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Is the Atkins diet safe?

Is the Atkins diet safe? I still see menu items at restaurants that are labeled as Atkins-friendly, and while I know that those meals on their own aren't dangerous, is it safe to cut out the things Atkins tells you to?

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Some people believe the Atkins Diet is unsafe.  When you stop ingesting carbs or significantly lower your carb intake, your body enters what is called ketosis. Ketosis is when your body is actually using fat for fuel instead of sugar. This state is the very reason why you have rapid weight loss on a low carb diet.  But, ketosis makes your body thinks it's in "starvation mode", and it is believed this can cause damage to internal organs with time.

Furthermore, dieters must turn the diet into a lifestyle once the excess weight is gone. So, although a low carb diet (like Atkins) is sustainable (but questionable), a lot of people struggle being able to stick with it over the long term, hence they gain all the weight back.


For those who struggle with diets, as myself, I would recommend looking at the "food choices" we make on a daily basis, and here's the good news!  You don't have to be on a diet to lose weight in the short or long-term.


Try instead, making better food choices that are "low-fat" basically, increase your intake of fruits, vegetables and proteins, and get to know the fat burning foods that you can eat liberally, to help you lose weight -  it really works.

 
More and more people are finding this to be the key to their weight loss efforts - and it doesn't feel so much like food enslavement - you can lose weight if you exercise and eat lots of food from this list of fat burning foods.

 

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Natural Weight Loss Answered:

Its true the atkins diet can be effective for rapid weight loss in the first few weeks of the diet. But I don't know many people who have stuck with the plan for that long, most people tend to come off it.

Its better to have a solid healthy eating plan that you can stay on for the rest of your life. I found the Mediterranean diet very easy to stick and I am now at a healthy weight.

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