If you dreaming to lose weight and looking for an effective and easy diet.
You might be interested in the Atkins diet.
You have probably heard about it before, as this diet was created by Robert Atkins in the begging of 80th.
Robert Atkins was an American physician and cardiologist, who is worldwide known for his low-carbohydrate diet and he suggested that "carbohydrate is the bad guy".
As you understand, the basic principal of Atkins Diet is to forget about refined carbohydrates, mainly flour, sugar and maize syrup.
The creator of the diet believed that eating refined carbohydrates is the essential reason of obesity among people.
The Atkins Diet means the restriction of carbohydrates that will help your body's metabolism to stop burning glucose as fuel and start burning stored body fat.
There are four phases in the Atkins Diet: induction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenance and the last one is lifetime maintenance.
Phase 1 is called Induction- it is a start for your metabolism and you start lose weight very quickly.
In the first 2 weeks you can lose up to 15 pounds.
Phase 2 is Ongoing Weight Loss, here you can start adding more types of food and more carbohydrates - but you will keep losing weight.
Phase 3, Pre-Maintenance, during this phase you will find the optimal balance of foods to maintain your perfect weight.
Phase 4 is named Lifetime Maintenance, as you realize; now it will be not a diet, but your lifestyle.
Now you know what and how much you can eat and you have the optimal weight for the rest of your life.