Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution

From Library Journal
Atkins updates his 20-year-old best seller, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution ( LJ 9/15/72), with a holistic approach to health and well-being. He repeats his controversial, questionably valid premise that the elimination of carbohydrates from the diet will result in weight loss, good health, and euphoria. Contrary to current thinking, Atkins promotes a diet of protein and fat in four stages. induction, ongoing weight loss, premaintenance, and maintenance. Case histories document his achievements. However, his verbose text, bloated by rhetoric and generalizations, may overwhelm lay readers, who may not be able to distinguish between fact and speculation. Useful appendixes include menus, recipes, and a carbohydrate gram counter. For libraries where Atkinss earlier works were popular.
- Marilyn Rosenthal, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews
Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, published two decades ago, sold millions of copies but was denounced by medical authorities for its unsound high-calorie, low-carbohydrate regimen. Now its back, slightly modified, and billed even more contrariwise as a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. Atkins blames carbohydrates for most cases of overweight--as well as for much fatigue, mental fog, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. A high-fat diet, he says, is harmful only when added to a high- carbohydrate diet. At times, he backs off and hedges, admitting, for example, that refined flour and sugar, not all carbohydrates, are the culprits, and even that the desserts he promotes should be limited to special occasions. Still, heavy cream, butter, and cheese abound in his recipes. bacon and eggs are on his daily breakfast menu. and his program, especially the 14-day induction diet designed to induce ketosis, or fat-burning, turns all prevailing guidelines upside down. It will be interesting to see how this book does now that low-fat, high-carbohydrate eating has been so widely accepted by professionals and public alike. Atkins claims success with his 25,000 overweight patients (who take an average of 30 nutritional pills a day along with the diet), and he scores a point or two against pro-establishment preconceptions among researchers, but he certainly doesnt prove that his is the healthier diet. Still, get ready for a blitz. -- Copyright 1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Book Description

Weight loss, weight maintenance, good health and disease prevention through the Atkins nutritional approach.

Dr. Atkins original Diet Revolution helped millions lose weight and maintain their weight loss for life. His sensational follow-up, Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, concentrated on total wellness in addition to weight loss -- and spent more than four years on the New York Times bestseller list. Now the worlds no.1 diet and complementary medicine expert has updated his proven program for a new century-offering essential new information based on scientifically supported controlled carbohydrate principles that helps people re-energize their life by re-balancing their nutrition so that they look good, feel good, lose weight and keep it off.

The new updated diet revolution includes.

All you need to know to jump-start your weight loss and lifetime of well-being

New controlled carbohydrate recipes for delicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts

Brand-new case studies

Detailed information in the Atkins Nutritional Principles and the solid foundation of medical and scientific research to support them

With Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, you can eat the delicious meals you love-from cheeseburgers to mouth-watering gourmet entrees (recipes included)-- and kick-start your metabolism so that you burn fat for energy. You can reduce the risk factors associated with certain major health problems, including chronic fatigue, diabetes and high blood pressure. And, you can increase your energy level, improve your overall health and well-being and apply the knowledge and tools you need to truly achieve and sustain permanent weight loss.

About the Author
Robert Atkins, M.D. has been acclaimed around the world as an authority on diet and nutrition, and is the founder and director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Cornell University Medical College, he is the author of seven best-selling books on diet and nutrition and hosts Your Health Choices on WEVD radio in New York City.Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution has been translated into French and Spanish.For an updated list of the most frequently asked questions about The Atkins Diet, or to e-mail The Atkins Center directly, visit their website.For product information, visit the website or call 1-800-6-ATKINS.

Eric Congers stage credits include appearances Off-Broadway and at the Long Wharf Theater. He has appeared as a regular on Another World and Loving, and has translated the works of Feydeau.

Designed to catapult your body into a state of fat meltdown, Dr. Atkinss diet has taken America by storm. It targets insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. The bodies of most overeaters are continually in a state of hyperinsulinism. their bodies are so adept at releasing insulin to help convert excess carbohydrates to fat that theres always too much of the hormone circulating through the body. This puts the body into a bind. it always wants to store fat. Even when people with hyperinsulinism try to lose weight--especially when they cut fat but increase carbohydrate consumption--their efforts will fail. This is why Dr. Atkins refers to insulin as the fat-producing hormone.

Dr. Atkinss diet is extremely low in carbohydrates, which helps to regulate insulin production and decrease circulating insulin. less insulin soon results in less fat storage and fewer food cravings. The diet is far from torturous, though--those whove tried it attest that hunger is not a part of this plan. Ninety percent of Dr. Atkinss patients--more than 25,000 of them--have experienced dramatic weight loss. The book includes recipes for such luscious, low-carb dishes as lobster soup, zabaglione, sea bass, and blueberry ice cream, and even includes a carbohydrate gram counter and menus. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From Publishers Weekly
Twenty years after publication of his bestselling Diet Revolution , Dr. Atkins is back and ready to raise a new ruckus. Once again, he contends that weight gain has little to do with fat intake. indeed, he will demonstrate how much fat you can burn off, while eating liberally, even luxuriously.79 He encourages dieters to revel in traditional sources of protein like red meat, and to eat eggs and bacon for breakfast82-3 . Rapid weight loss, he promises, will be achieved through his 14-day induction diet, in which almost all carbohydrates are virtually banned from the table, forcing the body to go into a fat-burning metabolic state called ketosis. He still urges broad-based vitamin supplements to take up any nutritional slack. So whats changed in 20 years Atkins says he now is more interested in complete wellness than in dropping pounds quickly. he stresses that the induction is not to be considered a lifetime regimen unless, of course, the dieter has particularly stubborn metabolic resistance. Readers of his last book may notice some defensiveness--two decades of criticism clearly have taken their toll. Nonetheless, there is enough of the old Atkins to make this the most arrogant diet book to appear in a long while. sic, ital I hope to amaze you , he writes, as I amazed millions of dieters in the past . And thats when hes in his modest mode. 75,000 first printing. Literary Guild alternate.

Dr. Atkins completely updated book explains how the Atkins Nutritional PrinciplesTM work for weight loss, weight maintenance, good health and disease prevention.

More useful information.
* New research supporting controlled carbohydrate nutrition
* More than twice as many scientific references
* 100 recipes, virtually all new
* A new carb gram counter that incorporates the latest nutritional data Dozens of tips to make doing Atkins easier-at home and elsewhere
* Menus for all three weight-loss phases and the weight-maintenance phase
* Advice on shopping and setting up an Atkins kitchen
* Exercise programs for all levels of fitness

Seven new chapters.
* The Complexities of Carbohydrates
* Before You Begin
* Are You Ready for Phase Two
* Engine Stalled How to Get Past a Plateau
* A Regimen to Jump-Start Weight Loss
* The Psychology of Weight Loss
* Spreading the Word