Product Description

The Dr Atkins book which makes it really easy for those revolutionizing their weight and their health with the programme. It answers all your questions and dispells the myths. This 2 week starter plan -- which includes helpful food lists and recipes -- is everyone's essential for the new year. The book answers the 100 most frequently asked questions and takes the reader step by step through the Atkins nutritional programme. It provides a 4 phase plan which allows 3 cups of healthy low carb veggies a day at the start, moving up to the final phase -- Lifetime Maintenance -- where most people can eat every kind of vegetable. Good and bad fats are explained too so that people can choose the healthy way to incorporate the essential fats in their diet. The book also shows how to incorporate healthy activity and exercise into your week -- dispelling the myth that Atkins encourages people to lose weight without taking exercise. It explains how the Atkins programme helps to decrease your risk of heart disease, prevent and control type 2 diabetes, lowers blood pressure, improves symptoms of PCOS, headaches, sinus problems, abdominal pains, acid reflux, asthma, eczema, and acne. It also explains many of the myths surrounding Atkins. ie. that ketosis -- where the body burns fat and not glucose -- is perfectly safe and that most people doing Atkins see a drop in the LDL cholesterol. Also there is no study which shows that the high protein diet is dangerous for the kidneys or that eating so much protein leaches calcium from your bones and interferes with calcium absorption.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41614 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

From the Publisher
The book answers the 100 most frequently asked questions and takes the reader step by step through the Atkins nutritional programme. It provides a 4 phase plan which allows 3 cups of healthy low carb veggies a day at the start, moving up to the final phase – Lifetime Maintenance – where most people can eat every kind of vegetable. Good and bad fats are explained too so that people can choose the healthy way to incorporate the essential fats in their diet.

The book also shows how to incorporate healthy activity and exercise into your week – dispelling the myth that Atkins encourages people to lose weight without taking exercise. It explains how the Atkins programme helps to decrease your risk of heart disease, prevent and control type 2 diabetes, lowers blood pressure, improves symptoms of PCOS, headaches, sinus problems, abdominal pains, acid reflux, asthma, eczema, and acne.
It also explains many of the myths surrounding Atkins. ie. that ketosis – where the body burns fat and not glucose – is perfectly safe and that most people doing Atkins see a drop in the LDL cholesterol. Also there is no study which shows that the high protein diet is dangerous for the kidneys or that eating so much protein leaches calcium from your bones and interferes with calcium absorption.

About the Author
The late Dr Robert Atkins was the founder and medical director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City. His books, including Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution and Dr Atkins for Life have been worldwide bestsellers, selling over 10 million copies.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
I think this diet is absolutly amazing..

I suffer with PCOS and have always had trouble with my weight. When I discovered this I managed to lose 6 stone in 8 months....I'm still big and continuing to lose weight...but it makes you so confident...doesn't make you hungry...gives you so much energy..you can eat as much as you want...its just truely amazing...

I've never suffered any health problems...my blood pressure is back to normal and I just cant believe how much this diets improved my ways of life..

I've never tried any other diet after this one... 5 stars to Atkins..

GEORGIANAS review
The principle problem with this book is that it dosent really answer any of the questions that arent already answered in the main book

If you havent bough the main book then this is a great cheap way of finding all you need to know about the diet without having to plough through the main book

But if you want additional advice which Im siure moist buyers wiull want then this fails to deliver

NOT IMPRESSED
Forget this book and buy the original. This does not make it EASY if you read the first book. More information about the everyday questions needed and less of the technical stuff. The person who wrote this should have asked someone just starting out on the Atkins exactly what they would have liked know. Sorry but this is not helpful. Far too complicated.