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An Atkins diet guide

Foods typically allowed on the Atkins high-fat, low-carb diet:

• Steak
• Bacon (limited to two slices)
• Pork chops
• Fish
• Lamb
• Chicken
• Eggs
• Cheese (limited to 3 ounces)
• Regular high-fat salad dressings
• Olive oil and other vegetable oils
• Butter
• Two to three cups of vegetables such as lettuces (endive, radicchio), asparagus, snow peas, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower and peppers
• Beverages such as club soda, cream (limit to two to three tablespoons a day), decaffeinated coffee or tea
• Fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, melons and peaches

Foods limited on the Atkins diet:

• Sweets (candy, cake, cookies)
• Potatoes
• Rice
• Pasta
• Cereals
• Crackers
• Breads (whole grain, French)
• Some vegetables such as carrots, peas and corn
• Fruits such as bananas, apples, raisins, figs and papayas

Here's a sample daily menu for the induction phase of the Atkins diet:

Breakfast
    Two hard-boiled eggs
    Smoked salmon and cheese roll-ups

Lunch
    Homemade chicken soup

Dinner
    Broiled steak
    Oven-fried turnips
    Arugula and Boston lettuce salad

Snack
    Turkey, Romaine lettuce, mayonnaise roll-up

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

[Hamza01]

I lost 22 pounds in three months on a modified Atkins diet, eating steak practically every day. It works because it recognizes the basic nature of human metabolism. The dietary crap we hear from the media and medical community is just that-- crap.

However, I really really miss bread, rice, chocolate... damn!

[alarmguy]

Another good book on this subject is "Protein Power" by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M. D. To paraphrase, their program reduces cholesterol rapidly, reverses or significantly improves adult onset(type II) diabetes, and drops elevated blood pressure like a rock.

They document low carbohydrate diets as early as 1825.

The key to fighting obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes is controlling insulin.