Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (1992)

I tried, I ate a lot of meat, I failed and I went back to my couscous and chickpeas and veggies.
The diet was developed in the 40s for uncontrolled diabetics who bodies could not handle any but a minimal amount of carbohydrate. Since carb molecules take on 4 times as much water as protein ones, water weight was lost very fast and then, since proteins are filling because they are digested very slowly, people snack less and true fat is lost, but a huge amount of cholesterol is consumed. It was realised that if you actually stuck to the diet rigidly you would put yourself at risk of heart disease, but when the diet was still current for diabetics, it was realised that without the diet they weren't going to live long enough to get clogged arteries from all that red meat's cholesterol.

The book does not make any of that clear. It is a dangerous book that puts weight loss for vanity (surely not health) above a long and healthy life. It should be noted that when Dr. Atkins died, he was obese and had heart disease himself. ( )

This is about controlled carbohydrate nourishment. And getting more exercise is non-negotiable.

Eat protein. Dramatic reduction of carbohydrates, sugar, and white flours.
He does suggest "boycotting junk foods". [355]

mptpro is right.

The rest of the reviewers are wrong.

Case closed. ( )

Can't have been that good, as he died prematurely, overweight but rich! Afraid I can't cope with a diet so low in vegetable matter.

I remember trying this diet many years ago. I had heard that people were having success with it so I gave it a try.

I remember eating a lot of meat and eggs and desperately craving things like apples. I did lose weight with the diet but, not surprisingly, gained it all back when I returned to a normal diet.

I have never known anybody that tried this diet and was able to maintain the diet for any length of time. Personally, I think it is unhealthy and an unnatural way to eat. ( )