is an organized program for achieving permanent weight control through the intelligent consumption of carbohydrates. And there’s more than weight loss at stake here: what really matters is your overall health and well being. In fact, many people who don’t need to lose weight choose to follow the Atkins because of all Read More
What are Good Fats?
Fat in general, is one of the three classes of foods called macronutrients (the others are protein and carbohydrates). All foods containing fat – even pure oils – contain a mixture of three kinds of fat – saturated, polyunsaturated and monosaturated. Learn more about how fat is the secret weapon to weight loss. 5 Frequently Read More
What Are Good Carbs?
Understanding Carb Overloading Carbohydrates are one of three classes of food called macronutrients (the other two are fats and protein). The term “carbohydrate” is a big umbrella, including everything from table sugar to cauliflower. The basic unit of a carbohydrate is a monosaccharide or simple sugar (such as glucose or fructose), but these simple sugars Read More
Why Professional Athletes Choose Low Carb Diets
While dieting can focus on losing weight, this doesn’t have to be the only goal. Having a healthy diet is essential to living a healthy lifestyle and keeping your body in top physical shape. No one understands this better than professional athletes, which is why so many follow strict diets. Professional athletes rely on their Read More
Reach Your Goal by Climbing the Carb Ladder
The Carbohydrate LadderAs you move beyond Phase 1, Induction, the carb ladder assists you in two ways. First, it provides a logical progression with which to add carbohydrate foods once you move beyond the basic foods you can consume in Induction. Secondly, it prioritizes their amount and frequency. On the lower rungs are the foods Read More
Spring Clean Your Kitchen: Low-carb tips for an Atkins-friendly kitchen
It may not seem like it quite yet, but spring is right around the corner—and before you know it, swimsuit season will be here. Now is the perfect time to spring clean your kitchen—purge your pantry and your refrigerator of any high-carb packaged foods and stock up on all the low-carb foods you need to Read More
Eat Out Without Blowing It
If you’re like many people, you eat out a lot. According to the USDA, 57 percent of Americans eat at least one meal or snack away from home every day. Whether it’s at lunch with your work buddies, Friday-night outings with the kids or dinner with friends and family, your success on Atkins will be Read More
Your Ally, the Atkins Edge
One of the first things that people new to Atkins notice after the first few days is their newfound ability to pass on sweets and starchy snack foods. This is not just a matter of psyching yourself up to the task, but an actual diminishment in appetite that occurs a week or so after you Read More