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Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution: The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss Plan That Really Works! | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert C. Atkins
Publisher: Vermilion
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Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0091889480
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780091889487
ASIN: 0091889480
Publication Date: January 2, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Designed to catapult your body into a state of fat meltdown, Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution (and the accompanying Dr Atkins' Quick & Easy New Diet Cookbook has taken America by storm. It targets insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. The bodies of most overeaters are continually in a state of hyperinsulinism; their bodies are so adept at releasing insulin to help convert excess carbohydrates to fat that there's always too much of the hormone circulating through the body. This puts the body into a bind; it always wants to store fat. Even when people with hyperinsulinism try to lose weight--especially when they cut fat but increase carbohydrate consumption--their efforts will fail. This is why Dr Atkins refers to insulin as "the fat-producing hormone". Dr Atkins' diet is extremely low in carbohydrates, which helps to regulate insulin production and decrease circulating insulin; less insulin soon results in less fat storage and fewer food cravings. The diet is far from torturous, though--those who've tried it attest that hunger is not a part of this plan. Ninety per cent of Dr Atkins' patients--more than 25,000 of them--have experienced dramatic weight loss. --Karim Nanji, Amazon.com
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 The easiest diet I have ever done! June 6, 2002
103 out of 103 found this review helpful
I hadn't really tried other diets as a low-fat no cheese or any food without any taste really didn't do it for me. This book doesn't have a magic wand as such but if you follow it then you are sure to loose the weight. In just one and a half months I have lost 21lb. I was 12 stone, 5ft 8inches, not exactly excessively over weight but just enough to make me self concious and unhappy. I can now follow this diet with an ease that I thought would never be possible. Thats everything from day-to-day through to eating out which I do about 3 times a week. I never told anyone that I was dieting and when I met up with friends that I hadn't seen for only a few weeks, their reaction was fantastic and this kept me going. One downfall, you have to buy a whole new wardrobe! Since I have been on this diet, I have read alot about carbohydrates and the conclusion I have drawn is frightening. We really are being had by the food industry, low-fat diets and, dare I say it, the government and their healthy living guide lines. This diet won't be for everyone, but I can confidently say that it is quite remarkable. The book itself can be long winded, although some of the analagy's were interesting. I still haven't finished it as I have used it as a barometer and guide not necessarily as my "bible". Take what you think is relevant to you, follow it for the first two weeks, which are quite tough when you realise how much carbohydrates (which is essentailly sugar with hardly any nutritional value) are in the food you have always thought were healthy for you. After the two weeks you can follow this instinctively. Believe me, if you do follow it pretty much to the letter for the induction weeks, you will be absolutely amazed. This diet is not new, Audrey Hepburn followed something similar, this book just re-educates you on how to eat the right foods with no stipulation on quantity and lots of ideas on how to keep it interesting, and more importantly, tasty! Two weeks is no time at all to try this and see the results for yourself. You will then be sure to follow it forever.
Fantastic September 10, 2003
53 out of 53 found this review helpful
I remember reading these very reviews prior to starting the Aktins Diet, and being encouraged by all the positive remarks on the book. I started 'doing' Atkins in January this year, and after 6 months I'd lost 4 stone in weight. I'm now a normal slim weight, having been overweight for most of my life. People don't recognise me, and I'm much happier than ever before. For those who knock the diet: it works. Like any diet, it can be hard work and takes a lot of self discipline, but the rewards are fantastic. No negative side affects for me at all. I've now moved on to a more general lower carb diet, where I eat a lot of things banned during induction. Just a little bit of knowledge about what you're eating goes a long way, and I'm perfectly confident that a lower crab lifestyle is easy to maintain.
30 years of guilt, shame, food cravings and weight problems February 17, 2002
Tracy (tracytuschling@msn.co.uk) (Glasgow, Scotland)
49 out of 49 found this review helpful
I started being interested in the low-carb diet 18 months ago, and finally found this book following a newspaper report of a man who had shed stones on the plan.I started 5 weeks ago, since when I have lost a stone, and, more importantly (for me) 3.5 inches from my waist! I have been seriously overweight since I was * (I'm 38 now) I promised myself no more diets, but read the book, which made perfect sense to me, then took the plunge.. I must admit, the first 3 days WERE HELL! The nearest thing I have been through was giving up smoking...However, I am losing weight, I eat loads of stuff I used to feel guilty about, and my head is clearer. My skin tone has improved, and I NO LONGER TORTURE MYSELF by starting to eat as late in the day as possible ( before, once I started, it was difficult to stop...constantly hungry and snacking) Writing this, I've just realised that I no longer get the urge to snack!! BIZARRE! The book is easy-to-read, and Atkins makes more sense than any of the other "experts". Usually on a diet, I become irritable, hungry, constantly think about food, and genuinely struggle to lose weight even when strictly following the diet. Not so with this, and I can't describe how much better I feel....
A life-saver I wish I had known about years ago! September 7, 2001
Ruth King (minnystreetmayhem@ntlworld.com) (Cardiff, Wales)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
I read all the reviews of this book on the Amazon website and decided that I had nothing to lose in trying the diet. My GP had told me that, at 27 stones (378 lbs) my life was under threat. I was 47 years old and had been fat all my life, as are all my close family. I have always been unfashionably suspicious about the merits of calorie counting and low-fat dieting but did these things anyway as I had been taught they were right. However, I used to look at workmates and friends gobbling up anything they liked and wondered why they could do it and I couldn't: I realised there must be a reason why I could not eat 'normally' and be free from permanent hunger and self-hatred for my size. Well, to my immense relief, Dr Atkins gave me every answer I have ever searched for and made simple, perfect sense. The new way of eating has changed my life COMPLETELY.. I am evangelistic about it because I feel sorry for other poor souls trapped in an obese, unhealthy body. I used to sleep all afternoon .. not any more! I used to be irritable and thought continually about the next meal.. no longer! I used to be permanently looking for a sugar-fix.. no more! I used to suffer from appalling oedema of the legs and feet, so painful I could barely stand.. not now! AND in the first three weeks of this marvellous 'diet' I lost 22 lbs with no side effects except WONDERFUL ones! If you are in two minds about this book, give it a try! Read it properly so you understand the concept. It is not complicated. Do not cheat.. trust the author. Stick to the rules and you will be marvellously repaid. I would love to meet Ar Atkins and thank him personally for what he has done for me. By the way, after 15 months, I am now five and a half stones lighter (77 lbs) and ALL my many health problems have disappeared. I KNOW that I can make my goal of 11 stones (154 lbs). For twenty years I have carried around the weight of three average adults and none of it was my fault. What a revelation it was to discover that! Don't be guilty, make the choice not to be fat, set yourself free! Life is great! God bless you all.
How to eat plenty and still shed pounds January 13, 2003
305 out of 312 found this review helpful
I bought this book in March 2002, with the aim of shifting 16lbs. I too doubted it could work, because I like my food too much. However, I read every page and could see the sense in this eating plan which allowed me as much as I could eat of the right sort of food. All the things you are normally told not to eat ie. bacon, egg, cream and cheese are included in this eating plan. I reached my target weight within 1 month and nearly a year later I still maintain that weight. I have passed the book on to my mother (66yrs) and sister (41yrs) and both succeeded in weight loss and maintainig that weight loss without feeling hungry or tired. That is the key to this inspirational book. You eat plenty and you can still drink alcohol and there are no hunger pangs, no light headedness, no weight gain and most importantly no condescending attitude. I think all those who have tried to shed the pounds should read this book which gives plenty of medical advice as well as recipes and a logical method for weight loss and maintenance that can work. Try it.
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