The Atkins Diet

This diet consists of pure proteins, pure fats (butter, olive oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, and mayonnaise etc..) and any combinations of proteins & fats.

You can eat as much fat as you want ... !

what is not allowed is CARBOHYDRATES ( this is a major no-no ). You may drink water, coffee (decaf), tea, and diet soda (read label). Any Drink with 0 carbs is allowed.. Use a carbohydrate counter (one that could help you create a list of foods totaling 20 carbohydrates or less).

DOING ALL THIS WILL MOST LIKELY ENSURE A FAST WEIGHT LOSS

(read the book for medical facts).

If you want to take appetite suppressants with this diet then DO NOT Drink Coffee , DRINK Decaffeinated coffee or tea. (Warning Note: Don't do both, you can over stimulate !)

Drink water or diet soda or any diet drink without sugar (only diet sugar

FREE FOODS MEATS & CHEESE (0 carbohydrates

You can eat as much meat & cheese as you want Atkins says SOME PEOPLE have problem with cheese and some luncheon meat. they may contain hidden sugars and carbs.. READ YOUR FOOD LABLES !!! If you do not lose weight - try eliminating some cheese or certain luncheon meats from your diet.

· MEAT Beef Pork Lamb Bacon Veal Ham Sausage

· FISH Tuna Salmon Sole Trout Flounder Sardines Herring

· FOWL chicken Turkey Duck Goose Cornish Hen Quail Pheasant

· SHELLFISH Oysters Mussels Clams Squid Shrimp Lobster Crabmeat

· EGGS Scrambled Fried Poached Soft Boiled Hard Boiled Deviled Omelet

· CHEESE Aged & Fresh Cow & Goat Cream Cheese Cottage Cheese Swiss Cheddar Mozzarella

SALAD VEGETABLES

these veggies have 10% or less of your daily carbohydrate intake

Lettuce, Romaine, Escarole, Argula, Endive, Radicchio, Chicory, Sorrel, Mache, Bok, Choy, Chives, Parsley, Cucumber, Radishes, Fennel, Peppers, Celery, Jicama, Posse, Pied, Alfalfa, Sprouts, Mushrooms, Morels, Olives

OTHER RAW or COOKED VEGETABLES

veggies have some carbohydrates - please limit to 1 cup per day

Asparagus, String or Wax Beans, Cabbage, Beet Greens, Cauliflower, Chard, Eggplant, Kale, Kohlrabi, Tomato, Onion, Rhubarb, Scallions, Leeks, Spinach, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Okra, Pumpkin, Turnips, Avocado, Bamboo Shoots, Bean , Sprouts Water, Chestnuts, Snow Pea Pods, Sauerkraut, Collard, Greens, Dandelion Greens, Christophene, Broccoli, Spaghetti Squash, Celery, Root, Brussels, Sprouts, Artichoke Hearts, Hearts of Palm