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Extremely anecdotal, which I found annoying. The chapters about health in general were more interesting than how to do the plan.
My doctor recommended Atkins as opposed to keto, so I'm going to make the switch. Atkins seems more sustainable for life, but we shall see.
My doctor recommended Atkins as opposed to keto, so I'm going to make the switch. Atkins seems more sustainable for life, but we shall see.
Classic for a reason
It’s the long-standing classic way to lose weight and improve health. Others have come along and tried to imitate it but this is the real deal. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because the 1972 version is superior (less reliance on processed bars and shakes) but I highly recommend for overall wellness.
It’s the long-standing classic way to lose weight and improve health. Others have come along and tried to imitate it but this is the real deal. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because the 1972 version is superior (less reliance on processed bars and shakes) but I highly recommend for overall wellness.
Very similar to original 1972 book and 1992 update. Fleshed out and more emphasis on exercise than book one. The update to 2002 was necessary because there have been major changes in policy with the AMA and others towards low carb diets. Once an anaethma with every doctor and official voice claiming Atkins was bad for your health and with the backing of big sugar and the guide put out by the government and the media on the bandwagon...Dr. Atkins 1972 was demonized except by those of us who had actually lost weight with his help. To have seen him vindicated in the 90's almost felt like vindication for those of us who believed in him way back when. This book adds the information on all the new carb free foods available now.
I love this book. It is a life changer. I first picked it up in 2004 after a lifetime of trying every diet under the sun, none of which worked for long and all of which left me hungry. When I turned 50 I decided I would not diet any more and over the next ten years gained a substantial amount of weight. I found this 1972 Atkins books second hand and decided to give it a try...one more time. I was astonished and delighted at how easy it was, how it actually worked, the speed at which I lost weight and the fact that I was never hungry and never craved. I lost quite a bit and then my world crashed and I turned to alcohol which led to sweets, which led to carb loading and just as Dr. Atkins warned would happen, I regained all the weight I lost very rapidly and more. Discouraged and struggling with life I lived a modified, home made type of Atkins but I treated it like a diet not a lifestyle and fell into the calorie counting trap and cheated and lost ground. Then one day I came across the book and decided once more into the breech. I didn't want the 1993 version...I wanted the original 1972 version. I followed it religiously and I lost 70 pounds. Another life crisis and I fell into the same old behaviour but the key is always, do not feel ashamed, pick yourself up, refresh your memory, go back to the basics and start again. So I reread the book that started it all and what is fascinating is remembering all the nay sayers and critics who for 30 years continued to treat Dr. Atkins diet as dangerous and now everyone is on the bandwagon and taking credit for reinventing the wheel. He never lived to see himself so thoroughly vindicated. They even used his death to try to discredit his diet by saying he died fat or that his diet caused his death...both of which were untrue statements but like the Trump misinformation campaign so rampant in the USA today...many people took it as gospel and believed the lie.
I do amazingly well on a low carb diet, and this book changed my life when I first read it. I used to weigh 120 pounds more than I do now, and this plan was the only thing ever that not only worked, but seemed almost effortless. His theories on insulin and metabolism and reactions to sugar mesh with my biology perfectly, and when I follow the plan I lose all cravings and my appetite disappears. Eventually, over the course of 10 years, some weight creeped back, but is (bless you Dr. Atkins), almost all back off.
Atkins now is big business, with their pre-packaged foods and meals and shakes and vitamins and mixes and ... . Reading this reminded me that it's moved far beyond his original words of whole clean foods, no packaged crap. So the evolution was interesting to see. Also I eat way more veggies than he recommends and still lose about 10 lbs a month when I'm hardcore.
Reread as a refresher and for motivation.
Atkins now is big business, with their pre-packaged foods and meals and shakes and vitamins and mixes and ... . Reading this reminded me that it's moved far beyond his original words of whole clean foods, no packaged crap. So the evolution was interesting to see. Also I eat way more veggies than he recommends and still lose about 10 lbs a month when I'm hardcore.
Reread as a refresher and for motivation.
