Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

by Robert C. Atkins
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

by Robert C. Atkins

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Overview

This new edition contains the basic diet and is enhanced by new explanations of the underlying theories. There are seven new chapters.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590770023
Publisher: M. Evans & Company
Publication date: 07/29/2002
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 621,836
Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Robert Atkins, M.D. has been acclaimed around the world as an authority on diet and nutrition, and is the founder and director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Cornell University Medical College, he is the author of seven best-selling books on diet and nutrition and hosts Your Health Choices on WEVDradio in New York City. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution has been translated into French and Spanish.

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Preface to the New Edition

I've never heard of an author redoing his book when it is still a number one bestseller, but this book has been a success for seven years, and some updating is in order. So much has happened since this book was written that I feel I must keep you abreast of how important these changes will prove to be, not only for your weight control project, but also for expanding your health and lifespan.

No, my diet recommendations are not different, although I'll be telling you about some very delicious special foods and some plateau-breaking vita-nutrients created exclusively for Atkins dieters. What has changed dramatically is the world in which the New Diet Revolution plays such a significant role.

When I first wrote this book, I had to convince an entire nation of people who, for a generation, have been systematically brainwashed into believing fallacious ideas about overweight. The unchallenged dogma was that carbohydrates are necessary for everyone, that white flour is good for you, that fats and protein undermine your health, that weight loss requires strenuous exercise or going hungry, and that appetite suppressants may be necessary.

But because the New Diet Revolution works so well, producing essentially automatic weight loss with little regard to quantities, millions of people learned, almost exclusively by word of mouth, that a diet directly opposed to what they have been taught would easily bring their weight problem under control. And they also learned that those who defied the prevailing dogma would improve their energy levels and lab values and would often overcome many medication-requiring illnesses.That is why this book has sold more copies each succeeding year of the six-year span it has been in print. In that time, more than 2 out of every 100 adults in America has obtained a copy of this book, and more have read it. All of these readers have been forced to consider the possibility that one person may be right and the rest of the world wrong. This serious accusation is not made from arrogance, but rather of deep concern that the errors of the "rest of the world" are so widespread as to threaten your health in many ways unless I can help you understand how and why you are being used to further certain economic interests.

You have been repeatedly told that meat, eggs, butter and cream are bad for you and that pasta, cereals, bread, low-fat milk, flavored yogurt, high carbohydrate energy drinks and the like are good for you. Scientific research points in the other direction, but economics explain the discrepancy. The maligned foods, curiously enough, are all those that bring minimal profits to the food industry, and the approved foods, all of which are built upon the least expensive raw materials, are the ones the industry finds most profitable. Although scores of scientific papers have been published showing that what we are taught cannot be true, the utterances from medical associations, the government, and the media never change. Once that sinks in, you may be more receptive to sharing my suspicions that you have been victimized.

In the updated version of New Diet Revolution, I have written three new chapters. One deals with recent scientific developments that may clarify the controversy over which diet is really best for you. Another deals with questions I am asked most frequently by my readers, and the third deals with the rather preposterous misconceptions that I have seen in print about the program.

In addition, since my colleagues and I at the Atkins Center have expanded our services to our readers, I have updated many chapters to integrate information about how you may interact with us to facilitate your weight loss, health restoration and dietary enjoyment.

Also, throughout the book, I have updated information when appropriate. And finally, I am aware that this very book has profoundly changed people's attitudes toward dieting and this edition recognizes the different mindset that people now have -- namely, the expectation of success. This optimism, based on the success of people like you have seen, should, I am confident, serve to be a wonderfully selffulfilling prophesy.

ROBERT C. ATKINS, M.D.
JANUARY 1999

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. Copyright © by Robert Atkins. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

Table of Contents

Prefacexi
Part 1Why Atkins Works1
1The Promise3
2Understanding Some Basics17
3How You'll Succeed31
4Is This You? Three Types Who Need to Control Their Carbohydrates38
5Understanding the Importance of Insulin47
6The Great Fat Meltdown56
7Is There a Metabolic Advantage? You Be the Judge64
8The Complexities of Carbohydrates74
9Facts and Fallacies About the Atkins Nutritional Approach93
Part 2How to Do Atkins--Today and for Life105
10Before You Begin107
11And Away You Go: The Induction Phase121
12Time to Review Your Results145
13Are You Ready for Phase Two?154
14Ongoing Weight Loss: The Second Phase of Atkins165
15Engine Stalled? How to Get Past a Plateau182
16Pre-Maintenance: Prepare for Permanent Slimness193
17Lifetime Maintenance205
18A Regimen to Jump-Start Weight Loss226
19Eating in the Real World236
Part 3Understanding Health and Well-Being257
20Metabolic Resistance: Causes and Solutions259
21The Psychology of Weight Loss: Behavioral Changes for a Healthier Life275
22Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable286
23Nutritional Supplements: Don't Even Think of Getting Along Without Them!301
Part 4Disease Prevention311
24The Perilous Path to Diabetes313
25Yeast Reactions331
26Food Intolerances: Why We Each Require a Unique Diet338
27Lifetime Protection for Your Heart344
28Spreading the Word360
Part 5Food and Recipes367
Food and Recipes to Help You Do Atkins369
The Recipes382
Carbohydrate Gram Counter492
References503
Index528
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