Atkins for Life. The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent Weight Loss and Good Health

The New York Times Magazine
Obesity experts are now finding it hard to ignorehis diet does just what he has claimed.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review

A low carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained weight loss. --from a Duke University study

Obesity experts are now finding it difficult to ignore .. his diet does just what he has claimed.... --The New York Times Magazine


Publishers Weekly
This guide is a comprehensive overview for dieters who are ready to embrace the Atkins philosophy.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Newark Star-Ledger
Should knock all other diet books off the charts.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Review
A low carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained weight loss. --from a Duke University study

Obesity experts are now finding it difficult to ignore .. his diet does just what he has claimed.... --The New York Times Magazine


Book Description

Taking It To The Next Level

Whether youve lost weight doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or youre new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight control, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that come with eating low carb in a high carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your ideal weight and staying there has never been so easy or so good.

Dig in and discover.

-200 menu plans-that adds up to over six months of menus. With controlled carbohydrate counts of 45, 60, 80, and 100 grams, anyone can succeed on the plan.

-125 recipes, including tasty breakfasts, fabulous lunches, delicious dinners, and smart snacks.

- How to create special holiday meals and fantastic ethnic cuisines ... the low carb way.

- Before and after photos and success stories -with time-tested tips from those whove been there and won their battle with weight.

- Self-tests and quizzes to help you meet and stay with your goals.


From the Author
Robert C. Atkins, M.D., was the founder and medical chair of The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City. More than 16 million copies of his bestselling books are in print and he is the author of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution and Dr. Atkins Age-Defying Diet Revolution, as well as many other highly successful health books. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Atkins received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Inside Flap Copy
TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Whether youve lost weight doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or youre new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight control, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that come with eating low carb in a high carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your ideal weight and staying there has never been so easy or so good.

DIG IN AND DISCOVER.

-200 menu plans-that adds up to over six months of menus. With controlled carbohydrate counts of 45, 60, 80, and 100 grams, anyone can succeed on the plan.

-125 recipes, including tasty breakfasts, fabulous lunches, delicious dinners, and smart snacks.

- How to create special holiday meals and fantastic ethnic cuisines ... the low carb way.

- Before and after photos and success stories -with time-tested tips from those whove been there and won their battle with weight.

- Self-tests and quizzes to help you meet and stay with your goals.


From the Back Cover

More Than Three Million Copies Sold.

Taking It To The Next Level

Whether youve lost weight by doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or youre new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and controlling your weight, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that can come with eating low carb in a high carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your goal weight and staying there has never been so easy.

Dig In And Discover.
-200 menu plans-that adds up to more than six months of menus. With Net carb counts of 45, 60, 80, and 100 grams, anyone can succeed on the plan.
-125 recipes including tasty breakfasts, fabulous lunches, delicious dinners, and smart snacks.
-How to create special holiday meals and enjoy a variety of ethnic cuisine...the low carb way.
-Success stories with before and after photos and time-tested tips from those whove been there and won their battle with excess pounds.
-Self-tests to help you meet and stay with your goals.

A low carbohydrate diet can indeed lead to significant and sustained weight loss. -from a Duke University study

In a head-to-head comparison...the Atkins diet trimmed significantly more pounds and body fat...than a traditional low-fat diet.-Washington Post
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Robert C. Atkins, M.D., was the founder and medical chair of The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City. A 1951 graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Atkins received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School in 1955, and went on to specialize ze in n cardiology. He was the bestselIing author of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution and Dr. Atkins Age-Defying Diet and was the chairman of the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation.

It is bread and not butter that is the enemy in Dr. Atkinss popular and controversial low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet. In In Atkins for Life, he continues his decades-long crusade against low-fat eating. Atkins argues that low-fat meals are high-carbohydrate missiles, causing the body to produce excess insulin, which then produces fat, slows down metabolism, and tips the scale. Instead, he urges readers to stop counting calories and fat grams and start counting carbs to rev up their metabolism and burn fat as an energy source. The question of whether ketosis, the fat meltdown he advocates, is healthy or harmful is a central question of this sequel to the bestselling Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Packed with recipes, menus, carbohydrate counters, and strategies for staying with the plan, this book is less clear than its predecessor. It veers back and forth between how to begin and how to maintain a controlled carbohydrate lifestyle. It is also more promotional, with photos of satisfied slim folks and pitches for the branded Atkins products. Still, with its pages of testimonials and studies about weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and increased energy, it is hard to argue with Atkinss results. He puts his proof in the pudding. --Barbara Mackoff

From Publishers Weekly
Atkins, cardiologist and founder of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City, has advocated his high protein/low carb diet regimen for some 30 years (Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution was published in 1972, and Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution in 1992). While fans of the butter-eggs-steak diet have long supported the Atkins program as a way of life, until this past year, the medical community has not warmly endorsed the plan. However, recent students show that the Atkins plan has enabled dieters to both lose and maintain their weight loss as well as reduce their cholesterol levels. This book, which can be used by people familiar with the Atkins plan as well as those who have not followed it, offers detailed questionnaires designed to help readers understand the preferred food choices. Particularly helpful are the charts of eat regularly, eat in moderation and eat sparingly. Some of the inclusions may surprise readers but Atkins offers explanations of which foods fall into the higher carb categories (potatoes, bananas, rice cakes) and therefore must be limited. First-person success stories are sprinkled throughout the book. The second half of the book includes a months worth of meal plans, holiday menus, and 125 recipes for a variety of foods, including jerk shrimp, potato salad, brown rice pilaf, zucchini latkes, rhubarb applesauce and chocolate souffle. While this diet wont work for everyone, especially vegetarians, this guide is a comprehensive overview for dieters who are ready to embrace the Atkins philosophy.

By Dr. Robert C. Atkins

Dr. Atkins latest book complements the previous Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution bestseller. Whether youve lost weight doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or youre new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight control, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that come with eating low carb in a high carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your ideal weight and staying there has never been so easy or so good.

As described by Dr. Atkins Atkins for Life is for people who recognize that controlling carbs is a healthy way to eat and want to learn how they can eat that way for the rest of their lives. Perhaps youve lost weight but notice the pounds creeping back, or you havent reached your long-term goals. Atkins for Life will help you get back on track with 125 recipes, six months worth of menu plans, self tests and plenty of helpful hints on how to stop cheating. If youre new to Atkins, it can serve as an accelerated course on how to lose weight and keep it off.