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RogerK]No, the best way to lose weight is to eat healthily and exercise.

Yay, someone else her who shares my view that the Atkins diet is ****.



I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Atkins diet is no way to loose weight, and what ever you have read is most likely wrong. They tell you all about ketosis etc but what they don't tell you is that most of the weight lost is from Glycogen (stored in your liver and muscles) and as soon as you eat (any) carbs you put it back on again.



Glycogen is there to give your body a quick burst of energy and it is essential to keep you healthy, if you remove this you become very ill (like in the first two weeks of Atkins). It is a huge myth that doctors and scientists like the Atkins diet (told to you by the promoters of the diet). In fact most are horrified and only recommend a balanced calorie controlled diet and EXCERSISE!!



I have put on weight since Christmas because of some medication the doctor gave me, I've now come off it and need to loose this excess weight. The Atkins diet would be wonderful, if it worked like they say but it doesnââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t and all you are doing is storing up trouble for the future. So back to the exercise bike it is





As an aside, I think itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s a wonderful piece of marketing by the company that sell the books, they have managed to gloss over all the professional advice and negative publicity