5.0 out of 5 stars At Last.......a Diet that really works!!

M. · 6 December 2001

I bought the book and followed it to the letter. I lost 9lb in the first two weeks "Induction" part of the diet and now I am on the "Ongoing Weight Loss" part, I am continuing to lose weight steadily. In four weeks, I have lost 1 stone in weight! I have been plump/overweight for the last 11 years and put it down to middle-age. I've tried all sorts of diets and always got bored and hungry and consequently returned to my unhealthy way of eating, Dr. Atkins has changed the way that I see food. I have been eating "like a King" for four weeks and have not felt hungry once! The weight is just dropping off and I feel so full of energy and 10 years younger. I used to suffer with various digestive ailments and always felt bloated. Now I feel so much better and all my ailments have disappeared. This is not such much a diet, more a way of life. I know that I can follow this way of eating for the rest of my life....it really isn't difficult and the whole thing makes so much sense. It's like waking up one morning a completely different person...and I like who I have become. Thankyou Dr. Atkins for giving me another chance to be slim and healthy. I recommend this book and this diet to all those who have tried everything and have failed miserably. You too could be eating steak with roquefort sauce, followed by strawberries and cream. Just get this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Vegetarian Atkins diet

G. · 22 June 2009

I've been trying to loose weight for years. I've tried everything, but mainly I try to eat little and often and do at least an hours exercise 5 days a week.Nothing works... until this.I thought I would try this, just to see if cutting carbs out my diet would give my metabolism a boost. I have a thyroid problem and I take painkillers for a back problem, both of which slow the metabolism down.I read this book carefully and starting off by making a list of the foods/drinks you were allowed in the induction phase. I'm vegetarian so I simply swapped any meat/fish with quorn or soya products. Quorn an soya do contain some carbs, but not many.Anyway - I've been doing it (induction) for 12 days now and I have lost 11 pounds. I really didn't think this would work for me. I genuinely thought that atkins was for very overweight people who were perhaps lazy, never did any exercise and wanted an easy way to loose weight.I originally lost a stone by eating little n often and exercising, but then the weight-loss just stopped and nothing I did would shift it. (Anyway I won't go on about that).All I can say is - if this works for me, something with a VERY slow metabolism, then it can work for most people. And you can do this if you're a vegatarian. Yes its a bit harder as you haven't got quite the variety of meats and fish, but there are alot of quorn and soya products out there (or tofu if you like it - urgh). Just use you brain to plan your meals.It's all about planning out what you will be eating.This is a strict diet, but it does get results. I'm hoping the weight will keep coming off. I probs have another 4 stone to loose to get to my ideal weight.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not everyone's cup of tea but food for thought

K.a.L. · 14 April 2013

Everywhere you look in the media there is an article or photograph of some celebrity or other who is deemed to be overweight or has gone on the latest fad diet. So many of the diets come in an out of fashion as quickly as you can make a cup of tea. However the Atkins diet is one that has consistently been there in the background. Occasionally coming to the front and gaining some media attention, but more often than not just quietly going about it's business. It's worth noting that the Atkins diet presented to us in this book has some significant differences to the original book released towards the back end of the 20th Century. Dr Atkins himself openly admits that he got some things wrong last time....how refreshing for a change!!Very early on in this book you are introduced to a concept which you would do well to bear in mind throughout; This approach to food isn't designed to be just a fad diet that you do in order to lose weight. It's designed to alter your approach to and relationship with so that you make a lifestyle change for good. It takes a little while to get your head round it, but I promise you that it will make things significantly easier once you let it sink in.The first half of this book is mostly theory orientated and it is very tempting to skip straight through the 100 odd pages but I would strongly advise against. Stick with it, make a couple of cups of tea but stick with it because it will help you to feel so much better when you start thinking about taking on the changes Dr Atkins is suggesting. The second half of the book is dedicated to each of the four phases of Atkins with some sample menus and recipes towards the end.Yes, the changes suggested will not be to everyone's liking but to me it makes so much sense. Surely the fact that the Atkins way of life has survived for so long (and is still very popular) is proof enough that Dr Atkins knew his stuff and wasn't asking people to go to extremes to lose weight. Even if the entire Atkins change isn't to taste the book is worth a read just to see things from a different perspective, you'd be amazed how much of it you find yourself agreeing with.Why not just set yourself a small challenge after reading the book. Maybe cut out the caffeine, or alcohol or sugar. After the first couple of days you will be amazed how easy the transition is and I bet before long you'll be amazed at how you did things another way

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E.S. · 20 February 2021

A really helpful book

Great book

M. · 24 April 2025

Great book with information easy to follow.

Let's dispel some misconceptions....

K.K. · 6 December 1999

As a health practitioner and a patient of Dr. Atkins' since 1974, I've been aware of the controversy surrounding Dr. Atkins for a long time. I was a 12-year-old with a 350 cholesterol, who was well on his way to being a 14 or 15-year-old dead from a heart attack. Dr. Atkins put me on that oh-so-maligned diet of his, and in three months of no-sugar/no-carbs, high-fat/high-protein, my cholesterol dropped from 350 to 210. I've yet, in all the years since, to see another diet, or a drug for that matter, that can claim the same results. I've also never seen someone who has helped so many people go through such a sustained assault from the medical mainstream and the media. This extraordinary book not only updates the work he's been doing for the past 30 years; it cites extensive research that backs up his positions. (One of the ongoing attacks, for years, was that he based his conclusions solely on his 35,000 + patients, and never cited actual clinical studies.)One of the most compelling parts of the book is the section on heart health/cholesterol--one of the topics for which he has consistently taken the most heat. He shows dramatically how much of the mainstream theory is being disproven by more and more studies: fat is not the enemy; sugar and high carbs (especially refined carbs) are more dangerous by far.The other major gripe I have with the reception of this book is the assumption that the extreme low-carb approach is what Dr. Atkins advocates for everybody. Read more carefully, folks: that's the WEIGHT LOSS program. Once your weight is where you want it, you begin to eat more whole grain complex carbs and fruit (brown rice, millet, and the like, as opposed to refined carbs such as pastas and breads, and concentrated sugars such as fruit juices, honey, etc.) to halt the weight loss process. The book explains this very clearly.One of the other consistent things I hear is the danger of consuming so much animal products given the horrible amounts of toxic chemicals pumped into commercially raised livestock (growth hormones, antibiotics, etc.) Again, read more carefully: at least 15 years ago, Dr. Atkins was among the first voices in this country to advocate ORGANIC meat and poultry--back when such a thing was largely unheard of. Yes, it's a bit more expensive, and in some areas harder to find; but isn't your health worth it?Will Dr. Atkins ever advise you to eat a pint of Ben and Jerry's once a week? Not likely. But the powers that be have put on their blinders, and cite only the parts of Atkins' philosophy that suit their own intransigent purposes. Meanwhile a week doesn't go by when several clients come through my door and tell me, unsolicited, how since they've come off the high-carb/low-fat approach and incorporated more protein into their diets, they're feeling like human beings again for the first time in years.... more energy, greater mental clarity, better emotional stability/less depression, and long-term aches and pains beginning to disappear. Think for yourselves; experiment, and listen to your own bodies!Read this book with an open heart and learn.

Dr Atkins is a revolutionary in health education

K.V. · 12 October 2021

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O.A.A. · 27 March 2017

Ótimo guia para iniciar uma vida low carb ou paleo, além ajudar a os obesos a controlar um problema grave: a compulsão alimentar.