Robert Atkins, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (Quill, 2002)
Well, you can't beat the Atkins Diet for sheer number of coverts. Millions of people are following the Atkins Nutritional Plan, and all of them seem to be losing weight. The only "official" bureau to have come out against it has been exposed as a lunatic fringe of militant vegan doctors, and once again all is right with the world. Or is it?
I'm not going to deny that the book is accurate in its claims of helping people lose weight. It sometimes seems that everyone in the country knows two or three people who are on the Atkins Diet. I know, casually, seven (and those are just the ones whose eating habits I know). Of those seven, I know four who have been on it for more than two months, and all four have lost significant amounts of weight. Can't argue with stats like that. And most of the scientific stuff the late doctor puts in the book is backed up with an almost endless list of scientific papers and abstracts listed in the back. Hard to argue with that. In those places where the science is still somewhat in the future, he goes to pains to point that out, saying certain things are still in question, or are still being researched. All well and good, and on the surface it looks fantastic.
The problem is that one irrationality can throw the whole thing into question. And there is one. It is a glaring one for any professional skeptic. (Before writing this review, I wrote to the Atkins Center folks for confirmation that the Atkins people espouse the beliefs below, and I received a response in the affirmative.) Dr. Atkins and his professional followers are believers in what professional followers of urban legends have come to call the Aspartame Lie. There is a small, and very vocal, segment of the American population who believe, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, that aspartame is the Great Satan, and causes everything from cancer to multiple sclerosis. All claims have been refuted multiple times (Amazon does not allow the posting of exterior links in reviews, or I'd send the same fifty or so links I sent to the Atkins Center), and yet Atkins holds onto the belief, saying there are "questions about aspartame's safety." One has to think that if the man is still holding to a view espoused only by a few so far out on the lunatic fringe they're liable to fall off a tassel, there may be some other urban legend-style skeletons farther down in the man's closet. Everyone reading this book, and adopting the Atkins Nutritional Plan, is encouraged to do as much research as necessary to convince yourself that he's on the money. And because of the belief Atkins holds in the junk science of the dangers of aspartame, "none" is not, in any way, an option.
Well, you can't beat the Atkins Diet for sheer number of coverts. Millions of people are following the Atkins Nutritional Plan, and all of them seem to be losing weight. The only "official" bureau to have come out against it has been exposed as a lunatic fringe of militant vegan doctors, and once again all is right with the world. Or is it?
I'm not going to deny that the book is accurate in its claims of helping people lose weight. It sometimes seems that everyone in the country knows two or three people who are on the Atkins Diet. I know, casually, seven (and those are just the ones whose eating habits I know). Of those seven, I know four who have been on it for more than two months, and all four have lost significant amounts of weight. Can't argue with stats like that. And most of the scientific stuff the late doctor puts in the book is backed up with an almost endless list of scientific papers and abstracts listed in the back. Hard to argue with that. In those places where the science is still somewhat in the future, he goes to pains to point that out, saying certain things are still in question, or are still being researched. All well and good, and on the surface it looks fantastic.
The problem is that one irrationality can throw the whole thing into question. And there is one. It is a glaring one for any professional skeptic. (Before writing this review, I wrote to the Atkins Center folks for confirmation that the Atkins people espouse the beliefs below, and I received a response in the affirmative.) Dr. Atkins and his professional followers are believers in what professional followers of urban legends have come to call the Aspartame Lie. There is a small, and very vocal, segment of the American population who believe, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, that aspartame is the Great Satan, and causes everything from cancer to multiple sclerosis. All claims have been refuted multiple times (Amazon does not allow the posting of exterior links in reviews, or I'd send the same fifty or so links I sent to the Atkins Center), and yet Atkins holds onto the belief, saying there are "questions about aspartame's safety." One has to think that if the man is still holding to a view espoused only by a few so far out on the lunatic fringe they're liable to fall off a tassel, there may be some other urban legend-style skeletons farther down in the man's closet. Everyone reading this book, and adopting the Atkins Nutritional Plan, is encouraged to do as much research as necessary to convince yourself that he's on the money. And because of the belief Atkins holds in the junk science of the dangers of aspartame, "none" is not, in any way, an option.