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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 0-06-001203-X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (1273 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The proof is in the pudding...
Comment: I followed the conventional thinking of the 80's and 90's and ate my fill of carbs but counted every gram of fat that I let myself eat. The result was that I slowly gained 50 pounds in the 25 years after high school. A friend of mine, who is a retired professional (pedal) International Bike Racer told me about the Dr. Atkins diet two weeks ago; about how he had lost 12 pounds in only 14 days while on this medically sound, but unconventional low carb diet! What a crock I said, starve yourself of carbs and let your body fall into Ketosis so you body has to burn your own body fat -- Ridiculous! But with his continued insistance, I took his copy of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and after reading the first 50 - 60 pages I decided to start the diet as described in the book.
Now, I have already lost 10 pounds in 9 days, only partway through the 14 day initial stage of the lifetime diet approach this book promotes. Well, I can honestly tell you I have not craved any foods, including my former daily addiction: chocolate. I have not gone hungry, or had any ill health. In fact, my mental sharpness has increased, especially my short term memory! Of note, I have the one of those nifty Tanita "Fat" Weight Scales that measures your weight and also your % of body fat. My lean body mass (weight - fat = lean body mass) has stayed within one pound of my before diet LBM, so the weight loss has all been fat! My weight and my % body fat have both decreased in direct proportion, so I am not losing water, nor am I scavaging muscle protein -- it's all been fat loss! The big bonus is that my muscle strength has increased, and my build looks more and more muscular as the fat disappears. Even the double chin that I inherited from my Mother's side of the family is getting smaller every day! (Now, if only my hair would stop receding and grow back...)
I understand that I am just starting this diet, and I also understand that it runs against the current tide of low fat / high carb diets out there, but THIS DIET WORKS FOR ME! I have effortlessly lost 10 pounds in 9 days, and reduced my weight down to what it was 4 years ago. No low fat, high carb diet has done anything like that for me in one or two months, let alone in just 9 days! I now have no doubt that I will be able to lose 30 more pounds and stabilize my weight down at 200 pounds, and keep it there in the years to come!
This diet is really worth trying, especially if you can't lose weight by restricting fats and replacing them with carbs. For many of us, "fat free" foods are not the answer, and Dr. Atkins explains why in this book. Honestly, for less than the cost of a good meal at a restaurant, what do you have to lose by buying this book and trying one more diet. I hope your success equals my own!
Rating: 4
Summary: Keep an open mind and a closed mouth
Comment: First off, it seems that the Atkins diet usually elicits strong emotional feelings in people who have bought into the AMA's version of the healthy diet. Added to this, since we were children, we have been brainwashed into thinking that the daily food requirements triangle chart was the last word. Keep in mind that this body of learned professionals have constantly reversed and re-reversed their positions on what is actually healthy to eat (i.e. Don't drink. Do drink. No fat. Some fat. Lots of carbs, no so many carbs. Eat meat. Don't eat meat. ad nauseum) In response to the nay sayers of this diet, keep an open mind. Experts once thought the world was flat and the earth was at the center of the universe. Maybe, just maybe, you are wrong about your assumptions of the Atkins diet too. Ok. Getting off of the soap box and getting to the actual review. :)
Atkins challenges the common wisdom of the times and gives solid facts and clinical medical studies from around the world to prove that the low carb/high protein diet works better than any diet. He also proposes the premise that people who go on this diet are actually healthier than those who are on the standard issue diets. I must admit, that this all sounded like Atkins was either delusional or crazy. But the more I read about the case studies and research done in the Unitied States and Europe, I decided to give it a try. In trying it, I can say the diet works. I have lost approximately 30 pounds on this diet since I started four months ago. Once you get over the initial shock of not having bread, pasta, cookies and other junk food in your diet, the Atkins regimin gets easier to follow. What Atkins is trying to do is to re-educate and retrain your eating habits. The diet is broken down into three phases: The Induction Diet (two weeks), The Ongoing Weight Loss plan, and finally the Maintainance plan. Atkins gives you practical advice on how to stay on the diet and keep the weight off. The book contains many helpful charts and menus for the low carb life style. Self control is at the heart of most diets. Atkins makes it achievable by satiating the hunger and opening up the "forbidden" foods that we have all been so accustomed to avoiding. Yes, the diet goes against common logic, but as you read through the book, the physiological explainations of how your body works will convince you that it can work for you too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great diet ..it changed my life!!
Comment: Initially I was sceptic of this diet and especially since I was an Indian (Asian Indian). My normal diet and Atkins suggestions was totally opposite or so I thought ..:-) I was totally wrong once I started the diet. I had so many options that I never had to drastically change my eating habits to adjust to the diet. I started the diet in the end of January and today after 12 weeks or so, I'm 28 pounds lighter am able to exercise regularly ( I'm now able to run continuously on the treadmill for 60 mins without any problems) and enjoy playing tennis and racquetball. My goal weight is still around 10 pounds lesser but I've decided to lose that weight slowly as now I'm feeling better and healthier like never before.
I would definitely recommend this book and the diet to anyone who has got a weight problem and would like to lose a lot of weight quickly !!
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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 0871318156 Publisher: M Evans & Co Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook by Robert C. Atkins, Veronica C. Atkins ISBN: 0684837013 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 03 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Atkins for Life: The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent Weight Loss and Good Health by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 0312315228 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook by Robert C., Md. Atkins, Fran Gare ISBN: 087131794X Publisher: M Evans & Co Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss by Arthur Agatston ISBN: 1579546463 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 05 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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