Atkins Diet Revamped?
We’ve all heard of the uber popular Atkins diet that gained momentum in the late nineties and early 21st century, enjoying a revamped poularity of the book written by the famous Dr. Atkins who advocated losing weight through a high protein, low carb diet regimen where one could enjoy fatty foods like bacon and cheese to their hearts content while they had to eschew any type of carbs, even a lot of types of fruits and veggies because they were simply too high in carbs.
Carbs were king for a while, and this diet fad even arguably lead to the demise of the popularity of Krispy Kreme donuts and other high carb treats.
You saw low carb offerings everywhere. But this diet was a fad, and while people were losing huge amounts of weight on it and praised it for being able to enjoy a lot of the fatty foods they couldn’t on traditional diets, it also started to receive a lot of backlash for the irritability that often went along with the diet, and people had a hard time going to the bathroom on it, and a lot of people realized that this diet simply didn’t make them feel healthy if they were on it long term.
Not only that, it’s always been criticized by the medical community as being potentially dangerous to cholesterol levels and blood pressure because of the focus on high fat foods (even though some people went the more health route and chose lower fat foods that were low carb).
In short, the popularity of the Atkins diet did die out, although it still had some avid followers. Now, they are offering a revamped book that offers a wider range of offerings in this low carb diet, but it still focuses on mostly protein, and avoiding a lot of foods that are great for you, but simply don’t fit the profile because they have “too many carbs”.
The new book is called The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great, and it promises a quick weight loss through carb restriction, but with a few new caveats.
The diet still does not allow any type of healthy whole grains, most fruits and a lot of fiber rich foods that add to your digestive health and ease of elimination (this was the hardest part for me when I tried the diet, like so many others did, years ago, I could never go to the bathroom – it actually HURT). This is what concerns a lot of people. It does, however, still let you eat a lot of veggies, and expands on that list, so that’s a good thing. Some still wonder if losing weight this quickly, and on what many consider an unsustainable diet for the long term, is good – I’m with them on that.
