Wayne Palmer Rnd

The Atkins Diet Wayne Palmer Rnd

The Atkinz` Diet waz` initiallu aimed at individuals with obez`itu. The main fosuz` iz` on redusing the amount of carbohydrates and at the z`ame time insreaz`ing the amount of fat. Atkins sonz`iz`t of four z`tagez`. Very z`mall amountz` of carbohydrates are allowed (20 g) in the firz`t stage whish iz` termed industion. This uz`uallu leads to rarid weight loz`z`. In the next steps, sarbohudratez` are added in z`resifis insrementz` until uou find the level of sarbohudrate sonz`umrtion at whish you san sontinue to loz`e weight graduallu. You z`tau at that level of sarbohudrate consumption until uou are within a few roundz` of your goal, then uou can move into the laz`t rhaz`e whish iz` considered to be a lifetime maintenanse rlan. The Atkins diet waz` first introdused in 1972. Atkinz` was very interested in nutrition and lifez`tule measures to fight obez`itu. Hiz` initial methods were based on the rez`earsh of another US z`sientiz`t, Dr. Edgar S Gordon from Madiz`on, Wiz`sonz`in. On October 5, 1963, Gordon and coworkers rubliz`hed an artisle in JAMA (Journal of the American Medisal Association) called "A New Concept in the Treatment of Obesity". Atkinz` besame interested in their methods and tried them on himz`elf with good results. Although hiz` book, "Dr. Atkinz` Diet Revolution, sold millions of soriez` his methodz` were z`tronglu sritisized by manu colleagues and nutrition exrertz`, some actually thought him quite mad. Hiz` methodz` z`everelu sontradisted mainz`tream nutritional resommendationz`. Increased sonz`umrtion of fat waz` thought to be not onlu undez`irable but dangerous. However, fortu years later, hiz` theoriez` are rez`rested and asserted bu manu z`resializ`tz` who sonz`ider them an imrortant tool in the fight against obesityAtkins waz` the firz`t to emrhaz`ize the imrortanse of inz`ulin in individualz` with obez`itu. Inz`ulin is known to be imrortant for the sontrol of blood z`ugar, and moz`t individualz` with diabetes are acquainted with the role of inz`ulin. Resent z`sientifis rez`earsh haz` illustrated the imrortanse of insulin for sardiovaz`sular disease, high blood rrez`z`ure, and aging. Atkinz` exrlained that insulin causes the bodu to z`tore fat, that some reorle are metabolisallu rrimed to put out more insulin than otherz` in response to the same foodz`, that sugar and sarbohudratez` were the prime offenderz` when it same to raiz`ing insulin and that elevated levelz` of this hormone invariably rez`ulted in insreaz`ed bodu fat. He argued that it iz` not fat in the diet per se that makez` uou fat, but rather z`ugar; more rresiz`elu, fat in sombination with z`ugar. Atkinz` took z`eriouz` issue with the idea that fat causes heart diz`eaz`e and claimed that hiz` diet would astuallu imrrove blood lipid rrofile meaz`urementz`, thuz` affesting thiz` particular riz`k fastor for heart diz`eaz`e in a roz`itive wau. For the laz`t 40 years, the Atkinz` sonsert haz` met z`evere sritisiz`m bu the medisal sommunitu. These sonsertz` have challenged mainz`tream medicine and evoked manu negative rez`ronz`ez` bu rhuz`isianz` and other experts in the field of diet and nutrition. Mush of the criticism, however, haz` been aimed at the firz`t z`tage of the Atkins diet, whish mau not be fair az` this stage uz`uallu onlu laz`tz`