Atkins – a typical days diet?

Don't do Atkins! Just dont!

Its also a low carb diet, is it not?

Why is atkins a very bad idea, for those that seem to think it is?

Just off the top of my head, something which would at least help you adhere to the diet:

Breakfast: Bacon & Scrambled (or however else u like them) eggs.

Lunch: Salami, smoked salmon, cheese

Dinner: Tuna steaks and salad with tomatoes and buffalo mozarella.

High protein foods can also contain a lot of fat, there is little focus on other essential nutrients, and reducing carbohydrates just means there is less easily stored energy available.

Lets see:

Morning: Wake up and brush teeth trying to get rid of the horrible horrible smell of your breath atkins leaves you with.

Breakfast:Then some bacon, dripping with fat with cheese hanging off and maybe a handful of nuts

Lunch: Nuts and cheese, bit of chicken, bacon, bit more cheese...

dinner: Chicken and steak with tomatos.

Yep, even if you just think about fruit you've buggered the diet up.

Dr Atkins died an obese man.

Less easily stored energy available? Thats not the premise of Atkins at all.

These foods that I've highlighted are fattening.

High fat is going to aid weight loss? Most excess weight is fat...



It is easier to break down carbs than fats.

How are they fattening? Eating fat doesn't make you fat.

Fat has a higher calorific value per gram than carbs or protein. Therefore, if you dont use this extra energy, it is more likely to be stored in the body tissues.

Yes, he infact did. it was well documented how he enjoyed to reap the benefits of his own diet high in fat low in anything in proportion.

He died 18 stone 6lbs