The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate diet that aims to switch the body's metabolism from burning glucose to burning stored body fat for energy. It consists of four stages where carbohydrate intake is gradually increased. Foods like meat, eggs and fish are encouraged while carbohydrates like pasta and rice are limited. Proponents claim this metabolic switch results in weight loss. However, critics argue the Atkins diet can be dangerous and nutritionally unsound in the long-term, increasing risks of heart and kidney problems. The diet differs significantly from the Healthy Food Pyramid which emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables over protein and fat.

1. By Elias, Wisam and Craig
TKINS Diet

2. What is a Fad Diet?
A fad diet is a diet, weight loss plan or aid
that make dieters believe that they will
achieve dramatic results over a short period
of time. These diets are usually based on
popularity and word of mouth rather than
scientific information. Because of this, fad
diets are restrictive and hard to
maintain, therefore not allowing dieters to
stick to the diets for long periods of times.
This leads to temporary weight-loss and the
inability to achieve long term results.

3. How does it deviate from healthy eating?
Fad diets are eating programs that generally
deviate from healthy eating due to them
being unbalanced, unhealthy and not
nutritionally sound. For example, diet pills
rely on speeding up heart rates in order to
burn fat quicker. The cabbage soup diet
relies on you eating primarily one type of
food, which will cause nutritional
deficiencies. The grapefruit diet will damage
your metabolism and the three day diet
restricts the number of vitamins and
minerals consumed. From these examples
we can see that fad diets can actually be
dangerous to your health.

4. Explanation of the Atkins
Diet?
ATKINS NUTRITIONAL APPROACH:
The Atkins diet is essentially a low-carbohydrate diet. It aims to switch the body's metabolism from
metabolising glucose as energy over to converting stored body fat to energy. Dr Atkins believed
that the low-carbohydrate diet produces a metabolic advantage because "burning fat takes more
calories so you expend more calories." The diet consists of four stages: induction, ongoing weight
loss, pre-maintenance and lifetime maintenance. In the Induction stage you are limited to 20 net
grams of carbohydrates per day, this will increase in the ongoing weight stage as you are able to
increase the limit by 5 grams each week. In the pre-maintenance stage you are able to increase
carbohydrates intake by 10 grams a week and in the lifetime maintenance stage you is intended to
carry on the habits acquired in the previous phases.

5. Explanation of the Atkins
Diet? cont
ATKINS NUTRITIONAL APPROACH:
Foods you are allowed to consume on the Atkins diet includes fish (eg.
tuna, salmon and trout), fowl (eg. chicken, turkey and duck), meat ( eg beef, pork
and lamb) and eggs. this diets popularity and large following was blamed for
steep declines in high carbohydrate food sales including pasta and rice. the diet
was also blamed for a decline in Krispy Kreme sales and the introduction of
specialised product lines that were low in carbohydrates including Coco-Cola C2
and Pepsi Edge.

6. How does it suggest that you will lose
weight?
How your body handles fat can be influenced by eating the
right foods and increasing up body's metabolism. When you
eat fewer carb foods (especially vegetables high in fibre)
your body switches to burning fat (including your own body
fat) instead of carbs as its primary fuel source. By changing
the balance of carbs, fats and protein in your diet, you boost
your energy level and keep it on an even keel.
Fat calories are always pushed to the back of the line—
where more than likely they’re stored. That’s why insulin is
called the “fat hormone.” As long as your body keeps
turning glucose into fat, you’re doomed to being heavy.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why
cutting your carb intake and eating mostly whole food
carbohydrates is the core premise of the Atkins Diet.

7. Why would a Client choose
to undertake the Atkins
Diet?
The main answer to this question is to
loose weight however others might enjoy
this type of food Better.

8. Is the Atkins Diet safe? NO
When Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution was first
published, the President of the American
College of Nutrition said, "Of all the bizarre
diets that have been proposed in the last 50
years, this is the most dangerous to the public
if followed for any length of time."
When the chief health officer for the State of
Maryland,was asked "What's wrong with the
Atkins Diet?" He replied "What's wrong with...
taking an overdose of sleeping pills? You are
placing your body in jeopardy." He continued
"Although you can lose weight on these
nutritionally unsound diets, you do so at the
risk of your health and even your life."
http://www.atkinsexposed.org/atkins/1/Atkins_Facts.htm

9. What are some nutritional concerns and or
diseases that can be associated with this diet?
The downfall of the Atkins Diet is also its one
saving grace--people may not be able to tolerate
the diet for long enough to suffer the long-term
consequences.
The American Heart Association states:
"Individuals who follow these diets are therefore
at risk for compromised vitamin and mineral
intake, as well as potential cardiac, renal
[kidney], bone, and liver abnormalities overall."
Low carb diets like the Atkins diet may also hasten
the onset of type II diabetes. In short, concluded
the September 2004 review in The Lancet,"low-
carbohydrate diets cannot be recommended.“

10. How does it differ from the Healthy Food Pyramid?
The Healthy Food Pyramid.
The Atkins Diet Pyramid
b)The five food groups

11. The Australian Dietary
Guidelines?
Latest Pdf

12. What implications can this
diet have on Body Image?
You probably might become
fatter.
Become a Fatty.
Be called Fatty boom boom !
Same as other diets.

13. Any Questions and Thank you
very much?