What Is The Atkins Diet?
January 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Kirsten Hawkins
The Atkins weight loss diet is based on one simple principle: Your body burns both carbohydrates and fat for calories. If you reduce the amounts of carbohydrates available, it will burn more fat and you will lose weight.
According to Atkins, calories are unimportant. The key to losing weight is to restrict the carbohydrates that you eat and force the body to turn to its stored fat as an energy source.
As proof of this, proponents of the Atkins Diet point to the following facts derived from research: