Is it anything like the Atkins diet

Roberts Atkins was a cardiologist who, in the 1960s, was trying to find a way to lose weight. After reading reports about the relationships between carbohrdrate, insulin and fat, he pioneered a formula for controlling weight by controlling insulin. Originally he just relyed in a pure protein diet. This was long before the GI and originally he just had people lose weight by eating meat. As time went by he eventually worked out exactly how much carbohydrate you could give a person and still have them loose weight. So by restricting the person’s intake of carbohydrates and getting them to eat lots of protein he was able to achieve good results with weight loss. This method is now known as ‘the Atkins Diet’. Unfortunately for Dr. Atkins, restricting the amount of carbohydrate and getting people to eat lots of meat became the biggest criticism of his method and many people attacked him for promoting an ‘unhealthy diet’. 

When a person is on a low GI diet, the amount of carbohydrate doesn’t matter. What does matter is the type. As a result one can have as much of low GI carbohydrate with their protein meal as they like. It doesn’t matter and, as I said before, be moderate with the moderate carbs, and you should get good results. 

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