How can Atkins be healthy if it isnt a balanced diet?
If balanced means containing large amounts of refined carbohydrates, Atkins is, in fact, deliberately unbalanced, because it is a corrective program. The excessive secretion of insulin is the reason most people are overweight and the best way to fix an insulin disorder is to limit the very foods that stimulate insulincarbohydrates. Doing so corrects the imbalance that exists in the typical American diet, which includes hundreds of grams of carbohydrates a day-mostly those of poor quality. The Atkins Lifestyle is not lacking in basic nutrition when done correctly. Even during the Induction phase one consumes four cups of leafy green salad vegetables every day or alternatively three cups of salad and one cup of cooked vegetables, along with fruits such as olives, avocado and tomato. As people advance through the phases to Lifetime Maintenance carbs are added in the form of a more liberal intake of vegetables, low glycemic fruits, legumes and even whole grains if ones metabolism allows. T
