Misconception: The Atkins Diet can be used as a short
term or crash diet.
Fact: If you do Induction for two weeks to drop 10 pounds
and then go back to your old way of eating, you will be
treating it as a crash diet. This is not what Dr.
Atkins intended and will lead to problems in the long run.
Misconception: You can lose weight during Atkins, then
return to your old way of eating.
Fact: If your do this, you will gain everything back and you
will have changed nothing.
Misconception: You can focus only on losing weight and
ignore the maintenance aspects.
Fact: Any weight loss program that doesn't include a
maintenance program is doomed to failure.
Misconception: You can any any food as long as you do
not exceed 20 grams per day.
Fact: If you do this, you will be missing out on the health
benefits of the nutrient dense foods like vegetables. This is not a recommended strategy.
Misconception: You can use the Atkins Diet for weight
loss, but you don't have to bother with exercise and vitamin
supplements as long as I am healthy.
Fact: If you don't exercise or take vitamin supplements, you
are at risk for future health problems. Everyone
should exercise regardless of any diets.
Misconception: You can continue to just do Induction
until all the weight is lost.
Fact: You will lose more weight quickly if you just do
induction but it is not recommended. You need to go
through the phases to learn about yourself and your body and
how it reacts positively to the good carbohydrate foods.
Misconception: You can go back to eating all your
favorite foods after you lose the weight.
Fact: Your favorite foods are often the problem foods.
You need to recognize these addictive foods and learn how to
deal with them. If you don't, you risk going back into
the cycle of high blood sugar and overproduction of insulin.
Misconception: You can do induction during the week and
binge on weekends and still lose and maintain your weight.
Fact: When you do Atkins during the week and cheat on the
weekends, you will not burn fat for several days causing you
weight gain. Also, your insulin response could be
raised due to increased sugar intake and this could upset
your metabolic response. You are defeating the purpose
of the Atkins Plan and it is not recommended.
Misconception: You can do Atkins while following a low
fat diet.
Fact: That is in direct contrast to the Atkins Diet.
You need to eat less carbohydrates to burn fat.. This
means you need to increase your protein and fat intake
because fatty acids play a role in metabolic function.
Fat also plays a role in stabilizing blood sugar and
increasing satiety.
Take some time to read these misconceptions and learn the truth about this diet. There is much
Atkins Diet Information to digest and many things posted on the Internet are simply not true.
More and more people are finally realizing the benfits of a low carb diet and the food manufacturers
are creating more and better options for the low carb atkins diet.
