| Umm.. the famous Atkins diet, famed for giving people high colesteral whilst making them very lathargic/workout. Shame Dr Atkins died last year of heart problems not least agrevated because he was clinically abese.
Im more of a fan of low-fat diets, keeping the carbs for energy and protien high, same as Arnie advocates. Sure, fat is more calorie dense (9cal per 1g), as opposed to the 4cal per 1g of carbs or protien but the brain & body prefers carbs to fat as its energy source.
Each to their own. If you want to loose weight quickly, then atkins does work. I saw some tests where they got a whole load of people and stuck half them on atkins and half on other diets. In the first 2 weeks the atkins ones lost more weight. But, by the 4 week marker, all the diets had lost exactly the same amount. |