10 Lies About The Atkins Diet : Lie #5
Lie #5: Calories don't count and you can eat as
much as you want while on the Atkins diet.
Dr. Atkins proposed that calories don't count and he advised
his clients to eat as much as they want while on his program. Atkins
wrote, "The so called calorie theory has been a millstone around
the necks of dieters and a miserable and malign influence on their efforts
to lose."
Here's the truth about calories and low carb diets:
When you go on a very low carb (ketogenic) diet with more
fat, your appetite is diminished and you feel fuller. Appetite control
may be a legitimate benefit of the Atkins diet, especially for individuals
who struggle with hypoglycemia, hunger and cravings. As Dr. Atkins points
out, "Our physical urges are hard to combat."
However, this does not mean you can eat as much as you
want. It means that your hunger may be blunted on Atkin's plan, causing
you to automatically eat less without counting calories or even thinking
about calories.
People on the Atkins diet who lose weight are not eating
more than they burn and losing fat in spite of it. Whether you count
calories and consciously eat fewer than you burn, or you don't count
them and unconsciously eat fewer than you burn, either way, the end
result is the same.
While counting calories in the literal sense is clearly
not always necessary, you always have to be aware of calories and portions.
No diet or special combination of foods can override the law of calorie
balance.
Anyone who believes that you can eat as much as you want
and still lose weight is living in a dream world.
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