Atkins Diet 
Food for thought? Only the right food!
A number of the diets have passed into the public consciousness. Just say the words,"Atkins Diet" and almost everyone will have heard of it, but not everyone will know what it is except that it helps you lose weight.
In its simplest form, it exploits the way the body works to burn off fat. Think of judo and some of the soft kung fu fighting styles where you use the strength of your opponent to beat him and you have the same approach.
In this case, we are talking about ketosis. Essentially, this is the way the body reacts when you ask it for energy and it finds it has none immediately to hand. The only way the body can get this energy is therefore to burn fat to produce ketones — they are the little bits of carbon left when you break down the stored fat stores. When your body enters into this state, you lose your appetite and so eat less. It becomes a self-reinforcing cycle.
The question is how you induce ketosis. When your body is working normally, it burns both fat and carbohydrates to produce energy, but it uses carbohydrates first. The diet therefore requires you to virtually eliminate carbohydrates from your diet during the first weeks changing your body from a carb-burner to a fat-burner, reducing all those bulges, and improving your general sense of health and well-being. This means no more than about 20g of carbohydrates per day when starting off.
Many people who lead very sedentary lives may still not push the body into ketosis unless they exercise. The need is to lift the metabolic rate so the body increases its energy use. Only when the body has exhausted its store of carbohydrates will it start to burn fat in any quantities.
Atkins Diet
What are the advantages? The Atkins Diet only limits your carbs. It does not limit any other kinds of food. The problem most people have when they start dieting is the narrow choice of foods. It is easy to get bored and lose motivation. Following the Atkins plan lets you eat meat, full cheese, butter, eggs — all those things rich in protein you are not supposed to eat.
However, in the first few days before the full ketosis effect kicks in, most people feel hungry. There is nothing wrong with relying on a medication like acomplia to control the hunger pangs until the body’s own natural system comes on line.
But you have to adjust your taste expectations. No more refined sugar either in your tea and coffee or in those yummy desserts. No more bread or pasta made with white flour. No more rice. Even when you are through the first few weeks of the diet, you cannot go back to your old ways. Get used to high protein, low carbohydrate eating. That’s the way to keep the weight off and keep you feeling healthy. The only change is to allow fruit, vegetables and whole-grain foods. Your body still needs fibre. Continuing to exercise also helps. If you do find those hunger pangs coming back. There is always acomplia.