Atkins Diet Tips

Though the Atkins diet became extremely popular in the middle to late 1990’s, it was actually developed in the early 1970’s. The brainchild of Dr. Robert Atkins, the Atkins diet is essentially a low carbohydrate, high protein and high fat diet.

With the most basic understanding of nutritional biology, we know that humans need energy […]

The Atkins diet was developed under the basic principle that the human body, when burning nutrients to create energy, will burn carbohydrates first before it begins to burn fats. Thus, an individual who consumes little to no carbohydrates will actually encourage his or her body to burn the fats when it needs to obtain […]

The Atkins diet experienced a re-birth in the 1990’s. With the freedom that it gives participants to eat basically anything they want while still being able to lose measurable amounts of weight, Atkins is an extremely popular diet amongst the overweight. Often, people tend to stay away from diets because they consider them […]

Since the Atkins diet provides participants with such a wide variety of choices in terms of what they can eat, developing a specific all-encompassing menu can be a daunting task for anyone. Equally difficult is the expectation that everyone will completely agree with the items and suggestions contained on the menu. The reality […]

The Atkins diet has become the Band-Aid or the Q-Tip of low carb diets. This means that when most people think of a low-carb diet, they usually think of the Atkins diet. This is for obvious reasons, since no other low-carb diet has ever received such attention and publicity like the Atkins diet […]

There comes a point in most diets where individuals will find that they cannot lose any more weight. Try as they may, something is keeping them from being able to move past their current state. In most cases, these situations that involve not being able to lose weight with a specific diet are […]

Dr. Robert Atkins first introduced the Atkins Diet to the world in the 1960’s. Though it dropped off in popularity, it made a comeback in the 1990’s following the publishing of a best-selling book by Dr. Atkins.
The Atkins Diet is essentially a diet that focuses on the consumption of little to no carbohydrates, and […]