Rules of the Diet:
The basics of this fad diet is an extremely low carbohydrate level. Avoiding
carbohydrates in your diet keeps your body from adding weight. So, for
this diet to work you have to eat less than 20 grams of carbohydrates
per day.
Free Meats and Cheeses:
Since meats and cheeses have no carbohydrates, you can eat as much as
you want on the Atkins diet. You can have as much of these items as you
want. Use the chart below as an example of the meats and cheeses.
Free Meats and Cheeses, all you can eat! |
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| Meat | Beef, Pork, Lamb, Bacon, Veal, Ham, and Venison |
| Fish | Tuna, Salmon, Sole, Trout, Flounder, Sardines, and Herring |
| Fowl | Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, Quail, Pheasant, and Cornish Hen |
| Shellfish | Oysters, Mussels, Clams, Squid, Shrimp, Lobster, and Crab |
| Eggs | Scrambled, Fried, Poached, Soft Boiled, Hard Boiled, and Deviled |
| Cheese | Aged & Fresh, Cow & Goat, Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Swiss and Cheddar |
Not Bad Vegetables:
A serving of these vegetables contain less than 10% of you daily carbohydrate
amount. So, you can eat three cups of these vegetables and you're alright.
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Not so bad Vegetables |
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Other Vegetables:
These vegetables have a little more carbohydrates than the ones listed
in the chart above. So you can't have more than 1 cup a day.
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Higher Carbohydrate level Vegetables |
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High Carbohydrate Foods:
These foods are not allowed on the Atkins diet do to the high carbohydrate
level. Here is a chart of the high Carbohydrate foods.
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High Carbohydrate Foods to Avoid |
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