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Atkins's diet

Characteristic of a diet	Final assessment
Prodolzhitelnost:ne is limited	3,5 of 5 The low-carbohydrate diet based on the principle of switching of a metabolism: at restriction of amount of the carbohydrates arriving with food, the fats which are saved up in an organism are split and the person grows thin.
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Atkins's diet is developed by the cardiologist Robert Atkins in the 70th years of the 20th century. On this diet show business stars – Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Zeta Jones and Jennifer Aniston grew thin.

Developing a diet, Atkins was based on natural processes of a metabolism: at decrease in amount of carbohydrates in a diet the organism is forced to spend fatty stocks (ketosis).

The diet of doctor Atkins consists of four phases:

The first phase – the induction, starting process ketose. It is the main stage of a diet which duration makes 14 days. Loss of weight – 2-6 kg a week.

Principles of the first phase:

Fats and carbohydrates are used in moderate quantity, and amount of carbohydrates in day - no more than 20 g;
The number of meals - 3-5 in day with intervals no more than 6 hours;
In day not less than 8 glasses of pure still water are drunk;
At emergence of locks the amount of vegetable food in a diet increases and biological additives with fibers are accepted.

The second phase – further weight reduction. Duration of this phase for each growing thin is individual and makes from two weeks to several years. It lasts till the moment when there are 3-5 extra kilos. In the second phase loss of weight makes 500 g a week. The organism gets used to a ketosis and continues to split fats.

Principles of the second phase:

The use of carbohydrates increases every week by 5 g until until weight stops being lost. If reduction of weight stopped too quickly, return to the previous amount of carbohydrates in a diet;
A variety of the menu increases.

The third phase – transitional to preservation of weight. It begins with the moment of achievement of the necessary weight. The purpose of this phase – to define balance between amount of food and requirements of an organism, to pick up the corresponding diet.

Principles of the third phase:

Gradually the amount of carbohydrates in a diet increases by 10 g a week. If weight grows, return to the previous amount of carbohydrates;
You watch result of the use of again entered products;
Give preference to proteinaceous food and products with moderate amount of fat.

The fourth phase – preservation of weight. This phase ideally proceeds all life.

Principles of the fourth phase:

To adhere to an individual critical level of the use of carbohydrates for deduction of weight;
Not to allow set more than three extra kilos;
Not to forget about regular exercise stresses.

Diet advantages

Atkins's diet is individual: weight loss goes gradually, and the person learns to control appetite, to select the products suitable it and to define critically tolerance level of carbohydrates.

Thanks to burning by an organism of own fats, weight loss begins literally from the first days of a diet. The ketonic bodies which are formed in the course of metabolism block appetite therefore the diet is transferred easily.

It is not necessary to aim at too bystry weight reduction, it is fraught with problems with health.

According to the author of a diet, the general condition of an organism as a result of removal of toxins at loss of fatty stocks improves. Besides, doctor Atkins claimed that proteinaceous products normalize sugar level in blood. Thanks to it, the diet prevents head, muscular and joint pains, fatigue, a depression.

Presence of animal protein at a diet helps to warn an otvisaniye and flabbiness of skin at loss of weight.

Shortcomings and contraindications

Atkins's diet is suitable only for healthy people. The official medicine belongs to this power supply system ambiguously as the long ketosis can lead to acidulation of body tissues, an exacerbation of chronic diseases and even a coma.

At observance of a diet of Atkins it is desirable to accept a vitamin and mineral complex.

The diet is contraindicated at endocrine diseases, diseases of kidneys and a pancreas, a diabetes mellitus, and also to women during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Before a diet it is necessary to consult with the doctor.

What products are resolved?

The list of the resolved products depends on a diet phase.

First phase:

Meat, bird, fish;
Seafood: lobsters, shrimps, crabs, oysters;
Cheeses, eggs (boiled, fried, baked);
Vegetables and greens (2-3 cups a day): the celery, paprika, a sorrel, a garden radish, parsley and fennel, a garden cress, endive, salad an escarol, chicory, cucumbers are preferable; artichokes, turnip, tomatoes, carrots, kohlrabi cabbage, a color and Brussels sprout, broccoli cabbage, eggplants, pumpkin, onion, leek, spinach, green bean, an asparagus are admissible;
Seasonings: thyme, rosemary, ginger, black and red siliculose pepper, garlic, basil;
Liquid food: broth, herbal teas, coffee, black and green tea, lemon juice;
Oils and fats: sunflower oil, sesame, grape and soy.

Second phase. It is possible to add to products of the first phase (norm per day):

Heavy cream (half-cups);
Vegetables: avocado (half);
Nuts and seeds: cashew (9 pieces), roasted peanuts (26 pieces), crude seeds of sunflower (3 tablespoons), pecans (31 pieces), almonds (24 pieces), walnuts (14 halves);
Fruit and berries: melon (3/4 cups), strawberry (half-cups), raspberry (1/4 cups), blueberry (half-cups);
Juice: tomato juice (100 ml).

Third phase. The following is added to earlier resolved products (norm per day):

Vegetables: carrots (half-cups), split peas (half-cups), beet (half-cups), potatoes (half-cups);
Fruit: apple (half), mango (third), banana (third), plum (1 piece), water-melon (cup), kiwi (1 piece), grapes (12 berries), peach (1 piece), cherry (12 berries);
Bean: haricot (1/4 cups), lentil (1/4 cups);
Grain: rice, oats, barley (1/4 cups).

Nuts and seeds in the following quantities are resolved: almonds and pine nuts (half-cups), roasted peanuts and seeds of sunflower (50 g), black fox and walnuts (3/4 cups), sesame (1/3 cups), cashew (1/4 cups).

What products are prohibited?

In the first phase of a diet of Atkins it is forbidden to use the bread and flour products, vegetables containing starch, nuts and sunflower seeds, sugar.

In the subsequent phases of a diet the list of the prohibited products is formed individually for each growing thin. If the product causes a set of weight, increase in appetite or a delay of liquid in a body (hypostases), exclude it from a diet.

Useful tips

Council 1: At observance of a diet of Atkins it is desirable to accept a vitamin and mineral complex.

Council 2: To avoid problems with health, lose weight gradually.

Council 3: In the list of products volume is specified in cups. It means that vegetables, greens or fruit are crushed crude or after cooking, and then the required portion is selected.

Council 4: At emergence of a smell of acetone from a mouth, from urine and skin reduce the speed of loss of weight and enter additional carbohydrates into a diet.

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According to opinion of many scientists, vitamin complexes are almost useless for the person.

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