I went on the Atkins awhile and it does work. Well not full
Atkins cos there were some inevitable carbs consumed like in gravy
staches etc. But I did try to follow the principles in the
Induction stage.
Atkins is tough to maintain locally cos most of our meals consist
of noodles and rice. It's do-able but then you'd have to order meat
and vegetable without rice, for example, in your chap chye
peng.
I also found the restriction on starches through vegetable and
fruits very difficult, cos I love vegetables and fruits. I think in
the later stages more vegetables and fruits are introduced.
However there are Atkins designed supplements for fibre, nutrition,
etc. which shows that you can't have a full range of nutrition
necessary just based on the Atkins diet alone. Personally I'd
rather have as little as supplements as possible, prefering to get
my nutrition through food.
Originally posted by kops21:
[b]Phase 1: Induction
Restrict carbohydrate consumption to 20 grams each day, obtaining
carbohydrate primarily from salad and other non-starchy
vegetables.
[/b]
