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How long should you stay on the Atkins diet or other low carb, high protein diets and remain healthy?
Before that question is answered it’s important to understand a little bit more about the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet is probably one of the most controversial diets developed by a man named Dr. Robert Atkins.
He believed that the reason for major obesity in Western cultures was because we ate too many carbs and refined sugars. The way our bodies work was working against us for our modern lifestyles.
Many people believe that someone on the Atkins eats all the greasy, fried, meat they want and brick after brick of cheese to lose weight. There is only a small grain of truth to this. Dr. Atkins himself numerous times has explained that his diet doesn’t give you permission to gorge yourself. The only true part about it is that in the first phase your diet consists mainly of protein.
The initial part of the Atkins diet, referred to as the induction phase, is when the dieter eats nothing but protein. It is suggested that you only stay on this part of the diet for two weeks. You may think that answers the question to “how long should you stay on the Atkins diet?†but it does not.
After the induction phase, healthy carbs are slowly added back into the diet. This phase of the diet lasts until you are within 10 pounds of your goal weight.
The next phase of the Atkins diet is the Pre-maintenance phase. In this phase of the diet carbs are again slowly increased. This part of the diet is designed for you to find out what your maximum daily carb intake can be without gaining any weight. If you start gaining, then you have to cut back on the carbs a little bit.
The last phase of the diet is referred to as lifetime maintenance. This is achieved when you reach your ideal weight and you know what your maximum carb intake can be without gaining weight. You are supposed to maintain this phase for the rest of your life, so that you don’t gain any weight.
The answer to “How long should you stay on the Atkins dietâ€, you can stay on the Atkins diet as long as your doctor tells you can be on it. So long as you’re okay medically to be on the Atkins diet, you should stay on it for as long as you want to maintain the weight you achieved while being on the diet.
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