Burning Fats - The Atkins Diet Way
When the intake of carbohydrates is more than the usual usage of taking it as an energy for the body, the tendency is people would more likely to become overweight.
Atkins Diet is grounded from the latter idea. According to the grounds of this diet plan,
a person burns up carbohydrates before actually burning the fats. By minimizing the consumption of carbohydrates, it would be fast and effectual in burning up fats. When there is less carbs there it more likely to use up fats faster as energy for the body.
What is Atkins and how does it work?
As discussed from above, Atkins helps out to burn fats quickly than the usual by cutting the amount of carbohydrate intake making it more efficient to use up fat-energy resulting to weight loss. This actual diet is divided into four phases.
1st Phase: This phase is basically called Induction. This is where you start off to adapt yourself in burning fats instead of carbohydrates. Mainly 40 grams daily of carbohydrates containing foods are allowed to be eaten. Antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber are well-encouraged in this phase of the diet.
2nd Phase: On-going Weigh Loss stage. This is where carbohydrates are introduced again to your diet in form of vegetables and fruits. It is best to know the carbohydrate-level for you to lose weight. Counting off the how many grams of carbohydrates may help you out in reaching and determining the best carbohydrate level.
3rd Phase: Pre-Maintenance. Here you are aimed to determine the best carbohydrate-level but not aiming for more weight loss but more of maintaining the weight that you desired for.
4th Phase: Lifetime Maintenance. When you are able to reach the best carbohydrate-level for maintaining the weight, here the best way is to stay at that best carbohydrate level and avoiding weight gain again.
Biochemistry of Atkins
Since the body is restricted in using the carbohydrate as energy, it turns the body into a burning-fat machine. When a person turns out to be a fat-burning machine, the body undergoes ketosis which burns little carbon fragments formed out from burning the stored fat. Burning the fat stores in the body would result into an effective way of losing weight making it more efficient and fast.
By also maintaining on a low-carbohydrate diet, sugars from the carbohydrate are then regulated in the body making it more effective in producing the right amount of insulin resulting into a preventive measure of having diabetes.
