The Atkins Diet Failure

Founded in 1972 by Robert Atkins and becoming really popular in the early 2000s with the update of his book. Focusing on limiting the body's intake of carbohydrates, the Atkins Diet makes the body enter the ketosis cycle, where the body converts from metabolizing glucose to fats. You are encouraged in the Atkins diet to eat a lot of red meat, other protein, and vegetables, and discouraged from eating carbohydrates such as sugars, bread and potatoes. The way Robert Atkins chose to market his diet, as well as the diet itself is very flawed. First, the diet commercials feature a couple of people making extraordinary claims of extreme weight loss. This kind of anecdotal evidence is without any kind of clinical or scientific research, and they do not mention any kind of adverse effects the diet may cause. There is also no mention of other factors that could contribute to weight loss. In addition, the diet itself is very illogical. Maybe the people exercised in addition to being on the diet. Taking yourself off carbohydrates can cause ketosis and eventual weight loss, however, the lasting effects may be very detrimental. If you were to ease yourself back on to carbohydrates, the ketosis cycle would end and you would possibly gain all of the weight back. Overall, the Atkins Diet is a very good example why you should always check into the validity of a diet before you devote your life to it. You never know what you are getting yourself into and what kind of irreversible effects you may be making on your body.