Atkins Diet

The recommendations of the Atkins diet , named after its inventor, Dr. Robert Atkins, based on the assumption that our body needs carbohydrates to burn fat. If no carbohydrates present, sets the fat in the diet to not .

Carbohydrate-rich foods such as bread, potatoes and pasta are considered " fattening " and may not , therefore, are on the menu . Bacon, sausage , cheese and fish , cream and eggs on the other hand , there are an unlimited amount . These should drink plenty Abspeckwillige . Alcohol is also allowed.

benefits

For once, really feast and still be slim: When the Atkins diet can you eat without counting calories. This also applies to the high-fat foods , which are usually regarded as Figure enemies. Fat quickly saturates , although not long term. Protein , however brakes the hunger term . Previous studies showed that overweight people with the Atkins method quick weight lost in the first few weeks and months than with a low-fat Western diet . After twelve months, both groups had equal but decreased a lot. A study by the Stanford University School of Medicine, which was published in 2007 , the Atkins diet also certified (initially) good weight-loss effects : In a comparison with other diets lost the subjects who abspeckten according to Atkins, the most weight . Contrary to expectations also improved their cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Downer of protein diet: Although the Atkins group initially lost a lot of weight especially , they took in the second half of the study again stronger than the other three groups. So they had in the first half year lost 5.9 kilos on average , but at the end of the weight loss was only 4.5 pounds.