The Bad The Good And The Celebrities Who Use The Atkins Diet

There are several good points regarding the Atkins diet. There are also several bad points about the Atkins diet. The diet is popular with quite a few celebrities who swear they have lost weight while on the Atkins diet.

The Good:

The good points about the Atkins diet are that it burns fat. At the beginning of your use of the diet your body is switching between burning carbs for energy to burning ketones, which comes from fat for energy. This makes your body a fat burning machine.

Typical diets use the concept of eating fewer calories in order to realize weight loss. Fewer calories consumed means that your body needs to burn fat reserves when on those other diets.

The Atkins diet burns ketones because of taking in less carbs, which makes you burn fat quicker.

When on the Atkins diet you do not get hungry as you do when on other diets. This is because you are eating protein from meats at each meal. Protein makes you feel full longer so you do not get hungry as much in between meals like you do on other diets.

There are many health benefits from being on the Atkins diet. Some individuals have noticed that they have reduced their cholesterol while being on the Atkins diet. Some have even noticed that they have reduced triglycerides and also lower their blood pressure.

Being on the Atkins diet may also help to relieve symptoms of acid reflux.

The Bad:

There are several bad points about being on the Atkins diet.

The Atkins diet burns fat fast and in doing so, your body may burn off the toxins too fast and it may make you feel tired.

Your body is switching its fuel source from burning carbs to burning ketones. In the first few days of being on the diet the fatigue may become overwhelming but will wear off gradually as your body adjusts to being on the Atkins diet.

The Atkins diet promotes protein at every meal and fewer vegetables are eaten. Vegetables are an important source of calcium, fiber and minerals and so you will not get enough of these essential nutrients. In order to be healthy while on the Atkins diet you need to get these essential nutrients from other sources like vitamin and mineral supplements.

The Celebrities:

There are quite a few celebrities who have been on the Atkins diet including Calista Flockhart, Geri Halliwell, Minnie Driver, Renee Zellwegger, and also Sarah Jessica Parker.